| Five Crooked Lines | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Finger Eleven |
| Cover: | Fivecrooked.jpg |
| Released: | July 31, 2015 |
| Recorded: | November 8–28, 2014 |
| Studio: | Low Country Sound (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| Genre: | Post-grunge, hard rock |
| Length: | 50:03 |
| Label: | The Bicycle Music Company |
| Producer: | Dave Cobb |
| Prev Title: | Life Turns Electric |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | Greatest Hits |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
Five Crooked Lines is the sixth studio album by Canadian rock band Finger Eleven, released July 31, 2015.[1] It is their first without drummer Rich Beddoe, after his departure in 2013, replaced by Chris Powell.[2]
On April 5, 2013, Finger Eleven tweeted: "The official inertia of our new album is growing." Toward the end of the year, they parted ways with longtime drummer Rich Beddoe.[3] [4]
In November 2014, they announced via Facebook that Chris Powell will drum on the album. They recorded the album between November 8, 2014 and November 28, 2014.[2] By January 29, 2015, the album was in the final stages of production.[5]
On April 25, 2015, an open casting call was made for the album's first single's music video. "Wolves and Doors" premiered on Finger Eleven's VEVO page in June and was seen 100,000 times by July 31.
Fives Crooked Lines received mixed reviews. James Christopher Monger of allMusic thought it "doesn't deviate too much from the band's post-grunge past, but it is built from more volatile stuff".[6] Ultimate Guitar Archive gave a mixed review: "Five Crooked Lines is not a completely avoidable album, but it's nothing to get that excited about."[7]
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| Chart (2015) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[8] | 16 | |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9] | 15 | |
| US Rock Albums (Billboard)[10] | 44 |