Fuel entered the studio on March 8, 2012 to record their fifth full-length studio album, "Puppet Strings". Eddie Wohl, co-producer of the World Fire Brigade album along side Scallions and Danielsen, co-produced the new Fuel album with Scallions. In late September the band re-entered the studio to complete the guitar and bass tracks for the record. As of February 2013 the band was still in the studio finishing off vocal and guitar tracks. Originally planned for a 2012 release the album had been pushed back to a possible mid-2013 release. This marked six years since the band released their previous album Angels & Devils. Puppet Strings debut at #1 on the rock charts. The band’s first number one since Something Like Human.