Development (album) explained

Development
Type:	studio
Artist:	Nonpoint
Cover:	Nonpoint_Development.jpg
Released:	June 25, 2002^[1]
Recorded:	October 2001
Studio:	Elysian Fields^[2]
Genre:	Nu metal, alternative metal
Length:	42:54
Label:	MCA
Producer:	Jason Bieler^[3]
Prev Title:	Statement
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Recoil
Next Year:	2004

Development is the fourth studio album released by American nu metal band Nonpoint.^{[2] [4]} It was their final album released through MCA Records.^[3]

The album debuted at No. 52 on the Billboard 200 album chart.^[5] The single, "Your Signs", hit No. 29 on Billboard Active Rock chart, and No. 35 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, both in early July.^{[6] [7]}

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that the album "finds the band literally developing its own signature sound, in the process refining its scope to a much sharper point."

Track listing

Tracks 1–12 by Nonpoint.

Personnel

Members

• Elias Soriano - lead vocals
• Robbie Rivera - drums
• Ken "K. Bastard" MacMillan - bass
• Andrew Goldman - guitars, backing vocals

Production

• Produced by Jason Bieler & Nonpoint
• Engineered by Keith Rose and Chad Milosevich
• Mixed by Bob Clearmountin, at Mix This Studios, Pacific Palisades, California
• Mastered by Mike Fuller
• Drum tech: Tony R. Adams
• A&R by Gary Ashley, Hans Haedelt & Jeanne Venton
• Photo by Matt Swig

Notes and References

1. Singles. Billboard. June 29, 2002. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
2. Web site: Nu-Metal Screams Get a Boost in Volume. Sean. Piccoli. Sun-Sentinel.com. July 7, 2002 .
3. Book: Sharpe-Young, Garry. New Wave of American Heavy Metal. September 10, 2005. Zonda Books Limited. 978-0-9582684-0-0 . Google Books.
4. Web site: Nonpoint | Biography & History. AllMusic.
5. Web site: Bullet with a change for rockers Nonpoint. Alan. Sculley. January 17, 2013. Boulder Weekly.
6. Active Rock Chart History: Nonpoint . . June 20, 2021.
7. Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart History: Nonpoint . . June 20, 2021.