Five Crooked Lines

Five Crooked Lines is the sixth studio album by Canadian rock band Finger Eleven. The album was released July 31, 2015.[4] This is the first album without drummer Rich Beddoe after his departure in 2013. Instead, drums were provided by Chris Powell.[5]

Five Crooked Lines
Studio album by Finger Eleven
Released	July 31, 2015
Recorded	November 8–28, 2014
Genre	Hard rock, alternative rock, alternative metal, post-grunge
Length	50:03
Label	The Bicycle Music Company
Producer	Dave Cobb
Finger Eleven chronology
Life Turns Electric (2010) Five Crooked Lines (2015)
Singles from Five Crooked Lines
"Wolves and Doors" Released: June 9, 2015 "Gods of Speed" Released: October 9, 2015 "Blackout Song" Released: February 12, 2016 "Not Going to Be Afraid" Released: September 12, 2016

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Ultimate Guitar.com	(5.6/10)[2]
Sputnikmusic	[3]

Writing and recording

On April 5, 2013, the band posted on Twitter about the status of their upcoming album stating, "The official inertia of our new album is growing". Towards the end of the year, the band parted ways with longtime drummer Rich Beddoe.[6][7] In November 2014, the band announced via their Facebook page that Chris Powell will provide the drums for the album. They recorded the album between November 8, 2014 and November 28, 2014.[5] On January 29, 2015, the band said the album was in the final stages of production.[8] On April 25, 2015, the band announced an open casting call for the filming of the video for the new album's first single. The song appears to be titled "Wolves and Doors". The music video premiered on Finger Eleven's VEVO page in June 2015; it had been seen 100,000 times by July 31, 2015.

Critical reception

The album received mixed reviews. James Christopher Monger of allMusic gave a review about the album indicating, "...The resulting Five Crooked Lines doesn't deviate too much from the band's post-grunge past, but it is built from more volatile stuff."[1] Ultimate Guitar gave a mixed review about the album stated, "...Five Crooked Lines is not a completely avoidable album, but it's nothing to get that excited about."[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Finger Eleven.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Gods of Speed"	3:31
2.	"Criminal"	3:13
3.	"Save Your Breath"	3:02
4.	"Wolves and Doors"	3:07
5.	"Come On, Oblivion"	7:16
6.	"Not Going to Be Afraid"	3:46
7.	"Five Crooked Lines"	3:43
8.	"Blackout Song"	4:04
9.	"Absolute Truth"	3:05
10.	"Lost for Words"	5:24
11.	"Sensory Eraser"	3:33
12.	"A New Forever"	4:28
Total length:		50:03

Personnel

Finger Eleven

• Scott Anderson - vocals
• James Black - guitar, vocals
• Rick Jackett - guitar
• Sean Anderson - bass

Additional personnel

• Chris Powell - drums

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
US Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[9]	16
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10]	15
US Rock Albums (Billboard)[11]	44

References

1. Monger, James Christopher (July 31, 2015). "Allmusic review of Five Crooked Lines". allmusic. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
2. "Five Crooked Lines Review by Ultimate Guitar". Ultimate Guitar.com. August 5, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
3. "Finger Eleven - Five Crooked Lines review". Sputnikmusic. July 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
4. "Five Crooked Lines [Explicit]: Finger Eleven: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
5. "Tracking for the new album is finished!!! - Finger Eleven (F11) - Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
6. "Finger Eleven on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
7. "After much debate Finger Eleven has... -". facebook.com. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
8. "Finger Eleven on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
9. "Hard Rock Albums for August 22,2015". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
10. "Canadian Albums for August 22, 2015". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
11. "Top Rock Albums for August 22, 2015". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 4, 2016.