Trapt (album)

Trapt is the major label debut studio album by American rock band Trapt. With three hit singles, the album ascended to number 42 on the Billboard 200 chart, and went on to spend more than 80 weeks inside the Billboard 200. It was certified gold by the RIAA on May 15, 2003, then platinum on November 24 of that same year, making it Trapt's most successful album to date. By 2005, the album had sold 1.5 million copies in the US.

Track listing

 * Starting at 4:08 when "New Beginning" ends there is an additional five minutes of ambient music. There are long bass and guitar notes that constantly repeat. After about two minutes there are sounds of static and light breathing. Several phrases of gibberish are spoken for the rest of the song.

Album art
In an interview with VH1, Chris Taylor Brown stated the picture of a man mowing a lawn was selected to show the choices and results an individual can make in life. He elaborated, "Everyone has this path they think they should take – it's the safe route. You go to college; you wake up everyday [sic] and mow the lawn; and go to work for eight or nine hours a day. We didn't want to do that. We wanted to say that you don't have to do what everyone else does. It was an eerie picture, like it was straight out of American Beauty. So we thought it was cool to have on the front."

Chart positions

 * Album


 * Singles

Band members

 * Chris Taylor Brown – lead vocals, rhythm guitar on "Echo"
 * Simon Ormandy – lead guitar
 * Pete Charell – bass
 * Robin Diaz – drums