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Lead Sails Paper Anchor by Atreyu
Lead Sails Paper Anchor is an album by Atreyu, released in 2007. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 14 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Falling Down”, on 7 lists with a best position of #13.
Lead Sails Paper Anchor, the fourth studio album from Yorba Linda, California's Atreyu, came out on 28 August 2007 as their first release for Hollywood Records, and it's the sound of a metalcore band deliberately loosening its collar. John Feldmann produced, and for the most part the metalcore bite gives way to big, swaggering hard rock, all arena-sized hooks and polished guitar muscle from Dan Jacobs and Travis Miguel, with Alex Varkatzas still bringing the grit.
"Becoming the Bull" led the charge, with a Hot Topic-only single that carried a demo of "Can't Happen Here", and "Falling Down" followed it as a US single. The gamble paid off: it turned into the biggest commercial success of Atreyu's career, crashing into the Billboard 200's top ten at No. 8 and landing at the summit of both the Hard Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts. A 2.0 edition in 2008 added a new song, "The Squeeze", plus "Epic" and "Clean Sheets".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Lead Sails Paper Anchor on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falling Down | 7 | #13 | – | 2008 | |
| 2 | Becoming the Bull | 7 | #21 | – | 2007–2010 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.