Godsmack's "Oracle" was the top seller on the Billboard 200 albums chart this week after selling 117,000 copies. This is the band's third-consecutive full-length studio release to debut at No. 1.
Godsmack's last album, "IV", opened with 211,000 units back in May 2006 to land at No. 1. This figure was a bit less than the 267,000 units registered by Godsmack's third CD, "Faceless", back in April 2003, and the 256,000 first-week tally achieved by 2000's "Awake".
"
Cryin' Like A Bitch", the new video from
Godsmack, can be viewed at
this location. The Mixed Martial Arts-driven clip features UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) champions Chuck Liddell, Rashad Evans, Brock Lesner, BJ Penn, and Matt Hughes brutally knocking out the competition and showcasing their raw strength while
Godsmack performs the aggressive rock anthem in a warehouse.
Godsmack frontman Sully Erna admitted in a recent webisode for "The Oracle", that "Cryin' Like A Bitch" was inspired by events of last summer's Crüe Fest 2 tour, on which Godsmack appeared alongside headliners Mötley Crüe. Sully told Artisan News Service at the time, "There's definitely been some rock-star garbage on this tour that we just have never seen in our career . . . this was the first time that I felt like, 'You know what?! If there's gonna be some people that are gonna treat other people a certain way, then I'm gonna go out there every night and . . . make sure that we make you look old and fat, and go home with a nice big fat paycheck."
"The Oracle" track listing:
01. Cryin' Like A Bitch
02. Saints And Sinners
03. War And Peace
04. Love Hate Sex Pain
05. What If?
06. Devil's Swing
07. Good Day To Die
08. Forever Shamed
09. Shadow Of A Soul
10. The Oracle
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