The Red (EP) explained

Revelations: The Red EP
Type:ep
Artist:William Control
Cover:The Red (EP).jpg
Studio:Hell's Half Acre
Label:Control
Producer:Kenneth Fletcher
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Revelations: The Red EP is the third in a series of four EPs that make up Revelations, the fifth studio album by William Control. The other three EPs are The Pale, The Black and The White, after the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.[1] It was released by Control Records on July 14, 2017 and peaked at 179 on the Billboard 200 chart, at number 5 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart,[2] and at number one on the Heatseekerschart.[3] [2] A video for Let Her Go was released on September 6, 2017.

The EP was recorded at Control's Hell's Half Acre studio and was produced and engineered by Kenneth Fletcher, and engineered and mixed by Axel Otero of the band Lay Your Ghost. It was mastered by John Troxell. Fans were invited down to the Control Merch shop to record gang vocals.[4]

Personnel

All credits adapted from liner notes.[5]

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 (Billboard)[6] 179
US Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[7] 5
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[8] 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[9] 5
US Rock Albums (Billboard)[10] 26

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Birkbeck. Tim. Interview: William Control. VultureHound. August 3, 2017. January 2, 2017.
  2. Web site: William Control Chart History | Billboard . www.billboard.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180512065654/https://www.billboard.com/music/william-control/chart-history/dance-electronic-albums . 12 May 2018 . dead.
  3. Web site: William Control Chart History | Billboard . www.billboard.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180518105706/https://www.billboard.com/music/william-control/chart-history/heatseekers-albums . 18 May 2018 . dead.
  4. Web site: Instagram post by William Control. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/williamcontrol/1314834144568514095 . 2021-12-26 . registration. Instagram. August 21, 2017. August 12, 2016.
  5. The Red EP. William Control. 2017. Liner notes. Control Records. CR013.
  6. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=William Control|chart=Billboard 200}} William Control – Chart history: Billboard 200]. Billboard. August 21, 2017.
  7. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=William Control|chart=Dance/Electronic Albums C}} William Control – Chart history: Top Dance/Electronic Albums]. Billboard. August 21, 2017.
  8. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=William Control|chart=Heatseekers Albums}} William Control – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums]. Billboard. August 21, 2017.
  9. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=William Control|chart=Independent Albums}} William Control – Chart history: Independent Albums]. Billboard. August 21, 2017.
  10. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=William Control|chart=Rock Albums}} William Control – Chart history: Rock Albums]. Billboard. August 20, 2017.