Released November 18, 2003 Length 45:26/48:38 Collide
(2003) Comatose
(2006) Release date 18 November 2003 | Recorded March – June 2003 Producer Paul Ebersold Artist Skillet | |
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Label Contemporary Christian music Genres Christian rock, Alternative rock, Hard rock, Nu metal Similar Skillet albums, Christian metal albums, Other albums | ||
Collide is the sixth full-length album by Christian rock band Skillet. It was originally released on November 18, 2003 under Ardent Records. The album was re-released through Lava Records on May 25, 2004 with the bonus track "Open Wounds". The album peaked at No. 179 on the Billboard 200 and No. 5 on the Top Heatseekers. The album artwork is, according to John Cooper, faith and fear colliding. This is also Skillet's first full album to feature Ben Kasica on lead guitar.
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Music video
A video was made for the song "Savior". The music video shows the band playing in both a house and at a park at night. It became only the second Skillet video to have a story in the video, after "Best Kept Secret", though the story in the "Savior" video is more heavily featured. The video shows an abusive father mistreating his children in the house, and the subsequent escape of the children from their father. They make their way into the park, while the location of the band playing switches from one to the other. The video ends with the children being safe in their mother's arms. Lead singer and bassist, John Cooper, has said that 'Savior' is a song written mostly about his childhood. Although he was not physically abused by his father, he had a very destructive emotional relationship with him.
Personnel
Songs
1Forsaken4:12
2Savior4:34
3Collide5:38