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Appeal to Reason by Rise Against
Appeal to Reason is an album by Rise Against, released in 2008. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 99 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Savior”, on 41 lists and voted number one twice.
Appeal to Reason, Rise Against's fifth album, came out in October 2008 on DGC and Interscope, and the Chicago punks sound bigger than ever on it. They cut it at the Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado, with Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore producing, and the pair buffed the attack to a radio shine: huge, fist-in-the-air choruses, with softer passages worked in to darken the mood. Tim McIlrath aims his bark squarely at the Iraq War and the Bush administration, Joe Principe and Brandon Barnes drive the engine, and new lead guitarist Zach Blair makes his debut.
"Re-Education (Through Labor)", "Audience of One" and "Savior" were the singles, and "Savior" simply refused to leave the rock charts, setting records for consecutive weeks on them. The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 and went platinum.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Appeal to Reason on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Savior | 41 | #1 | 2 | 2009–2026 | |
| 2 | Audience Of One | 29 | #3 | – | 2008–2023 | |
| 3 | Re-Education (Through Labor) | 27 | #4 | – | 2008–2023 | |
| 4 | Hero of War | 2 | #69 | – | 2009 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.