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Release the Panic

album by Red

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ7310937 ↗
Source-derived summary

Release the Panic is the fourth studio album by American Christian rock band Red. It was released on February 5, 2013 through Essential Records and Sony Music. It was produced by Howard Benson. The first song released from the album, "Release the Panic," was released on Friday, November 9, 2012 on their official VEVO channel on YouTube. The first single from the album, "Perfect Life," was released on November 29, 2012 on their official VEVO channel on YouTube.

Background

In mid-2012, Red mentioned that they would be returning to the studio to record their fourth album. In the latter part of the year, more information about recording was posted on their official Facebook page. Over the months that followed, the band posted different teasers of recording the album in the studio.

In October and November 2012, the band published broadcasts that revealed information regarding the new album. The first broadcast revealed the name of the album.

Editorial summary

“Release the Panic” enters the record as album by Red. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Release, Panic and album can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2013, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2013. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Release, Panic and album.
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Why this record matters

“Release the Panic” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Release, Panic and album provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7310937. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2013 and 2012.

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This entry incorporates text from “Release the Panic” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.