Reception
The Sufferer & the Witness was released on July 4, 2006 and peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart, the highest position the band reached at the time. Their highest charting album, Endgame, which was released in 2011 reached number 2 on the same chart.
The album received positive reviews, Corey Apar of AllMusic described the album "one shout-along, mosh-worthy song after another". He praised the music's "sincerity and passion" and described it "maturing within the realms of major-label hardcore revivalism, while still remaining relevant and exciting". The album received a rating of four out of five stars, while "Ready to Fall", "Prayer of the Refugee", "The Good Left Undone", and "Behind Closed Doors" earned Rise Against its heaviest airplay to date. The song "Under the Knife" appeared in the soundtrack for the 2008 Box office hit film Never Back Down.
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