Wasteland (Riverside album)

Wasteland
Studio album by
Riverside
Released28 September 2018
RecordedDecember 2017–July 2018
StudioSerakos Studio, Warsaw, Poland
GenreProgressive rock
Length50:50
LabelInsideOut Music
Producer
Riverside chronology
Eye of the Soundscape
(2016) 		Wasteland
(2018) 		ID.Entity
(2023)
Singles from Wasteland
  1. "Vale of Tears"
    Released: 27 July 2018
  2. "River Down Below"
    Released: 7 September 2018
  3. "Lament"
    Released: 21 September 2018

Wasteland is the seventh studio album by Polish progressive rock band Riverside. The album was released on 28 September 2018, through InsideOut Music. The album reached number one in Poland and Sweden, the top 20 in Germany, and the top 40 in Austria, Finland, the Netherlands and Switzerland. It is the first album without founding guitarist Piotr Grudziński after his death on 21 February 2016.[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mariusz Duda, except where noted.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."The Day After" 1:48
2."Acid Rain"Duda · Michał Łapaj6:03
3."Vale of Tears" 4:49
4."Guardian Angel" 4:24
5."Lament" 6:09
6."The Struggle for Survival"Duda · Łapaj9:32
7."River Down Below" 5:41
8."Wasteland" 8:25
9."The Night Before"Łapaj3:59
Limited edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
10."River Down Below" (Edit)4:25
Special edition bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Wasteland" (full album Hi-Res Stereo)50:50
2."Wasteland" (Surround Mix)50:50
3."Lament" (video)6:11
4."River Down Below" (video)5:40
5."Wasteland" (video)8:33
Acoustic Session – Special edition bonus CD
No.TitleLength
1."Vale of Tears" (acoustic)5:18
2."Out of Myself" (acoustic)3:57
3."02 Panic Room" (acoustic)3:26
4."River Down Below (Acoustic)" (acoustic)5:01
5."Wasteland" (live intro)9:00

Personnel

Riverside

  • Mariusz Duda – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, piccolo bass, banjo; guitar solo on "Lament" and "Wasteland"
  • Piotr Kozieradzki – drums
  • Michał Łapaj – keyboards and synthesizers, rhodes piano and Hammond organ; theremin on "Wasteland"

Guest personnel

  • Maciej Meller – guitar solo on "Acid Rain", "Guardian Angel", "The Struggle for Survival" and "River Down Below"
  • Michał Jelonek – violin on "The Day After", "Lament" and "Wasteland"
  • Mateusz Owczarek – guitar solo on "Vale of Tears"

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[2] 39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] 111
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[4] 79
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] 28
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] 30
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 13
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[8] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[9] 43
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 23
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 83
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[12] 16

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[13] Gold 15,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Riverside - Piotr Grudziński died
  2. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Riverside – Wasteland" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Ultratop.be – Riverside – Wasteland" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Ultratop.be – Riverside – Wasteland" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Riverside – Wasteland" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Riverside: Wasteland" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Riverside – Wasteland" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Riverside – Wasteland". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Riverside – Wasteland". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  12. ^ "Riverside Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2020 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 2024-11-02. Retrieved 27 February 2020.


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