Development (album)

2002 studio album by Nonpoint

Development

Studio album by

Nonpoint

Released

June 25, 2002^[1]

Recorded

October 2001

Studio

Elysian Fields^[2]

Genre

Nu metal, alternative metal

Length

42:54

Label

MCA

Producer

Jason Bieler^[3]

Nonpoint chronology

Statement
(2000)

Development
(2002)

Recoil
(2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Sputnikmusic	4/5^[5]

Development is the fourth studio album released by American nu metal band Nonpoint.^[2]^[6] It was their final album released through MCA Records.^[3]

The album debuted at No. 52 on the Billboard 200 album chart.^[7] The single, "Your Signs", hit No. 29 on Billboard's Active Rock chart, and No. 35 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, both in early July.^[8]^[9]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that the album "finds the band literally developing its own signature sound, in the process refining its scope to a much sharper point."^[4]

Track listing

Tracks 1–12 by Nonpoint.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Development"	3:27
2.	"Circles"	3:30
3.	"Your Signs"	3:29
4.	"Normal Days"	4:04
5.	"My Own Sake"	3:36
6.	"Hands"	4:01
7.	"Excessive Reaction"	2:51
8.	"Mountains"	4:05
9.	"Any Advice?"	3:29
10.	"Hide and Seek"	3:05
11.	"Get Inside"	2:54
12.	"Mint"	4:24

Special edition
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Evil Ways" (Willie Bobo cover)	2:21

Personnel

Members

Elias Soriano - lead vocals
Robbie Rivera - drums
Ken "K. Bastard" MacMillan - bass
Andrew Goldman - guitars, backing vocals

Production

Produced by Jason Bieler & Nonpoint
Engineered by Keith Rose and Chad Milosevich
Mixed by Bob Clearmountin, at Mix This Studios, Pacific Palisades, California
Mastered by Mike Fuller
Drum tech: Tony R. Adams
A&R by Gary Ashley, Hans Haedelt & Jeanne Venton
Photo by Matt Swig

References

^ "Singles". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 29, 2002 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b Piccoli, Sean (July 7, 2002). "Nu-Metal Screams Get a Boost in Volume". Sun-Sentinel.com.
^ ^a ^b Sharpe-Young, Garry (September 10, 2005). New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Zonda Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-9582684-0-0 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b "Development - Nonpoint". AllMusic.
^ "Nonpoint - Development (album review ) | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com.
^ "Nonpoint | Biography & History". AllMusic.
^ Sculley, Alan (January 17, 2013). "Bullet with a change for rockers Nonpoint". Boulder Weekly.
^ "Active Rock Chart History: Nonpoint". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
^ "Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart History: Nonpoint". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2021.