Weapons (album)
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Weapons is the fifth and final studio album by the Welsh rock band Lostprophets. It was released through Epic Records on 2 April 2012. It was the first and only record featuring Luke Johnson on drums, after being with two other drummers previously, Mike Chiplin and Ilan Rubin (the latter of whom features in archive recordings included on the "deluxe edition" of Weapons, as well as the hidden track "Weapon" on all versions of the album.) This was also the last album to be released by the band before lead vocalist Ian Watkins was convicted and imprisoned for numerous sex offences, which led to their disbandment in 2013. Like the earlier Liberation Transmission, it features Latin on the front, which reads deus velox nex. When translated it reads God is swift death.
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 56/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Alternative Press | |
| BBC Music | favourable |
| DIY | 5/10 |
| The Guardian | |
| Kerrang! | |
| MusicOMH | |
| NME | 5/10 |
| Q | |
| Rock Sound | 8/10 |
| Sputnikmusic | |
| Uncut | 5/10 |
| Chart (2012) | Peakposition |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 55 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) | 76 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 86 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA) | 52 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 22 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) | 8 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 9 |
| UK Album Downloads (OCC) | 10 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) | 1 |
| US Billboard 200 | 145 |
| Region | Date | Label | Format |
| Europe | 30 March 2012 | Sony | CDdigital download |
| Australia | 6 April 2012 | ||
| Japan | 11 April 2012 | ||
| United Kingdom | 2 April 2012 | Epic | CDdigital downloadLP |
| United States | 19 June 2012 | Fearless |
References
- BBC Musichttps://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/26gw/
- Weapons (album)
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- "Lostprophets signed with Fearless Records"https://web.archive.org/web/20120411223458/http://fearlessrecords.com/post/269
- Kerrang!
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- "Lostprophets Weapons (US Deluxe Edition)"https://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/weapons-deluxe-edition/id528765809
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- "Lostprophets to release Jesus Walks as new single"http://hailthehero.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/lostprophets-to-release-new-single-jesus-walks-september-10th/
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/10/lostprophets-he-said-he-was-innocent
- Metacritichttps://www.metacritic.com/music/weapons/critic-reviews
- Allmusichttps://www.allmusic.com/album/weapons-r2385735/review
- Alternative Presshttp://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/lostprophets_weapons
- BBC Onlinehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/26gw
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/mar/29/lostprophets-weapons-cd-review
- "Lostprophets: Weapons – review from DIY"http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/lostprophets-weapons/
- "Lostprophets's Weapons: what the papers say"https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/walesmusic/2012/04/lostprophets-weapons-what-the-papers-say.shtml
- MusicOMHhttp://www.musicomh.com/albums/lostprophets-4_0312.htm
- NMEhttps://www.nme.com/reviews/lostprophets/12965
- "Lostprophets - Weapons"https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/49066/Lostprophets-Weapons/
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- Weapons (JPalbum)
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