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One Day as a Lion (EP)

One Day as a Lion is the debut EP by One Day as a Lion, the musical duo consisting of Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha on vocals/keyboard and Jon Theodore, formerly of The Mars Volta, on drums. The mixing for the album was done by Mario C.

One Day as a Lion EP
EP by
One Day as a Lion
ReleasedJuly 18, 2008
GenreRap rock
Length20:20
LabelAnti-
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Billboard(favourable)[2]
Drowned in Sound(8/10)[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
The Skinny[5]

On July 16 the track "Wild International" was made available to stream on the band's MySpace page.[6] It was also premiered by Los Angeles radio station KROQ as well as Australian radio station Triple J.[6] The EP was released on July 18, 2008, in Australia and July 22, 2008, in the US.

Commercial performance edit

One Day as a Lion's eponymous EP placed at number 28 on the US Billboard 200, selling 17,000 copies in its first week.[7]

Track listing edit

  1. "Wild International" – 3:47
  2. "Ocean View" – 4:07
  3. "Last Letter" – 3:58
  4. "If You Fear Dying" – 3:57
  5. "One Day as a Lion" – 4:25

Personnel edit

Charts edit

Chart performance for One Day as a Lion
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 56
US Billboard 200 28
US Top Independent Albums 3

References edit

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Billboard review". Archived from the original on 2008-08-06. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  3. ^ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  4. ^ Rolling Stone review
  5. ^ The Skinny review
  6. ^ a b "One Day as a Lion's MySpace Page". Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  7. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20080817082637/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=816353
  8. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 208.

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