IV (Godsmack album)

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IV
IV cover
Studio album by Godsmack
Released April 25, 2006
Recorded October - December 2005 at Spiral Recording Studio in Hollywood, California
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal, alternative rock
Length 52:44
Label Universal/Republic
Producer Sully Erna
Andy Johns
Professional reviews
Godsmack chronology
The Other Side
(2004)
IV
(2006)
Good Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack
(2007)

IV is the fourth studio album by the hard rock/heavy metal band Godsmack. The album was released on April 25, 2006. IV debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, and has been certified gold by the RIAA, with sales in excess of 500,000 in the United States.

[edit] Track listing

All music and lyrics written by Erna unless noted otherwise.

  1. "Livin' In Sin" - 4:39 (Erna/Rombola/Merrill/Larkin)
  2. "Speak" - 3:57 (Erna/Rombola/Merrill/Larkin)
  3. "The Enemy" - 4:07
  4. "Shine Down" - 5:01
  5. "Hollow" - 4:32 (Erna/Rombola, feat. Lisa Guyer)
  6. "No Rest for the Wicked" - 4:37
  7. "Bleeding Me" - 3:37
  8. "Voodoo Too" - 5:26 (Erna/Rombola/Merrill/Larkin)
  9. "Temptation" - 4:06
  10. "Mama" - 5:14
  11. "One Rainy Day" - 16:43 (Erna/Rombola/Merrill/Larkin)
  12. "I Thought" – 4:12†
  13. "Safe and Sound" – 4:18††
  14. "I Stand Alone" (live)- 3:50†††
    • † = available exclusively through Target
    • †† = available exclusively through Best Buy
    • ††† = available exclusively through iTunes

[edit] Chart positions

Album (Billboard 200)

Year Chart Position
2006 The Billboard 200 1

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
2006 "Speak" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
2006 "Speak" Modern Rock Tracks 10
2006 "Speak" Pop 100 93
2006 "Speak" The Billboard Hot 100 85
2006 "Shine Down" Mainstream Rock Tracks 4
2006 "Shine Down" Modern Rock Tracks 31
2007 "The Enemy" Mainstream Rock Tracks 4

[edit] Interviews

Preceded by
Me and My Gang by Rascal Flatts
Billboard 200 number-one album
May 13 - May 19, 2006
Succeeded by
10,000 Days by Tool
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