Saturate (Breaking Benjamin album)

Saturate
Studio album by Breaking Benjamin
Released	August 27, 2002 (USA) May 18, 2004 (Europe)
Recorded	April–May 2002 at Larrabee East in Los Angeles, CA and Royaltone Studios in North Hollywood, CA
Genre	Alternative metal, post-grunge[1]
Length	49:15
Label	Hollywood
Producer	Ulrich Wild
Breaking Benjamin chronology
Breaking Benjamin (2001) Saturate (2002) We Are Not Alone (2004)
Singles from Saturate
"Polyamorous" Released: July 16, 2002 "Skin" Released: February 18, 2003 "Medicate" Released: May 6, 2003

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Bullz-Eye	[3]

Saturate is the debut studio album by American rock band Breaking Benjamin. It was released on August 27, 2002 in North America through Hollywood Records and May 18, 2004 in Europe. The album features three singles, including "Polyamorous", "Skin", and "Medicate". The album was certified gold by the RIAA on September 15, 2015.^[4]

Background

After the commercial success of the band's lead single "Polyamorous", there was a dispute between the band and the studio on deciding on which they wanted to release as singles. The band wished for their song "Medicate", while the studio insisted on releasing "Skin" as a single. Eventually, the band decided to go with "Skin", despite some negative feedback with the band and the fairly poor success it reached. The original release of Saturate contained "Forever" as a separate track, whereas the newer enhanced versions came with the "Polyamorous" music video and ultimately featured the song embedded with "Shallow Bay". The album title is derived from a lyric in the song, "Wish I May". On September 14, 2002, Saturate peaked on the US Billboard 200 and Heatseekers charts at number 136 and number 2, respectively.^[5]

There were also plans for a European release of the album containing the song "Lady Bug" and the Depeche Mode cover of "Enjoy the Silence," but this version of Saturate was never released in Europe, and as a result, neither track was released for the album. "Lady Bug" later appeared on their So Cold EP, and on the deluxe edition of their greatest hits compilation album Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin. "Enjoy the Silence" appeared on the compilation in the same version. The album was eventually released in Europe in 2006, but these tracks still were not included.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Benjamin Burnley; all music composed by Breaking Benjamin. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wish I May"	3:58
2.	"Medicate"	3:45
3.	"Polyamorous"	2:56
4.	"Skin"	3:20
5.	"Natural Life"	4:00
6.	"Next to Nothing"	3:43
7.	"Water"	4:12
8.	"Home"	3:37
9.	"Phase"	4:31
10.	"No Games"	3:35
11.	"Sugarcoat"	3:38
12.	"Shallow Bay"	4:05
13.	"Forever"	3:55
Total length:		49:15

Later release hidden track
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Shallow Bay" (contains hidden track "Forever", starting at 4:06, immediately following Shallow Bay)	8:00
Total length:		49:15

Personnel

Breaking Benjamin Benjamin Burnley – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Aaron Fink – lead guitar Mark Klepaski – bass guitar Jeremy Hummel – drums Management Jason Jordan – A&R Larry Mazer & Tamra Feldman – Management for Entertainment Services Artwork T42Design – Art Direction and Album Design Matthew Welch – Band Photography Dr. Lukas Altwegg – Cell Images

Production Ulrich Wild – Producer, engineer Assistant engineering by Ted regier and Alex Reverberi Vocals recorded May 2002 at Royaltone Studios in North Hollywood, California Chris Wonzer – Assistant engineering Bret Alexander & Paul Smith – Vocal production on "Water", and additional vocal production on "Shallow Bay" at Saturation Acres, PA Chris Lord-Alge – Mixing at Image Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA Stephen Marcussen – Mastering at Marcussen Mastering Susie Katayama and Benjamin Burnley – String arrangements

Chart positions

Album Chart (2002) Peak position US Billboard 200[6] 136 US Top Heatseekers[7] 2 Singles Year Song US Alt. [8] US Main. 2002 "Polyamorous" 31 25 2003 "Skin" 37 24

Certifications Country Certification Sales United States Gold[9] 500,000

References

1. Monger, James Christopher. "Dear Agony > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
2. Taylor, Jason D.. Saturate at AllMusic. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
3. Farley, Mike. "Saturate Review". bullz-eye.com. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
4. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?&artist=benjamin
5. "Billboard - Google Books". Books.google.com. 2002-09-14. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
6. "Saturate - Breaking Benjamin". Billboard.
7. "Billboard - Google Books". Books.google.com. 2003-09-14. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
8. "Breaking Benjamin Alternative Songs Chart History". Billboard.
9. "RIAA Database Search Results". Recording Industry Association of America.