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{{Infobox album |
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{{Wikify|date=September 2011}} |
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| name = Redemption |
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| type = studio |
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| artist = [[Josh Gracin]] |
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| cover = Redemption.jpg |
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| alt = |
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| released = {{start date|2011|11|08}} |
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| recorded = 2009–2011 |
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| venue = |
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| studio = |
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| genre = [[Country music|Country]] |
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| length = 70:29 |
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| label = [[Average Joe's Entertainment|Average Joe's]] |
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| producer = Josh Gracin<br />Kevin Murphy<br />Shauna<br />[[Keith Thomas (producer)|Keith Thomas]] |
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| prev_title = [[We Weren't Crazy]] |
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| prev_year = 2008 |
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| next_title = |
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| next_year = |
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| misc = {{Singles |
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| name = Redemption |
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| type = Studio |
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| single1 = Cover Girl |
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| single1date = August 2010 |
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| single2 = Long Way to Go |
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| single2date = June 2011 |
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}} |
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'''''Redemption''''' is the third studio album from American country music artist [[Josh Gracin]]. It |
'''''Redemption''''' is the third studio album from American country music artist [[Josh Gracin]]. It was released on November 8, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mansfield|first=Brian|title=Josh Gracin's 'Redemption' coming Nov. 8|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2011/10/josh-gracin-redemption/1|accessdate=November 1, 2011|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=October 25, 2011}}</ref> |
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After Gracin was dropped by his previous record label, [[Lyric Street Records]], in early 2009, Gracin began working independently on his third studio album. During that time, he released a couple of songs to country radio, but they failed to chart. In January 2010, Gracin signed with [[Average Joe's Entertainment]], and his first single under Average Joe's, "Cover Girl," was released in August 2010. It charted briefly on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart, reaching a peak of number 57. "Long Way to Go" was released as a single to [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] radio, and became Gracin's first single to be promoted to the format, and has since reached the Top 20. |
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The album has been in the works for nearly 3 years, since Gracin was dropped by his previous record label. Gracin released two songs, that would wind up making the album, on his own while he was between labels. The song "Enough" was posted on his MySpace page on May 1, 2009, and released to radio in June 2009. Another single, "She's A Different Kind Of Crazy" was released in August 2009. |
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==Critical reception== |
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In January 2010, Gracin signed with Average Joe's Entertainment. His first single under Average Joe's, "Cover Girl," was released in August 2010. |
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{{Album ratings |
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| rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |
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It was announced on his website that Josh's third album would be called Redemption. The album is scheduled to be released on November 1, 2011, through the independent label Average Joe's Entertainment. The albums current single, "Long Way to Go", is Gracin's first single to chart on the adult contemporary chart. He is also slated to release "Can't Say Goodbye" as his next country single from the album. |
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/redemption-mw0002227166|title=''Redemption'' review|last=Jurek|first=Thom|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=November 1, 2011}}</ref> |
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}} |
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Thom Jurek of [[AllMusic]] was mixed on the record overall, praising tracks like "Long Way to Go" and "Only When It Rains" as highlights and commending the various musicianship from Gracin's road band but felt the track listing needed a few songs cut for length. He concluded that "Ultimately, Gracin is betting a lot on ''Redemption''; each self-penned song reaches for a certain niche in the contemporary country genre, trying to cover all the bases programmers desire [...] whether this kitchen-sink approach results in garnering new ones is indeed a gamble."<ref name="allmusic"/> |
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==Track listing== |
==Track listing== |
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{{tracklist |
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# Different Kind Of Crazy |
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| title1 = Different Kind of Crazy |
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# Over Me |
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| writer1 = Josh Gracin, Brad Tursi |
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# Get Back To Us |
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| length1 = 3:35 |
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# Enough |
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| title2 = Over Me |
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# I Want To Make You Cry |
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| writer2 = Gracin |
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# Let You Go |
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| length2 = 4:21 |
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# Edge Of Desire |
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| title3 = Get Back to Us |
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# Lie To Me |
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| writer3 = Gracin |
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# Love You Right |
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| length3 = 4:25 |
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# Only When It Rains (feat. Shelagh Brown) |
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| title4 = Enough |
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# My Live |
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| writer4 = Gracin |
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# Covergirl |
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| length4 = 4:16 |
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# Catastrophe |
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| title5 = I Want to Make You Cry |
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# Can't Say Goodbye |
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| writer5 = Gracin |
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# I Still Love You |
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| length5 = 4:21 |
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# Long Way To Go |
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| title6 = Let You Go |
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# Long Way To Go (remix) |
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| writer6 = Gracin, Kevin Murphy, Shaun Balin |
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| length6 = 5:23 |
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| title7 = Edge of Desire |
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| writer7 = [[John Mayer]] |
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| length7 = 5:09 |
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| title8 = Lie to Me |
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| writer8 = Gracin, Loren Ellis |
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| length8 = 3:09 |
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| title9 = Love You Right |
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| writer9 = Gracin, Tursi |
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| length9 = 4:10 |
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| title10 = Only When It Rains |
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| note10 = duet with Shelagh Brown |
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| writer10 = Gracin |
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| length10 = 5:26 |
