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{{short description|2014 album by Attila}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Guilty Pleasure
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [[Attila (metalcore band)|Attila]]
| cover      = Attila_-_Guilty_Pleasure.jpg{{!}}border
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2014|11|24}}
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      =
* [[Metalcore]]
* [[nu metal]]
* [[rap metal]]
| length     = 37:36
| label      = [[Artery Recordings|Artery]]
| producer   = [[Joey Sturgis]]
| prev_title = [[About That Life]]
| prev_year  = 2013
| next_title = [[Chaos (Attila album)|Chaos]]
| next_year  = 2016
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = Guilty Pleasure
| type        = studio album
| single1     = Proving Grounds
| single1date = October 20, 2014
| single2     = Horsepig
| single2date = November 8, 2014
}}
}}
'''''Guilty Pleasure''''' is the sixth studio album by American [[metalcore]] band [[Attila (metalcore band)|Attila]]. The album was released on November 24, 2014, through [[Artery Recordings]] and is the band's fourth and final release on the label. This album is also the last album to feature rhythm guitarist, Nate Salameh, who appeared on their four previous full-length releases and left shortly before the album release and only appeared in the music video of the song "Proving Grounds" but not "Hate Me" and "Rebel".
The album is the third and last by the band to be produced by [[Joey Sturgis]] who has previously worked with such bands as [[The Devil Wears Prada (band)|The Devil Wears Prada]], [[Emmure]], [[We Came as Romans]], [[Asking Alexandria]], and [[Miss May I]], and also with their frontman's, [[Chris Fronzak]], on his first solo album, [[Chris Fronzak#Solo career|Party People's Anthem]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/17093925-Fronzilla-Party-Peoples-Anthem|title=Fronzilla – Party People's Anthem (2015, CD)|website=Discogs|access-date=January 7, 2024}}</ref> the next year.
== Release ==
On October 7, 2014, the band announced the album.<ref name="release date1">{{cite web|first=Robert|last=Pasbani|url=https://metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/dont-worry-attila-promise-new-album-guilty-pleasure-will-be-the-best-album-of-2014|title=Don't Worry, Attila Promise New Album Guilty Pleasure Will Be The Best Album of 2014!|work=Metal Injection|date=October 7, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref><ref name="release date2">{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/attila_announce_new_album_guilty_pleasure/|title=Attila announce new album, ‘Guilty Pleasure’|work=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=October 7, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref><ref name="release date3">{{cite web|first=Jeff|last=Cornell|url=https://loudwire.com/attila-guilty-pleasure-album-details-2014-tour-dates/|title=Attila Unveil New ‘Guilty Pleasure’ Album Details + 2014 Tour Dates|work=[[Loudwire]]|date=October 6, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref> On October 20, 2014, the band released the album's lead single, "Proving Grounds".<ref name="proving grounds">{{cite web|first=Axl|last=Rosenberg|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2014/10/20/proving-grounds-attila-ask-important-questions-new-single/|title="Proving Grounds": Attila Ask Important Questions on New Single|work=[[MetalSucks]]|date=October 20, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Crane|url=https://www.altpress.com/attila_proving_grounds_song_premiere/|title=Attila, "Proving Grounds" song premiere|work=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=October 20, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref> On November 8, 2014, the band released the album's second single, "Horsepig".<ref name="Horsepig">{{cite web|first=Seth|last=Werkheiser|url=https://metalinsider.net/new-music/attila-unleash-a-magical-horsepig|title= Attila unleash a magical Horsepig|work=Metal Insider|date=November 10, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Brian|last=Kraus|url=https://www.altpress.com/attila_stream_new_single_horsepig/|title=Attila stream new single, "Horsepig"|work=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=November 8, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref>  The album was released on November 24, 2014.<ref name="release date1"/><ref name="release date2"/><ref name="release date3"/><ref name="proving grounds"/><ref name="Horsepig"/>
== Composition ==
Mussically, ''Guilty Pleasure'' has been described as [[metalcore]],<ref name="AllMusic rev">{{cite web|author=James Christopher Monger|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/guilty-pleasure-mw0002759850|title=Attila Guilty Pleasure AllMusic Review|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref><ref name="killyourstereo rev">{{cite web|url=https://killyourstereo.com/reviews/attila-guilty-pleasure/gquelJeWmZg/28-11-14|title=Album Review: Attila - 'Guilty Pleasure'|work=Kill Your Stereo|date=November 28, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref> [[nu metal]],<ref name="The PRP genres">{{cite web|url=https://www.theprp.com/2015/01/28/news/attilas-chris-fronzak-speaks-embracing-nu-metal-metals-lack-fun-rebellion/|title=Attila’s Chris Fronzak Speaks Of Embracing Nu Metal And Metal’s "Lack" Of Fun And Rebellion|work=The PRP|date=January 28, 2015|access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref> and [[rap metal]].<ref name="The PRP genres"/> Lead vocalist, Chris "Fronz" Fronzak described the album as the "heaviest album we've ever written...It still has our signature sound but it's a new refreshing twist. Lyrically, I really expanded my horizons. I wrote the most personal song I've ever written on this album. I still have some ignorant party hits, but I also drop some serious knowledge on this album...Open up your ears and take it all in; we're about to drop the best album of 2014."<ref name="release date3"/>
