True Parallels is the second studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Trust Company

Trust Company (band)

Trust Company is an American alternative metal/post-grunge band from Prattville, Alabama.-First run :...

. Originally to be released in 2004, the release date had been pushed back to March 21, 2005 internationally and a day later in the United States

United States

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. Despite little promotion from their label, the album entered the Billboard

Billboard 200

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 album charts at #32 and has gone on to sell in excess of 200,000 copies.

Background

Trust Company was originally scheduled to play at Ozzfest

Ozzfest

Ozzfest is an annual festival tour of the United States featuring performances by many heavy metal and hard rock musical groups. It was founded by Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne, both of whom also organize each yearly tour with their son Jack Osbourne...

 2003 but canceled to focus on finishing True Parallels. Several months prior to the album's release, original bassist Josh Moates left the group and was replaced by Walker Warren.

"Stronger" was released as the album's single

Single (music)

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. Its music video

Music video

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, which received moderate airplay, features the band performing in a skatepark

Skatepark

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. Much like tracks from their previous album, "Stronger" served as the theme song to a WWE

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 pay-per-view

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 at Backlash 2005

Backlash (2005)

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. It was also included on the soundtrack to MX vs. ATV Unleashed. According to drummer Jason Singleton on the band's message board, "The War is Over" gained much popularity within the World of Warcraft filmmaking community and was considered for a second single.

When they were known as 41down, the track that beared the title of this album was later remade for their album The Lonely Position of Neutral

The Lonely Position of Neutral

The Lonely Position of Neutral is Trust Company's debut album. It was released on July 22, 2002 internationally and a day later in the United States; a version including two bonus tracks was released on February 19, 2003. The Lonely Position is Trust Company's most successful to date and was...

 as the track "Falling Apart."

Track listing

1. "Stronger" – 2:50
2. "The War Is Over" – 3:20
3. "Surfacing" – 2:49
4. "Slave" – 3:15
5. "Fold" – 3:32
6. "The Reflection" – 3:17
7. "Breaking Down" – 3:33
8. "Someone Like You" – 2:52
9. "Crossing the Line" – 3:58
10. "Silently" – 3:37
11. "Erased" – 3:18
12. "Without a Trace" – 2:51
13. "Retina" (Hidden track) – 3:15
14. "Time After Time
    Time after Time (Cyndi Lauper song)
    "Time After Time" is a song by American singer Cyndi Lauper, released as the second single from her album She's So Unusual. It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 9, 1984, and remained there for two weeks...
    
    " (Japanese bonus track) (Cyndi Lauper
    Cyndi Lauper
    Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
    
    , Rob Hyman
    Rob Hyman
    Robert Andrew "Rob" Hyman is an American singer, songwriter, keyboard player, accordion player, producer, arranger and recording studio owner, best known for being a founding member of the rock band The Hooters.-Early life:Hyman started taking piano lessons at the age of four and grew up playing...
    
    )- 3:23

Personnel

Band

• James Fukai
  James Fukai
  James Fukai is a guitarist with the band Trust Company.Fukai is a self-taught rock and metal guitarist. He grew up in Auburn, Alabama, graduating from Auburn High School in 1992 and then attending the University of Michigan where he received degrees in Anthropology and Psychology...
  
   - Guitar, background vocals
• Kevin Palmer
  Kevin Palmer
  Kevin Lee Palmer is the Texas-born lead singer of Amity Lane and TRUSTcompany . He is married to Layla Palmer. Layla plays keyboards in Amity Lane with him....
  
   - Guitar, vocals
• Jason Singleton
  Jason Singleton
  Jason Singleton, born of Fort Walton Beach, Florida is the drummer of the rock band Trust Company, as well as the bands Arm in Arms, and The Escape Frame, all from Montgomery, AL. Singleton also briefly played drums for the Ed Kemper Trio in 1997...
  
   - Drums, background vocals
• Josh Moates - Bass, art direction

Additional

• Howard Benson - Keyboards, programming, producer
• Chris Cheney - Bass
• John Ewing, Jr. - Engineer
• Gersh - Drum technician
• Don Gilmore - Producer, engineer, mixing
• Eric Hunter - A&R
• Chris Lord-Alge - Mixing
• Eric Miller - Engineer
• Keith Nelson - Guitar technician
• Layla Palmer - Background vocals
• Evan Peters - A&R
• Fox Phelps - Engineer
• Mike Plotnikoff - Engineer
• Douglas Robb - Background vocals
• Jordan Schur - Executive producer
• Marc "Cheetah" Steinberger - Digital producer

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2005	The Billboard 200	32

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2005	"Stronger"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	22
2005	"Stronger"	Modern Rock Tracks	20