Rude Awakening (Prong album)

Rude Awakening
Studio album by Prong
Released	May 14, 1996
Recorded	1995
Genre	Groove metal, hardcore punk, industrial metal, alternative metal
Length	45:50
Label	Epic
Producer	Terry Date, Tommy Victor
Prong chronology
Cleansing (1994) Rude Awakening (1996) 100% Live (2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Rude Awakening is Prong's fifth album. Rude Awakening is an enhanced CD. It was also released as a special limited edition on 12" red vinyl. The album was reissued in 2008 as a digipack version, featuring four remixes of the "Rude Awakening" single and a new booklet.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Prong except "Controller" by Prong and Scott Albert and "Slicing" by Prong and Joe Bishara Kebbe.^[3]

1. "Controller" – 3:39
2. "Caprice" – 2:47
3. "Rude Awakening" – 4:18
4. "Unfortunately" – 3:08
5. "Face Value" – 4:09
6. "Avenue of the Finest" – 3:37
7. "Slicing" – 3:29
8. "Without Hope" – 3:13
9. "Mansruin" – 3:29
10. "Innocence Gone" – 3:11
11. "Dark Signs" – 3:22
12. "Close the Door" – 4:05
13. "Proud Division" – 5:46

Personnel

• Tommy Victor - vocals/guitar
• Paul Raven - bass guitar
• Ted Parsons - drums

Additional Personnel

• Charlie Clouser - drum programming and keyboards

Chart positions

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position	Cite
1996	The Billboard 200	107	[4]

Reception

Reviewing the title track, Billboard wrote that the single's "assaulting, deviant style" shows why Prong is popular.^[5] Jenni Glenn of CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that the album is heavier and angrier than Cleansing, blending thrash metal and industrial music to maintain their status of metal favorites.^[6]

References

1. "Rude Awakening - Prong". AllMusic.
2. "SPV/Steamhammer Reissues METAL CHURCH, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, PRONG, BONHAM Titles In Europe". Blabbermouth.net. November 12, 2008. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
3. http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=4283308
4. "Prong". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
5. {{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA70|title=Reviews & Previews: Singles: Rock Tracks|author=}work=Billboard|volume=108|issue=20|date=May 18, 1996|page=70}
6. Glenn, Jenni (April 1996). "Metal: Prong, Rude Awakening". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 32. p. 28.