== Reception ==
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic rev"/>
| rev2      = ''Kill Your Stereo''
| rev2score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="killyourstereo rev"/>
| rev3      = ''[[Metal Hammer]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|1.5|5}}<ref name="Metal Hammer rev">{{cite web|first=Luke|last=Morton|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/attila-guilty-pleasure|title=Attila: Guilty Pleasure|work=[[Metal Hammer]]|date=December 9, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref>
}}
''Guilty Pleasure'' received generally negative reviews from critics. James Christopher Monger of [[AllMusic]] stated that "that longtime fans...will find much to love/hate here...[and] what the album lacks in diversity it more than makes up for in sheer volume."<ref name="AllMusic rev"/> According to ''Kill Your Stereo'', the "record’s ‘guilty pleasure’ condition is only applicable to those who can stomach this level of crude immaturity."<ref name="killyourstereo rev"/> Luke Morton of ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' criticized the album's lyrics, stating, "Consistent, gratuitous swearing and screaming about “bitches” sucking ol’ Fronzie’s dick fails to be either offensive or funny – instead, it simply smacks of playground teasing and name-calling."<ref name="Metal Hammer rev"/>
==Commercial performance==
''Guilty Pleasure'' marked the biggest sales week for Attila in their career, selling over 18,500 copies. However, it did not break the record for highest chart position, debuting only at number 54 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref name="facebook1">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151514462832393&set=a.360306972392.150037.96215642392&type=1&theater |title=ATTILA - Timeline Photos |publisher=Facebook |date= |accessdate=2014-07-14}}</ref>
==Track listing==
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{{Track listing
| title1          = Pizza, Sex, and Trolls
| length1         = 1:54
| title2          = Hate Me
| length2         = 3:42
| title3          = Rebel
| length3         = 3:18
| title4          = Guilty Pleasure
| length4         = 3:54
| title5          = I've Got Your Back
| length5         = 3:26
| title6          = Proving Grounds
| length6         = 3:28
| title7          = I Am Satan
| length7         = 0:21
| title8          = Break My Addiction
| length8         = 3:00
| title9          = Horsepig
| length9         = 4:00
| title10         = Dirty Dirty
| length10        = 3:26
| title11         = Fake Friends
| length11        = 3:12
| title12         = Don't Be Basic
| length12        = 0:20
| title13         = The Cure
| length13        = 3:15
| total_length    = 37:36
}}
==Personnel==
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'''[[Attila (metalcore band)|Attila]]'''
*[[Chris Fronzak|Chris "Fronz" Fronzak]] – [[unclean vocals|vocals]]
*Chris Linck – [[lead guitar]]
*Nate Salameh – [[rhythm guitar]]
*Sean Heenan – [[drums]]
*[[For The Fallen Dreams|Kalan Blehm]] – [[bass guitar|bass]]
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'''[[Sound recording and reproduction|Production]]'''
*[[Sound recording and reproduction|Produced]] by [[Joey Sturgis]] and [[For The Fallen Dreams|Kalan Blehm]]
*[[Audio Engineer|Engineered]] by [[Joey Sturgis#Mentorship|Nick Scott]]
*[[Audio mixing (recorded music)|Mixed]] by [[Joey Sturgis]] and [[Joel Wanasek]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/playlist/70nIfkK6IMeVuRNkGNNvr4|title=Mixed By Joel Wanasek - playlist by Joel Wanasek - Spotify|website=Spotify|access-date=May 28, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Audio mastering|Mastered]], [[Audio engineer#Practitioner|vocal engineering and editing]] by [[Joey Sturgis]] @ 37 Recording Studio, [[Detroit, Michigan]]
*[[Audio engineer#Practitioner|Drum engineering and editing]] by Joseph Hall
*[[A&R]] by [[Scars of Tomorrow|Mike Milford]] ([[The Artery Foundation]])
*[[Art direction]] and [[graphic design|layout]] by [[Scars of Tomorrow|Mike Milford]] & [[Attila (metalcore band)|Attila]]
*[[Photography|Photo]] by Adam Elmakias and Jared Burnett
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==In popular culture==
*"Hate Me" is featured in the 2016 film ''[[Hell or High Water (2016 film)|Hell or High Water]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soundtrackradar.com/soundtrack-hell-or-high-water/|title=Soundtrack: Hell or High Water|work=Sound Track Radar|access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref>
==References==
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