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| title11 = My Life |
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| writer11 = Gracin, Tursi |
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| length11 = 3:07 |
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| title12 = Cover Girl |
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| writer12 = Gracin, Tursi |
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| length12 = 3:17 |
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| title13 = Catastrophe |
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| writer13 = Gracin, [[Ruben Studdard]] |
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| length13 = 5:22 |
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| title14 = Can't Say Goodbye |
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| writer14 = Gracin, Seana Arrechaga |
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| length14 = 4:05 |
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| title15 = I Still Love You |
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| writer15 = Gracin, Tursi |
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| length15 = 3:56 |
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| title16 = Long Way to Go |
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| writer16 = Gracin |
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| length16 = 3:13 |
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| title17 = Long Way to Go |
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| note17 = remix |
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| writer17 = Gracin |
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| length17 = 3:14 |
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}} |
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==Personnel== |
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*Shelagh Brown- duet vocals on "Only When It Rains" |
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*[[Tom Bukovac]]- [[acoustic guitar]], [[electric guitar]] |
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*Jonathan Crane- acoustic guitar |
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*Will Doughty- [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] |
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*Loren Ellis- acoustic guitar |
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*[[Josh Gracin]]- acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals |
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*Mark Hill- [[bass guitar]] |
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*Claire Indie- [[cello]] |
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*Shane Kiester- keyboards |
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*Tony Lucido- bass guitar |
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*Devin Malone- electric guitar |
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*Mike Meadows- acoustic guitar |
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*Kevin Murphy- [[drums]], [[percussion]] |
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*Russ Pahl- doblajes, [[pedal steel guitar]] |
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*Hubert Payne- drums |
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*Ben Phillips- drums |
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*Ethan Pilzer- bass guitar |
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*Holli Poole- background vocals |
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*Danny Rader- electric guitar |
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*Rich Redmond- percussion |
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*Tripper Ryder- bass guitar, background vocals |
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*Adam Shoenfeld- electric guitar |
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*Jeff Smith- background vocals |
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*Keith Thomas- keyboards, programming |
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*Seth Timbs- keyboards |
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*[[Ilya Toshinsky]]- acoustic guitar |
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*Travis Toy- [[banjo]], pedal steel guitar |
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*Jonathan Yudkin- banjo, string arrangements, strings |
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==Chart performance== |
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The album debuted at number 167 in the Top Current Albums chart with sales of 3,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chart News for November 16, 2011 - CMA Awards Help Aldean, Shelton & More |url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/chart-news-november-16-2011-cma-awards-help-aldean-shelton-more |publisher=Roughstock |date=2011-11-16 |accessdate=November 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120002225/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/chart-news-november-16-2011-cma-awards-help-aldean-shelton-more |archivedate=November 20, 2011 }}</ref> |
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===Album=== |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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! Chart (2011) |
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! Peak<br>position |
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| US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top Country Albums]] |
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| align="center"| 39 |
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| US ''Billboard'' [[Independent Albums]] |
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| align="center"| 39 |
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===Singles=== |
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
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! rowspan="2"| Year |
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! rowspan="2"| Single |
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! colspan="2"| Peak chart<br />positions |
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|- style="font-size:smaller;" |
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! width="45"| [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]] |
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! width="45"| [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US AC]] |
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| rowspan="2"| 2009 |
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| align="left"| "Enough" |
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| — |
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| — |
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| align="left"| "Different Kind of Crazy" |
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| — |
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| — |
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| rowspan="2"| 2010 |
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| align="left"| "Over Me" |
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| — |
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| — |
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| align="left"| "Cover Girl" |
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| 57 |
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| — |
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| 2011 |
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| align="left"| "Long Way to Go" |
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| — |
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| 16 |
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| colspan="5" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
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|} |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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{{Josh Gracin}} |
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{{Authority control}} |
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[[Category:2011 albums]] |
[[Category:2011 albums]] |
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[[Category:Josh Gracin albums]] |
[[Category:Josh Gracin albums]] |
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[[Category:Average Joes Entertainment albums]] |
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| Released | November 8, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2009–2011 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 70:29 | |||
| Label | Average Joe's | |||
| Producer | Josh Gracin Kevin Murphy Shauna Keith Thomas | |||
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| Singles from Redemption | ||||
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Redemption is the third studio album from American country music artist Josh Gracin. It was released on November 8, 2011.[1]
After Gracin was dropped by his previous record label, Lyric Street Records, in early 2009, Gracin began working independently on his third studio album. During that time, he released a couple of songs to country radio, but they failed to chart. In January 2010, Gracin signed with Average Joe's Entertainment, and his first single under Average Joe's, "Cover Girl," was released in August 2010. It charted briefly on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, reaching a peak of number 57. "Long Way to Go" was released as a single to Adult Contemporary radio, and became Gracin's first single to be promoted to the format, and has since reached the Top 20.
