Album · Godsmack
Awake by Godsmack
Awake is an album by Godsmack, released in 2000. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 49 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Awake”, on 34 lists with a best position of #13.
Awake, Godsmack's third studio album, hit the shelves on Halloween 2000 on Republic, with Sully Erna producing as well as snarling out front. The Lawrence, Massachusetts crew hadn't gone soft: Tony Rombola's guitar and Robbie Merrill's bass lock into the same low-slung chug, and Tommy Stewart pounds away on what turned out to be the last Godsmack record he played all the way through before Shannon Larkin took over the kit. They even dragged "Goin' Down" back from their first recording, All Wound Up.
It's alternative metal built like a battering ram: the title track stomps, "Greed" spits and seethes, and "Bad Magick" grinds along on a darker, heavier groove. The US Navy heard the muscle too, and through the 2000s put the title track, along with "Sick of Life", to work in its "Accelerate Your Life" recruiting ads.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Awake on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awake | 34 | #13 | – | 2000–2025 | |
| 2 | Greed | 9 | #6 | – | 2001–2002 | |
| 3 | Bad Magick | 6 | #26 | – | 2001–2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.