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The Other Side (Godsmack EP)

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Released
  
March 16, 2004

Length
  
29:57

Artist
  
Godsmack

Label
  
Republic Records

Recorded
  
2003

The Other Side (2004)
  
IV (2006)

Release date
  
16 March 2004

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Genres
  
Heavy metal, Hard rock, Acoustic music, Alternative rock

Producers
  
Sully Erna, David Bottrill

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The Other Side is an acoustic EP by the band Godsmack, released on March 16, 2004. It includes several previously released songs re-recorded as acoustic versions, as well as three new acoustic tracks.

Contents

One new song, "Touché", featured Godsmack's first guitar player, Lee Richards, as well as John Kosco, who were at that time in the now defunct band Dropbox, The other two new acoustic tracks were "Running Blind" and "Voices" which are old songs that Sully Erna wrote but never recorded.

The song "Asleep" is actually an acoustic, shorter and calmer version of "Awake" from the band's second album Awake.

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Recording

According to Sully Erna, the band decided to do an acoustic record because they have always messed around with acoustic versions of their music and gotten great reactions to it. "Reworking the songs this way shows a different side of the band."

The Other Side was recorded in a Hawaiian studio with producer David Bottrill, who has worked with the group on "I Stand Alone", and on their third studio album Faceless.

Commercial performance

The Other Side debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, selling 98,000 copies in its first week, and the album would go on to sell over half million copies in the United States. The album has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with excess sales of 500,000 copies.

Personnel

  • Sully Erna - vocals, guitar, producer
  • Tony Rombola - guitar, backing vocalist
  • Robbie Merrill - bass
  • Shannon Larkin - drums, percussion
  • David Bottrill - mixing
  • P. R. Brown - art direction, design, cover photo
  • Troy Gonzalez - assistant
  • Sherline Hall - assistant
  • Kent Hertz - engineer
  • Dave Homcy - photography
  • John Kosco - guest appearance
  • Bob Ludwig - mastering
  • Lee Richards - guest appearance
  • Ben Sanders - assistant
  • Kurt Schneck - assistant
  • Kevin Sheehy - assistant
  • Songs

    1Running Blind3:59
    2Re-Align (acoustic)4:23
    3Touché3:37

    References

    The Other Side (Godsmack EP) Wikipedia