The Ascension (Otep album)
The Ascension is the third studio album by Otep. The album was recorded at Piety Street Studios in New Orleans, LA and Balance Studios in Mandeville, LA. The original release date was set for March 20, 2007 through Capitol Records, however, the album was delayed indefinitely due to the merger with Virgin Records.
The album debuted at number 81 on the Billboard 200 with 10,200 copies sold.Track listing
Personnel
- Otep Shamaya – vocals
- Karma Singh Cheema - guitars
- Holly Knight - mellotron, piano, programming on "Perfectly Flawed"
- Jason "eViL J" McGuire – bass guitar, backup vocals
- Brian Wolff – drums
Production
- Art direction, design – Otep Shamaya, P.R. Brown
- Photography – P.R. Brown, Sam Throne
- Engineer – Jeremy Parker
- Assistant engineers – David Troia, Drew Vonderhaar, Wesley Fontenot
- Executive producer – Jonathan Cohen, Otep Shamaya
- Mastering – Ted Jensen
- Recording, producer, mixing – Dave Fortman
- Drum technician – Rory Facianne
- Co-producer – Holly Knight