Shadow Work (Trapt album) explained

Shadow Work
Type:	studio
Artist:	Trapt
Cover:	Trapt - Shadow Work.jpg
Alt:	A computer graphic of a yin yang
Caption:	Standard edition; the deluxe edition includes "DELUXE EDITION" written at the top
Studio:	Dexter Dog Studios, Orange County, California, US Fat Tracks Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Producer:	Trapt
Prev Title:	DNA
Prev Year:	2016
Next Title:	The Fall
Next Year:	2024

Shadow Work is the eighth studio album by American rock band Trapt, released on July 3, 2020. The album was a commercial and critical failure at release.

Critical and commercial reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 2.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Neil Z. Yeung writing that the album offers "some polished anthems to balance with their typical crunchy assault" and particularly praises the band's cover of "Who Will Save Your Soul".

Shadow Work sold 600 copies in its first week, an 87% decrease from 2016's DNA and below the 5,400 anticipated sales. Vocalist Chris Taylor Brown disputed these figures, claiming sales among the several thousand. Brown's subsequent social media use got the band's accounts suspended and led to drummer Michael Smith leaving Trapt. The band's subsequent tours have been poorly attended.

Track listing

1. "Make It Out Alive" – 3:31
2. "I Want to Want What I Want" – 3:53
3. "Tell Me How You Really Feel" – 4:10
4. "Too Little Too Late" – 4:04
5. "Far Enough Away" – 4:15
6. "Turn Me Around Again" – 3:13
7. "Trying Too Hard" – 3:27
8. "Let Me Down Slowly" – 3:11
9. "Too Far Away" – 3:58
10. "Get You Back" – 3:32
11. "Hold and Be Held" – 3:27
12. "Save Your Soul" (Jewel Kilcher) – 3:59

Deluxe edition bonus tracks

13. "Fire" – 4:03
14. "Make It Out Alive" (Acoustic) – 3:26
15. "Tell Me How You Really Feel" (Acoustic) – 4:08
16. "Far Enough Away" (Acoustic) – 4:15
17. "Turn Me Around Again" (Acoustic) – 3:05
18. "Let Me Down Slowly" (Acoustic) – 3:15

The digital deluxe edition bonus tracks includes "Fire" as the opening track and an acoustic recording (length 4:15) of the song as the 13th.

Personnel

Trapt

• Chris Taylor Brown – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, production
• Pete Charell – bass guitar, backing vocals, engineering at Fat Tracks Studio, production
• Brendan Hengle – lead guitar
• Mike Smith – drums

Additional personnel

• Jack Daniels – engineering, mixing at Dexter Doc Studio
• Mike Kalajiah – mastering at Rogue Planet Mastering
• Travis Livingstone – cover art
• Rob Nadler – engineering at Fat Tracks Studio

See also

• 2020 in American music
• List of 2020 albums

External links

• • • The Singer From Trapt Has Gone Full MAGA from Consequence of Sound
• We’ll Never Forget Trapt’s Year-Long Meltdown from Mel Magazine