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The Other Side
EP by Godsmack
Released	March 16, 2004
Recorded	2003
Genre	Alternative rock, hard rock
Length	29:57
Label	Universal, Republic
Producer	Sully Erna, David Bottrill
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The Other Side is an acoustic EP by heavy metal band Godsmack, released on March 16, 2004. It includes several previously released songs re-recorded as acoustic versions, as well as three new acoustic tracks.

One new song, "Touché", featured Godsmack's first guitar player, Lee Richards, as well as John Kosco, who were at that time in the now defunct band Dropbox,^[1] The other two new acoustic tracks were "Running Blind" and "Voices" which are old songs that Sully Erna wrote but never recorded.^[2]

The song "Asleep" is actually an acoustic, shorter and calmer version of "Awake" from the band's second album Awake.

[edit] Recording

According to Sully Erna, the band decided to do an acoustic record because they have always messed around with acoustic versions of their music and gotten great reactions to it. "Reworking the songs this way shows a different side of the band."^[3]

The Other Side was recorded in a Hawaiian studio with producer David Bottrill, who has worked with the group on "I Stand Alone", and on their third studio album "Faceless".^[3]

[edit] Track listing

#	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Running Blind"	Erna	3:59
2.	"Re-Align"	Erna	4:23
3.	"Touché (feat. John Kosco and Lee Richards)"	Erna, Kosco, Richards	3:38
4.	"Voices"	Erna	3:44
5.	"Keep Away"	Erna	4:49
6.	"Spiral"	Erna	5:21
7.	"Asleep"	Erna	3:58

[edit] Sales

The Other Side debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, selling 98,000 copies in its first week,^[4] and the album would go on to sell over half million copies in the United States. The album has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with excess sales of 500,000 copies.^[5]

[edit] Personnel

Sully Erna - vocals, guitar, producer
Tony Rombola - guitar, backing vocalist
Robbie Merrill - Bass
Shannon Larkin - drums, percussion
David Bottrill - Mixing
P.R. Brown - Art Direction, Design, Cover Photo
Troy Gonzalez - Assistant
Sherline Hall - Assistant

Kent Hertz - Engineer
Dave Homcy - Photography
John Kosco - Guest Appearance
Bob Ludwig - Mastering
Lee Richards - Guest Appearance
Ben Sanders - Assistant
Kurt Schneck - Assistant
Kevin Sheehy - Assistant

[edit] Chart positions

Album - Billboard 200 (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2004	The Billboard 200	5

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2004	"Running Blind"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	3
2004	"Running Blind"	Modern Rock Tracks	14
2004	"Touché"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	7
2004	"Touché"	Modern Rock Tracks	33

[edit] Certification

Country	Sales	Certification Date	Certification
United States	500,000+	06/01/2004	Gold

[edit] References

^ Wiederhorn, Jon (2004-06-03). "Ex-Godsmack Guitarist Finds Second Act - News Story". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1488133/20040603/dropbox.jhtml. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
^ "Discography - The Other Side". Godsmack - Discography. http://www.godsmack.com/albums/album_detail.asp?album_id=533. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
^ ^a ^b Wiederhorn, Jon (2003-08-12). "Godsmack To Release All-Acoustic Album In November". Blabbermouth.Net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=14364.
^ "Norah Still Tops On Billboard 200". Blabbermouth.Net. 2004-03-24. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000470598. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
^ "RIAA certification for Godsmack Albums". Recording Industry of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Godsmack&startMonth=1&startYear=1958&endMonth=1&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&sense=ASC&perPage=25&go=Search. Retrieved 2009-04-27.

[0] Wiederhorn, Jon (2004-06-03). "Ex-Godsmack Guitarist Finds Second Act - News Story". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1488133/20040603/dropbox.jhtml. Retrieved 2007-10-10.

[The_Other_Side_on_Godsmack_discography-1] "Discography - The Other Side". Godsmack - Discography. http://www.godsmack.com/albums/album_detail.asp?album_id=533. Retrieved 2007-11-10.

[Recording-2] Wiederhorn, Jon (2003-08-12). "Godsmack To Release All-Acoustic Album In November". Blabbermouth.Net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=14364.

[3] "Norah Still Tops On Billboard 200". Blabbermouth.Net. 2004-03-24. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000470598. Retrieved 2009-01-23.

[4] "RIAA certification for Godsmack Albums". Recording Industry of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Godsmack&startMonth=1&startYear=1958&endMonth=1&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&sense=ASC&perPage=25&go=Search. Retrieved 2009-04-27.

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