Transmissions is the debut studio album by American rock band Starset, released on July 8, 2014, through Razor & Tie. Three singles were released in support of the album; "My Demons", "Carnivore", and "Halo", all charting in the top 20 of the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
Background Transmissions is a concept album. The album was produced by Rob Graves and mixed by Ben Grosse. A deluxe version of the album was released on iTunes on February 12, 2016, featuring four new acoustic recordings of songs "My Demons", "Halo", "Point of No Return", and "Let It Die" along with three previously released remixed tracks. As of November 2016, the album has sold 79,000 copies in the United States, according to Billboard. and a quarter million overall, factoring in album sales, downloads, and streaming.
The songs "Down with the Fallen" and "Dark on Me" had previously been recorded and released by Dustin Bates's previous band, Downplay.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians Dustin Bates – vocals, guitars, bass Rob Graves – programming, guitars, strings arrangements Josh Baker – programming, guitars Chris Flury – programming Rob Hawkins – programming Alex Niceford – programming Joe Rickard – programming, drums Miles McPherson – additional drums (9) John Catchings – cello Monisa Angell – viola David Angell – violin David Davidson – violin, strings arrangements,
Production Mike Gitter – A&R Rob Graves – producer, engineer Ben Schmitt – engineer Eric Emery – engineer (14–17) Brian Virtue – drum engineer Baheo "Bobby" Shin – string engineer Ben Grosse – mixing Paul Pavao – mixing Maor Appelbaum – mastering Lance Buckley – package design Matt Tisdale – illustration Stephen Hutton – management Logan Mader – management
Charts Chart (2014) Peakposition US Billboard 200 49 US Top Rock Albums 16 US Top Hard Rock Albums 5 US Top Alternative Albums 12 US Top Digital Albums 24
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Mainstream Rock Rock "My Demons" 2013 5 36 "Carnivore" 2014 16 — "Halo" 2015 16 41
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