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Shadow Work
Shadow Work
	Standard edition; the deluxe edition includes "DELUXE EDITION" written at the top
Studio album by Trapt
Released	July 3, 2020
Studio	Dexter Dog Studios, Orange County, California, US; Fat Tracks Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, US;
Length	44:41
Label	Crash Collide; New Legacy Recordings;
Producer	Trapt
Trapt chronology
Singles from Shadow Work
	"Tell Me How You Really Feel"; Released: May 15, 2020; "Make It Out Alive"; Released: May 15, 2020; "Far Enough Away"; Released: May 22, 2020; "Turn Me Around Again"; Released: February 5, 2021;

"The new TRAPT album "Shadow Work" is the best piece of music Trapt has put out and probably one of the top 5 albums that will ever exist for all of time."

—Trapt's Twitter account in May, several weeks before the release of Shadow Work^[1]

Shadow Work is the eighth studio album by American rock band Trapt, released on July 3, 2020. The album was a commercial and critical failure at release.^[2]

Critical and commercial reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 2.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Neil Z. Yeung writing that the album offers "some polished anthems to balance with their typical crunchy assault" and particularly praises the band's cover of "Who Will Save Your Soul".^[3]

Shadow Work sold 600 copies in its first week,^[4] an 87% decrease from 2016's DNA^[5] and significantly below the 5,400 anticipated sales.^[6] Vocalist Chris Taylor Brown disputed these figures, claiming sales among the several thousand.^[7] Brown's subsequent social media use got the band's accounts suspended^[8] and led to drummer Michael Smith leaving Trapt.^[9] The band's subsequent tours have been poorly attended.^[10]

Track listing

"Make It Out Alive" – 3:31
"I Want to Want What I Want" – 3:53
"Tell Me How You Really Feel" – 4:10
"Too Little Too Late" – 4:04
"Far Enough Away" – 4:15
"Turn Me Around Again" – 3:13
"Trying Too Hard" – 3:27
"Let Me Down Slowly" – 3:11
"Too Far Away" – 3:58
"Get You Back" – 3:32
"Hold and Be Held" – 3:27
"Save Your Soul" (Jewel Kilcher) – 3:59

Deluxe edition bonus tracks

"Fire" – 4:03
"Make It Out Alive" (Acoustic) – 3:26
"Tell Me How You Really Feel" (Acoustic) – 4:08
"Far Enough Away" (Acoustic) – 4:15
"Turn Me Around Again" (Acoustic) – 3:05
"Let Me Down Slowly" (Acoustic) – 3:15

The digital deluxe edition bonus tracks includes "Fire" as the opening track and an acoustic recording (length 4:15) of the song as the 13th.

Personnel

Trapt

Chris Taylor Brown – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, production
Pete Charell – bass guitar, backing vocals, engineering at Fat Tracks Studio, production
Brendan Hengle – lead guitar
Mike Smith – drums

Additional personnel