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Disciplined Breakdown by Collective Soul
Disciplined Breakdown is an album by Collective Soul, released in 1997. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 18 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Precious Declaration”, on 10 lists with a best position of #18.
Disciplined Breakdown, Collective Soul's third album, came out on Atlantic on March 11, 1997, and it was made the hard way. Tangled up in a drawn-out legal fight with their old managers and short on cash, the band recorded it in a cabin-like studio, with Ed Roland producing and the original gang of Dean Roland, Will Turpin, Ross Childress and Shane Evans behind him.
The grind shows, in a good way: the choruses are still huge, but the guitars have more bite and the songs a little more bruise. "Precious Declaration" rides a big, chugging riff to the top of the Mainstream Rock chart for four weeks, "Listen" did the same for five, and "Blame" adds some brooding. It didn't sell like the first two albums, but it still went platinum. It was also their first vinyl release, and a 25th anniversary edition in 2022 added a live set from Park West in Chicago.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Disciplined Breakdown on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Precious Declaration | 10 | #18 | – | 1997–2002 | |
| 2 | Listen | 7 | #47 | – | 1997–2005 | |
| 3 | Blame | 1 | #58 | – | 1997 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.