High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Appeal to Reason is the fifth studio album by American punk rock band Rise Against. After touring in support of their previous album, The Sufferer the Witness, Rise Against began recording Appeal to Reason in January 2008 at the Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado. Recording and production were finished in June, and the album was released in North America on October 7, 2008. The album is the band`s first release with guitarist Zach Blair. The album has been ceritified Gold by the RIAA and platinum by the CRIA.