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The Sound of Madness by Shinedown
The Sound of Madness is an album by Shinedown, released in 2008. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 77 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Second Chance”, on 33 lists with a best position of #2.
The Sound of Madness, Shinedown's third album, hit stores through Atlantic on June 24, 2008, and it's the Jacksonville band swinging straight for the rafters. Rob Cavallo produced, and the lineup was in flux: this was the first record with guitarist Zach Myers and bassist Eric Bass, the only one with Nick Perri, and the only time Shinedown worked as a five-piece, with Brent Smith out front and Barry Kerch on drums.
Smith casts a wider lyrical net here. Lead single "Devour" snarls about politics and war, "If You Only Knew" is a ballad for his then-fiancee and son, and "What a Shame" deals with his uncle's death and how he and his cousin, the wrestler Olivia Smith, got through it. The riffs are huge, the hooks are built for arenas, and the alternative metal has been polished to a hard shine. It became the band's best seller, double platinum in the US and Canada and gold in Britain, with "Second Chance" going multi-platinum.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Sound of Madness on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Second Chance | 33 | #2 | – | 2008–2025 | |
| 2 | Sound of Madness | 20 | #5 | – | 2009–2025 | |
| 3 | If You Only Knew | 15 | #1 | 1 | 2009–2010 | |
| 4 | The Crow & the Butterfly | 9 | #6 | – | 2010 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.