Five Crooked Lines Explained

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. The album was released July 31, 2015.^[1] This is the first album without drummer Rich Beddoe after his departure in 2013. Instead, drums were provided by Chris Powell.^[2]

Writing and recording

On April 5, 2013, the band posted on Twitter about the status of their upcoming album stating, "The official inertia of our new album is growing". Towards the end of the year, the band parted ways with longtime drummer Rich Beddoe.^{[3] [4]} In November 2014, the band announced via their Facebook page that Chris Powell will provide the drums for the album. They recorded the album between November 8, 2014 and November 28, 2014.^[2] On January 29, 2015, the band said the album was in the final stages of production.^[5] On April 25, 2015, the band announced an open casting call for the filming of the video for the new album's first single. The song appears to be titled "Wolves and Doors". The music video premiered on Finger Eleven's VEVO page in June 2015; it had been seen 100,000 times by July 31, 2015.

Critical reception

The album received mixed reviews. James Christopher Monger of allMusic gave a review about the album indicating, "...The resulting Five Crooked Lines doesn't deviate too much from the band's post-grunge past, but it is built from more volatile stuff."^[6] Ultimate Guitar gave a mixed review about the album stated, "...Five Crooked Lines is not a completely avoidable album, but it's nothing to get that excited about."^[7]

Personnel

Finger Eleven

• Scott Anderson - vocals
• James Black - guitar, vocals
• Rick Jackett - guitar
• Sean Anderson - bass

Additional personnel

• Chris Powell - drums

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
US Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)^[8]	16
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[9]	15
US Rock Albums (Billboard)^[10]	44

Notes and References

1. Web site: Five Crooked Lines [Explicit]: Finger Eleven: MP3 Downloads |publisher=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=2015-06-25].
2. Web site: Tracking for the new album is finished!!! - Finger Eleven (F11) - Facebook. facebook.com. November 5, 2015.
3. Web site: Finger Eleven on Twitter. Twitter. November 5, 2015.
4. Web site: After much debate Finger Eleven has... - . facebook.com. November 5, 2015.
5. Web site: Finger Eleven on Twitter. Twitter. November 5, 2015.
6. Web site: James Christopher. Monger. Allmusic review of Five Crooked Lines. allmusic. December 10, 2015. July 31, 2015.
7. Web site: Five Crooked Lines Review by Ultimate Guitar. Ultimate Guitar.com. December 10, 2015 . August 5, 2015.
8. Web site: Hard Rock Albums for August 22,2015. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. March 7, 2016.
9. Web site: Canadian Albums for August 22, 2015. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. March 7, 2016.
10. Web site: Top Rock Albums for August 22, 2015. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. March 4, 2016.