Getting Away with Murder (album)

Background

Production lasted from October to December 2003. During the recording of Getting Away With Murder, the band was not signed to a label as their previous label DreamWorks Records had recently been bought out. The band would later sign to Geffen Records. The album features a departure from the band's rap metal sound, as the band's vocalist Jacoby Shaddix was tired of rapping.

The track "Just Go (Never Look Back)" was recorded in the album's sessions, but was ultimately left off the album. The track would later be released on the band's future greatest hits album, ...To Be Loved: The Best of Papa Roach.

Release and promotion

Papa Roach released Getting Away With Murder on August 31, 2004. The album's first single was the title track. The album debuted at #17 on the Billboard 200, with 52,000 copies sold, less than a half of "Lovehatetragedy". However, the title track saw success through radio and peaked at #2 in the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, #4 on the Modern Rock Tracks and #69 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single, "Scars", peaked at #4 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, #2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, #15 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #7 on the Pop Songs chart, becoming the band's biggest hit in the United States. "Scars" was ranked at #36 as the greatest song of 2005 and as the most successful song of the year by Billboard, becoming the band's first and only song to be included on Billboard's year-end charts, in addition, "Scars" was the band's first song to crossover to Top 40 radio since their breakthrough hit, "Last Resort". To support the album, the band toured throughout 2004 and 2005. Getting Away With Murder eventually achieved a platinum certification in the United States, after spending 58 weeks on the Billboard 200 thank to the hit of Scars, outselling "Lovehatetragedy". As of 2012, the album has sold over 5,000,000 copies worldwide, of which 1,000,000 for the U.S.It is also their first and only album to have more than one song charting on the hot 100 to date.

Several other tracks were used to promote the album across various mediums. The track "Blood (Empty Promises)" was featured on the Saw II soundtrack and the track "Getting Away with Murder" was featured in the end credits of The Chronicles of Riddick as well as the third-person shooter game MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf. "Not Listening" was used in the trailer for Resident Evil: Apocalypse and is also featured in the video games NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup, Gran Turismo 4, and FlatOut 2. Although it was not released as a single, Take me charted on Alternative songs chart at No.23, and on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart at No.11

Reception

Initial critical response to Getting Away with Murder was mixed. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 59, based on 8 reviews.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jacoby Shaddix and Tobin Esperance, except as noted.

Bonus Tracks

Original track listing

Chart positions

Album - Billboard

Singles - Billboard

Personnel

Appearances