Revolution (Skillet album) explained

Revolution
Type:studio
Artist:Skillet
Cover:Revolution (Skillet album).jpg
Studio:
  • Full Circle Music (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Van Howes Studio (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Length:35:01
Label:Hear It Loud (independent)
Prev Title:Dominion
Prev Year:2022

Revolution is the twelfth studio album by American Christian rock band Skillet. It was released on November 1, 2024. It is the first Skillet album to be released independently.[1] It is their first album in nearly three years since January 2022's Dominion (2022).

With regard to the album title and theme, Skillet frontman John Cooper explains that "the revolution we're talking about on this record is not a political revolution, [and] it is certainly not a militaristic one, which I've never supported. It's a revolution for love. It's a revolution to love your enemies."[2] On the album cover, the band flag Cooper holds has "1 COR 13:13" printed in the lower-right corner, referring to the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians. The verse reads, "But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love." (NASB1995) It is the shortest Skillet album to date.

Singles

The first single for the album, "Unpopular", was released with an accompanying music video on August 9, 2024.[3] Designed with "tongue-in-cheek" lyrics,[4] Cooper states that the song is "saying the world's gone so nuts that the things the world loves are so disgusting and so crazy—like, in a world gone mad, would you really want to be popular? That's kind of the joke of the song."[5]

The third and last single for the album, "Ash In the Wind", was released on October 18, 2024. Cooper mentions that "'Ash In the Wind' reminds us of a mix of old Skillet and Linkin Park, which I’m a huge fan of. Korey produced it, and it definitely merges live performance with modern recording techniques."[6]

Personnel

Skillet

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2024)! scope="col"
Peak
position
US Top Rock & Alternative Albums (Billboard)[7] 19

Notes and References

  1. Price . Deborah Evans . August 6, 2024 . Skillet Leaves Atlantic After Two Decades: 'It's Time for Us to Be Pushed Out of the Nest' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240807155352/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/skillet-leaves-atlantic-new-song-unpopular-1235747219/ . August 7, 2024 . August 9, 2024 . Billboard.
  2. News: Jackson . Jesse T. . August 9, 2024 . 'Today's a Good Day To Be Unpopular'—John Cooper Urges a Spiritual 'Revolution' With New Skillet Single . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240809224259/https://churchleaders.com/news/491338-john-cooper-spiritual-revolution-skillet-unpopular.html/2 . August 9, 2024 . August 9, 2024 . ChurchLeaders . 2.
  3. Web site: August 9, 2024 . Skillet - Unpopular (Official Music Video) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240810004048/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLmelFjmrwQ . August 10, 2024 . August 10, 2024 . YouTube.
  4. Web site: REVOLUTION DIGITAL ALBUM . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240810004835/https://preorder.skillet.com/favicon.ico . August 10, 2024 . August 10, 2024 . Skillet.
  5. News: Jackson . Jesse T. . August 9, 2024 . 'Today's a Good Day To Be Unpopular'—John Cooper Urges a Spiritual 'Revolution' With New Skillet Single . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240809233037/https://churchleaders.com/news/491338-john-cooper-spiritual-revolution-skillet-unpopular.html . August 9, 2024 . August 10, 2024 . ChurchLeaders.
  6. Web site: Clarks . Jessie . October 18, 2024 . Skillet Releases 'Ash In the Wind' . October 19, 2024 . The Christian Beat.
  7. Skillet Chart History: Top Rock & Alternative Albums. Billboard. November 12, 2024.

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