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The Illusion of Progress by Staind
The Illusion of Progress is an album by Staind, released in 2008. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 23 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Believe”, on 16 lists with a best position of #3.
The Illusion of Progress, Staind's sixth studio album, arrived on August 19, 2008, and it was made about as close to home as a band this size can get: Johnny K produced it in singer Aaron Lewis's own home studio. Behind him stood the same four who had started the band in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1995, with Mike Mushok on guitar, Johnny April on bass and Jon Wysocki on drums.
This is post-grunge at its most brooding and polished, Mushok's riffs rolling in heavy and slow while Lewis nurses his wounds over the top. "Believe" led the charge and sat atop the Alternative Songs chart for three weeks; "All I Want" followed, its video picking up the story where the first one left off. The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, and Lewis later recut "Tangled Up in You" as a country song for his 2011 solo EP Town Line.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Illusion of Progress on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believe | 16 | #3 | – | 2008–2010 | |
| 2 | All I Want | 7 | #34 | – | 2008–2009 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.