Aurora is a compilation album by the American rock band Breaking Benjamin, released on January 24, 2020. The album is a collection of reimagined versions of previously released songs, plus one new song. This is their final album with Hollywood Records.
Background Details of the album were first reported in October 2019, that it would contain reworked versions of some of the band's biggest hits over the years. It also includes one new song, the lead single "Far Away" featuring Scooter Ward from Cold, which was released on December 6, 2019. The album also includes guest appearances from Lacey Sturm (formerly of Flyleaf), Michael Barnes of Red, Adam Gontier of Saint Asonia and Three Days Grace, and Spencer Chamberlain of Underoath.
Composition Aurora makes use of acoustic guitars, orchestral strings and piano, resulting in an acoustic rock and symphonic rock sound. The album is also described as post-grunge and retains hard rock elements on "So Cold", "Failure", "Red Cold River", "Tourniquet", "Never Again", and "Torn in Two".
"Dance with the Devil" is noted for "sounding more folky", and "Tourniquet" retains Benjamin Burnley's "aggressive growl" during the chorus.
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from album's liner notes.
Breaking Benjamin Ben Burnley – vocals, guitar, producer Jasen Rauch – guitar, additional vocal engineering Keith Wallen – guitar Aaron Bruch – bass Shaun Foist – drums
Guest artists Michael Barnes – vocals Scooter Ward – vocals Spencer Chamberlain – vocals Adam Gontier – vocals Lacey Sturm – vocals
Additional musicians Carl Barc – additional orchestration, strings engineer Philip Dizack – trumpet Dave Eggar – string arrangements, orchestration, viola, cello Benjamin Fingland – clarinet, bass clarinet Jack Kessler – violin, viola Katie Kresek – violin, viola Sato Moughalian – flute Chuck Palmer – string arrangements, orchestration, conductor/leader Roger Wagner – string bass
Technical Dan Korneff – engineer, digital editing, and mixing; additional production Sean Dorrian – additional engineering and digital editing Ted Jensen – mastering
Charts +Chart performance for Aurora Chart (2020) Peakposition Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) 8 UK Album Sales (OCC) 95 UK Album Downloads (OCC) 33
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