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
Thom Jurek of AllMusic was mixed on the record overall, praising tracks like "Long Way to Go" and "Only When It Rains" as highlights and commending the various musicianship from Gracin's road band but felt the track listing needed a few songs cut for length. He concluded that "Ultimately, Gracin is betting a lot on Redemption; each self-penned song reaches for a certain niche in the contemporary country genre, trying to cover all the bases programmers desire [...] whether this kitchen-sink approach results in garnering new ones is indeed a gamble."[2]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Different Kind of Crazy" | Josh Gracin, Brad Tursi | 3:35 |
| 2. | "Over Me" | Gracin | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Get Back to Us" | Gracin | 4:25 |
| 4. | "Enough" | Gracin | 4:16 |
| 5. | "I Want to Make You Cry" | Gracin | 4:21 |
| 6. | "Let You Go" | Gracin, Kevin Murphy, Shaun Balin | 5:23 |
| 7. | "Edge of Desire" | John Mayer | 5:09 |
| 8. | "Lie to Me" | Gracin, Loren Ellis | 3:09 |
| 9. | "Love You Right" | Gracin, Tursi | 4:10 |
| 10. | "Only When It Rains" (duet with Shelagh Brown) | Gracin | 5:26 |
| 11. | "My Life" | Gracin, Tursi | 3:07 |
| 12. | "Cover Girl" | Gracin, Tursi | 3:17 |
| 13. | "Catastrophe" | Gracin, Ruben Studdard | 5:22 |
| 14. | "Can't Say Goodbye" | Gracin, Seana Arrechaga | 4:05 |
| 15. | "I Still Love You" | Gracin, Tursi | 3:56 |
| 16. | "Long Way to Go" | Gracin | 3:13 |
| 17. | "Long Way to Go" (remix) | Gracin | 3:14 |
Personnel
[edit]- Shelagh Brown- duet vocals on "Only When It Rains"
- Tom Bukovac- acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Jonathan Crane- acoustic guitar
- Will Doughty- keyboards
- Loren Ellis- acoustic guitar
- Josh Gracin- acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
- Mark Hill- bass guitar
- Claire Indie- cello
- Shane Kiester- keyboards
- Tony Lucido- bass guitar
- Devin Malone- electric guitar
- Mike Meadows- acoustic guitar
- Kevin Murphy- drums, percussion
- Russ Pahl- doblajes, pedal steel guitar
- Hubert Payne- drums
- Ben Phillips- drums
- Ethan Pilzer- bass guitar
- Holli Poole- background vocals
- Danny Rader- electric guitar
- Rich Redmond- percussion
- Tripper Ryder- bass guitar, background vocals
- Adam Shoenfeld- electric guitar
- Jeff Smith- background vocals
- Keith Thomas- keyboards, programming
- Seth Timbs- keyboards
- Ilya Toshinsky- acoustic guitar
- Travis Toy- banjo, pedal steel guitar
- Jonathan Yudkin- banjo, string arrangements, strings
Chart performance
[edit]The album debuted at number 167 in the Top Current Albums chart with sales of 3,000.[3]
Album
[edit]| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Top Country Albums | 39 |
| US Billboard Independent Albums | 39 |
Singles
[edit]| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US Country | US AC | |||
| 2009 | "Enough" | — | — | |
| "Different Kind of Crazy" | — | — | ||
| 2010 | "Over Me" | — | — | |
| "Cover Girl" | 57 | — | ||
| 2011 | "Long Way to Go" | — | 16 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ Mansfield, Brian (October 25, 2011). "Josh Gracin's 'Redemption' coming Nov. 8". USA Today. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Redemption review". AllMusic. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ^ "Chart News for November 16, 2011 - CMA Awards Help Aldean, Shelton & More". Roughstock. 2011-11-16. Archived from the original on November 20, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2011.