| Megalithic Symphony | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Awolnation |
| Cover: | Awolnation-Megalithic-Symphony.jpeg |
| Caption: | Standard edition cover. The deluxe edition features the same image at sunrise, while the 10th anniversary edition features it at sunset. |
| Recorded: | Red Bull Studios, AWOLSTUDIO, Avatar Studios, Main and Market, Gymnasium, Fireside Sound Studio |
| Label: | Red Bull |
| Prev Title: | Back from Earth |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | Run |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
Megalithic Symphony is the debut studio album by American rock band Awolnation, released on March 15, 2011 through Red Bull Records. The album is the band's first full-length release, following the release of the extended play Back From Earth (2010). Megalithic Symphony has since peaked at number 84 on the United States Billboard 200 and at number 57 on the Austrian Albums Chart. As of March 2015, the album sold 581,000 copies in the United States.[1]
On February 29, 2016, the RIAA certified Megalithic Symphony platinum.
In 2021, for the album's 10th anniversary, a special edition of it was released, including unreleased songs and live performances of some older songs, for a total of 27 bonus tracks.[2]
In a live Facebook Q&A session, Aaron described “Some Sort of Creature” as something he truly experienced. “What you hear on that track, a sort of segue track, is really what actually happened! And that's really all I can describe; it's me speaking to myself, because I didn’t want to forget this thing I saw. And it's all right there in the song."[3]
Sourced from the original album liner notes.
| Chart (2011–13) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| scope="row" | ||
| UK Albums (Official Charts Company)[4] | 179 | |
| scope="row" | ||
| US Billboard 200[5] | 84 | |
| US Rock Albums (Billboard)[6] | 21 | |
| US Alternative Albums (Billboard)[7] | 16 | |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[8] | 9 |
| Chart (2012) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[10] | 158 | |
| US Rock Albums[11] | 42 | |
| US Independent Albums[12] | 13 |
| Chart (2013) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[13] | 163 | |
| US Rock Albums[14] | 45 | |
| US Independent Albums[15] | 12 |
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| Region | Date | Format | Label | Catalog no. | |
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| United States | March 15, 2011[17] | Digital download | Red Bull | n/a | |
| March 29, 2011[18] | CD | RBR1086 | |||
| Belgium | July 1, 2011[19] | Digital download | n/a | ||
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| Belgium | July 4, 2011[20] | CD | RBR1108 | ||
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| United States | December 9, 2011[21] | 2xLP | RBR1134 | ||
| Australia | April 13, 2012 | Digital download | n/a | ||
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| Australia | May 25, 2012[22] | CD | Unknown | ||
| New Zealand | May 28, 2012[23] | Unknown | |||
| Deluxe Edition (First Issue) | |||||
| Belgium | January 25, 2013[24] | Digital download | Red Bull | n/a | |
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| Australia | November 15, 2013[25] | Digital download | Red Bull | n/a | |
| United States | November 19, 2013[26] | ||||
| United Kingdom | November 25, 2013[27] | ||||
| 10th Anniversary Edition | |||||
| Worldwide | March 15, 2021[28] | Digital download | Red Bull | n/a | |