Trapt - Sound Off

[lockebox]

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[lockebox]

Steady on Active, but looks to have missed the cut completely on Alt.

[rockmaniac]

I would take Drama Queen or the title track as the follow-up

[onefrayedrepublic]

The Wind or Stranger in the Mirror are my picks for single #2. Good album overall but there aren't really obvious radio smashes.

[lockebox]

The second single will probably be "Stranger in the Mirror", but I would go for "End of My Rope". I would agree that there's no obvious radio smashes. This album pales in comparision to it's predecessor.

[pen]

Dec 13, 2010 15:26:30 GMT -5 lockebox said:

The second single will probably be "Stranger in the Mirror", but I would go for "End of My Rope". I would agree that there's no obvious radio smashes. This album pales in comparision to it's predecessor.

I completely disagree. "End Of My Rope", "Drama Queen", and "Mirror" are all easy single options, and there's no good reason they can't do well.

[American Idiot]

There's plenty of options IMO for singles that would do well. Pretty much all of the choices of what was mentioned above I'd agree with.

[American Idiot]

I listened to the album for the first time in about a week to get to know the songs better and definitely my two choices for future singles are "Get Up" and "End of My Rope." They both stand ahead of the rest for me.

[lockebox]

Dec 13, 2010 20:55:28 GMT -5 pen said:

Dec 13, 2010 15:26:30 GMT -5 lockebox said:

The second single will probably be "Stranger in the Mirror", but I would go for "End of My Rope". I would agree that there's no obvious radio smashes. This album pales in comparision to it's predecessor.

I completely disagree. "End Of My Rope", "Drama Queen", and "Mirror" are all easy single options, and there's no good reason they can't do well.

You think there are standout radio hits? If "Sound Off" can't smash then neither can anything else from the album.

[pen]

Dec 14, 2010 18:15:17 GMT -5 lockebox said:

Dec 13, 2010 20:55:28 GMT -5 pen said:

I completely disagree. "End Of My Rope", "Drama Queen", and "Mirror" are all easy single options, and there's no good reason they can't do well.

You think there are standout radio hits? If "Sound Off" can't smash then neither can anything else from the album.

A) Those songs are all better than "Sound Off".
B) "Sound Off" at least peaked at #14, which is decent considering they're getting far less promo on their new label.

I'm not saying they'll go Top 10, but I think Top 20 is reasonable.

[Devin]

^ I agree, since the last album had two Top 20 hits that both missed the Top 10.

[onefrayedrepublic]

Everyone would be better off if they could just release "Wasteland" from their last cd as their next single. Such a wasted gem that one was...

[lockebox]

Dec 15, 2010 20:52:32 GMT -5 onefrayedrepublic said:

Everyone would be better off if they could just release "Wasteland" from their last cd as their next single. Such a wasted gem that one was...

Agreed. "Cover Up" & "Curiosity Kills" were also standout rockers. "Contagious" was actually a weak single choice imo. "End of My Rope" is the best on the "No Apologies" album for me, so I hope they pick that next.

[Devin]

But "Contagious" worked, obviously, as a follow-up single.

[lockebox]

^ I think other songs could have done better, especially on Alt.

[onefrayedrepublic]

I think Wasteland, Curiosity Kills and Contagious were all much better than Who's Going Home With You...

I think Sound Off was a decent choice as lead single for this album, but Stranger in the Mirror or End of My Rope would have been my lead single with "The Wind" as #2 for a change-of-pace.

[pen]

Dec 16, 2010 14:54:09 GMT -5 lockebox said:

Dec 15, 2010 20:52:32 GMT -5 onefrayedrepublic said:

Everyone would be better off if they could just release "Wasteland" from their last cd as their next single. Such a wasted gem that one was...

Agreed. "Cover Up" & "Curiosity Kills" were also standout rockers. "Contagious" was actually a weak single choice imo.

Contagious is way better of a single option than Curiosity Kills would've been. And Cover Up is just kind of generic. It's a good song, but it doesn't hit quite as hard or is as catchy as Contagious. Personally, I would've liked for Black Rose or Ready When You Are to have had a shot.

[lockebox]

Dec 16, 2010 19:53:17 GMT -5 pen said:

Dec 16, 2010 14:54:09 GMT -5 lockebox said:

Agreed. "Cover Up" & "Curiosity Kills" were also standout rockers. "Contagious" was actually a weak single choice imo.

Contagious is way better of a single option than Curiosity Kills would've been. And Cover Up is just kind of generic. It's a good song, but it doesn't hit quite as hard or is as catchy as Contagious. Personally, I would've liked for Black Rose or Ready When You Are to have had a shot.

Oh I agree with that last part. I would have picked one of those 2 as the follow-up. I was just saying that out of the more ''rocking'' tracks, I thought that "Contagious" wasn't the best option, but you obviously disagree.

[jvandyck87]

I think the main mistake Trapt made was when "Stand Up" was the lead single off Someone In Control. I think it should have been "Disconnected" or "Waiting" first, but by the time they were released, the hype had kinda died down on Trapt.

[rockmaniac]

they're leaning towards "End of My Rope" as the follow-up.