In the Arms of God
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| Released | April 5, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | July 9 – December 8, 2004 | |||
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| Length | 64:27 | |||
| Label | Sanctuary | |||
| Producers | Corrosion of Conformity John Custer | |||
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In the Arms of God is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Corrosion of Conformity, released on April 5, 2005. It is the only album of the band to not feature drummer Reed Mullin and the last to feature Pepper Keenan on vocals and guitar until 2018's No Cross No Crown; although he rejoined the band in 2014. Stanton Moore of the band Galactic played drums on this album.
An early version of "It Is That Way" had appeared in 2004 on the compilation "High Volume - The Stoner Rock Collection".[1]
An early version of "World on Fire" had appeared in 2000 on the Japanese edition of America's Volume Dealer.[2]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| Blabbermouth.net | 10/10[4] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[5] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [6] |
| PopMatters | 8/10[7] |
| Rock Hard | 8/10[8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
In 2005, In the Arms of God was ranked number 330 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[10]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Pepper Keenan, except track 7, co-written with Mike Dean. All music are written by Corrosion of Conformity, except tracks 5, 10 and 11, co-written with John Custer.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Stone Breaker" | 5:16 |
| 2. | "Paranoid Opioid" | 6:30 |
| 3. | "It Is That Way" | 5:17 |
| 4. | "Dirty Hands Empty Pockets / Already Gone" | 4:51 |
| 5. | "Rise River Rise" | 5:06 |
| 6. | "Never Turns to More" | 8:15 |
| 7. | "Infinite War" | 3:46 |
| 8. | "So Much Left Behind" | 5:18 |
| 9. | "The Backslider" | 6:29 |
| 10. | "World on Fire" | 4:01 |
| 11. | "Crown of Thorns" | 2:33 |
| 12. | "In the Arms of God" | 6:55 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Jaguar" | 2:49 |
Personnel
Corrosion of Conformity
- Pepper Keenan – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Woody Weatherman – lead guitar, backing vocals (track 7)
- Mike Dean – bass, backing vocals (track 7)
- Stanton Moore – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
- John Custer – production, Hammond organ (track 1), guitar solo (track 4), acoustic guitar (track 12)
- Mike Dean – engineering
Chart positions
Album
| Chart (2005) | Position |
|---|---|
| Billboard 200 | 108[11] |
References
- ↑ "Various - High Volume The Stoner Rock Collection". Discogs.
- ↑ "Corrosion Of Conformity - Americas Volume Dealer". Discogs.
- ↑ "In the Arms of God - Corrosion of Conformity". AllMusic.
- ↑ Alisoglu, Scott. "In the Arms of God - Corrosion of Conformity". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 90. ISBN 9781-926592-20-6.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Corrosion of Conformity". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2 (4th ed.). MUZE. p. 555. ISBN 9780195313734.
- ↑ Begrand, Adrien (April 5, 2005). "Corrosion of Conformity: In the Arms of God". PopMatters. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- ↑ Schleutermann, Marcus. "Rock Hard review". issue 216. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ↑ Fricke, David (April 7, 2005). "Big Rock". Rolling Stone. No. 971. p. 72.
- ↑ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 78. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
- ↑ "Billboard 200™". Billboard. April 3, 2005.