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Dear Agony by Breaking Benjamin
Dear Agony is an album by Breaking Benjamin, released in 2009. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 46 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “I Will Not Bow”, on 28 lists and voted number one once.
Dear Agony, Breaking Benjamin's fourth album, came out on Hollywood Records on September 29, 2009, with David Bendeth producing, and for the first time Benjamin Burnley shared the songwriting credits with his bandmates. The Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania band sticks to what it does best: crunching guitars, choruses that swell like storm fronts, and angst worn right on the sleeve. "I Will Not Bow" leads the charge, "Give Me a Sign" and "Lights Out" keep the pressure up, and the title track is the brooding heart of the thing.
It also turned out to be an ending. Burnley's recurring illnesses pushed the band into a long hiatus in early 2010, guitarist Aaron Fink and bassist Mark James Klepaski were fired in 2011, and drummer Chad Szeliga left in 2013 over creative differences, which makes this the last album by that lineup.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Dear Agony on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Will Not Bow | 28 | #1 | 1 | 2009–2025 | |
| 2 | Give Me a Sign | 9 | #2 | – | 2009–2010 | |
| 3 | Lights Out | 7 | #5 | – | 2010 | |
| 4 | Dear Agony | 2 | #16 | – | 2020 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.