Dear Agony
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| Studio album by Breaking Benjamin | ||||
| Released | September 29, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | September 2008–March 2009 | |||
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| Length | 41:55 | |||
| Label | Hollywood | |||
| Producer | David Bendeth | |||
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| About.com |   |
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| Consequence of Sound | F |
| Sputnikmusic | 3.0/5 |
Dear Agony is the fourth studio album by rock band Breaking Benjamin. It was released on September 29, 2009. A Best Buy edition, Japanese import version, and Zune exclusive version were also released, all of which feature bonus content. This is the last album to contain work from all featured band members except Ben Burnley due to the legal issues between Burnley and the two members Aaron Fink and Mark Klepaski during 2011, and drummer Chad Szeliga departing in 2013 over creative differences.
Breaking Benjamin began writing for Dear Agony during 2008. The recording process began in September, leading to its release one year later. The cover of the album is an MRI scan of frontman Benjamin Burnley's head. Burnley has cited Dear Agony as the first album he has written sober. After the album's release it entered the Billboard 200 Chart at #4 selling roughly 134,000 copies in its first week, slightly more than Phobia. It also topped the iTunes download charts in the first week of its release.Dear Agony was certified Platinum by the RIAA on July 11, 2016, and has sold 877,000 copies as of July 2016.
"Lights Out" was used to promote the video game, Halo: Reach.
On September 23, 2009, Breaking Benjamin released an online browser game constructed from Adobe Flash which is a parody of Altered Beast, aptly titled "Altered Benjamin". The game contains three levels and plays the same as the original, except the player controls vocalist Benjamin Burnley and the three bosses are each other member of the band respectively. The game also features the debut of the songs, "Fade Away" and "Crawl".
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