The highest-charting Christian album on the Billboard charts since 2006, Awake could be tagged as Skillet's mainstream breakthrough on that fact alone.
Certainly, the band's monster modern rock does sound like it could slip onto an active rock playlist -- maybe not quite in 2009, but earlier in the decade, when metallic rockers heavy on the guitar downstrokes and power ballads with chant-along vocals were relatively common.
That's not to say that Skillet sound out-of-step with the times -- there's still a gleam to the Howard Benson production that sounds modern -- and they do mange to imprint their own identity on this sometimes generic brand of contemporary rock, thanks to their communal vocals, with male and female voices trading off and skyscraper hooks.
Skillet also don't always focus solely on religion, as many of their songs are grounded in inspirational positivity, so that's another reason why Awake finds the band poised to break into the mainstream.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HeroJohn Cooper, John L. Cooper, Korey Cooper | Skillet | Play | 03:06 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | MonsterGavin Brown, John Cooper, John L. Cooper | Skillet | Play | 02:58 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Don't Wake MeJohn Cooper, John L. Cooper, Brian Howes | Skillet | Play | 03:55 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Awake and AliveJohn Cooper, John L. Cooper, Brian Howes | Skillet | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | One Day Too LateJohn Cooper, John L. Cooper, Brian Howes | Skillet | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | It's Not Me It's YouJohn Cooper, John L. Cooper | Skillet | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Should've When You Could'veJohn Cooper, John L. Cooper | Skillet | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | BelieveDave Bassett, John Cooper, John L. Cooper | Skillet | Play | 03:50 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | ForgivenJohn Cooper, John L. Cooper | Skillet | Play | 03:39 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | SometimesJohn Cooper, John L. Cooper | Skillet | Play | 03:28 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Never SurrenderDave Bassett, John Cooper, John L. Cooper | Skillet | Play | 03:30 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | LucyJohn Cooper, John L. Cooper | Skillet | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keith Armstrong | Assistant Engineer |
| 2 | Dave Bassett | Composer |
| 3 | Howard Benson | Keyboards, Producer |
| 4 | Kristie Borgmann | Art Manager |
| 5 | Gavin Brown | Composer |
| 6 | Jonathan Chu | Violin |
| 7 | Christin Cook | Hair Stylist, Make-Up |
| 8 | John Cooper | Bass, Composer, Group Member, String Arrangements, Vocals |
| 9 | John L. Cooper | Bass, Composer, Vocals |
| 10 | Korey Cooper | Composer, Group Member, Keyboard Programming, Keyboards, Programming, String Arrangements |
| 11 | Paul DeCarli | Digital Editing |
| 12 | Anne Declemente | A&R |
| 13 | Anthony Delia | Marketing |
| 14 | Brian Howes | Composer |
| 15 | Hatsukazu "Hatch" Inagaki | Engineer |
| 16 | Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| 17 | Nik Karpen | Assistant Engineer |
| 18 | Ben Kasica | Editing, Group Member, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) |
| 19 | Zachary Kelm | Executive Producer, Management |
| 20 | Jen Ledger | Drums, Group Member, Vocals |
| 21 | Chris Lord-Alge | Mixing |
| 22 | Jon Nicholson | Drum Technician |
| 23 | Mark Obriski | Art Direction, Design |
| 24 | Mike Plotnikoff | Engineer |
| 25 | Andrew Schubert | Mixing |
| 26 | Emily Sistrunk | Stylist |
| 27 | Skillet | Primary Artist |
| 28 | Brad Townsend | Mixing |
| 29 | Marc VanGool | Guitar Technician |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |