Appeal To Reason

Appeal to Reason is the fifth studio album by American punk rock band Rise Against. It was released on October 7, 2008. It marked a musical shift to what some have viewed as a more radio-friendly sound, with greater emphasis on production and bigger, more anthemic choruses. The album's lyrics primarily focus on political issues in the United States, such as the Iraq War and the Bush administration. It is the band's first album to feature Zach Blair as guitarist, who joined the band in 2007. Rise Against began recording Appeal to Reason in January 2008 at the Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado. Producers Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore incorporated soft tones into many of the songs to elicit a darker feel to the music. It is the band's first album with guitarist Zach Blair. Appeal to Reason debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, and was Rise Against's highest-charting album until the release of Endgame in 2011. The album sold 64,700 copies in its first week of release, and was eventually certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, denoting shipments of 1,000,000 copies. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)