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Holly is the debut album from Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Nozuka. It was first released on March 19, 2007 in the United Kingdom and April 3, 2007 in Canada. It was then released in the United States on April 15, 2008 by Glassnote Records, peaking at numbers 6 and 30 on the Top Heatseekers and Independent Albums charts. The album was named after his mother Holly. To promote the album, Nozuka toured across North America with appearances at talk shows.

Promotion

On February 6, 2008, Justin announced an 18-city cross-Canada tour with fellow Canadian singer-songwriter Hayley Sales, beginning at Nanaimo, BC's Queen's Hotel and finishing at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre.[4]

On August 14, 2008, he announced his first U.S. headlining tour with American rock group The Gabe Dixon Band, beginning at Buffalo's Town Ballroom and finishing at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall.[5] He made his U.S. television debut by appearing on the talk shows Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Good Morning America.[6]

Track listing

Standard track list

All tracks are written by Justin Nozuka, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Down in a Cold Dirty Well"4:27
2."Golden Train"3:09
3."Be Back Soon"4:21
4."Mr. Therapy Man"3:39
5."Supposed to Grow Old"4:22
6."After Tonight" (Justin Nozuka, Haydain Neale)4:06
7."Criminal"4:06
8."I'm in Peace"3:41
9."Oh Momma"4:54
10."Save Him"5:26
11."If I Gave You My Life" (Nozuka, Pete Cugno; includes hidden track "Don't Listen to a Word You've Heard")8:10

Japanese tracklist

No.TitleLength
12."Why (demo version)"2:58
13."Lullabye"4:52
DVD
  1. "After Tonight" (Music video)
  2. "I'm in Peace" (Acoustic studio video)
  3. Interview

Personnel

Adapted from the Holly liner notes.[7]

Chart performance

Chart (2008-09) Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[8] 23
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] 79
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[10] 6
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[11] 30

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom March 19, 2007 CD[12] Outcaste
Canada April 3, 2007 CD Coalition Entertainment
July 24, 2007 Digital download[13]
United States April 15, 2008 CD, Digital download[14] Glassnote

References

  1. ^ "Holly (Edition spéciale inclus 2 inédits + clips) : Amazon.fr : Justin Nozuka : Musique". Amazon.fr. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  2. ^ Greene, Jo-Ann. "Holly - Justin Nozuka". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2011-08-11. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)
  3. ^ Fisher, Jamie. "BBC - Music - Review of Justin Nozuka - Holly". BBC. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  4. ^ "Juno-Nominated Justin Nozuka Announces Cross-Canada Tour". Warner Music Canada. 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  5. ^ Maguire, Chris (2008-08-20). "Justin Nozuka's first U.S Headlining Tour". AltSounds. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  6. ^ Maguire, Chris (2008-09-09). "Justin Nozuka on Jimmy Kimmel, and Good Morning America Now!". AltSounds. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  7. ^ Holly (media notes). Justin Nozuka. Coalition Entertainment. 2007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ "Lescharts.com – Justin Nozuka – Holly". Hung Medien.
  9. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Justin Nozuka – Holly" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  10. ^ "Justin Nozuka Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  11. ^ "Justin Nozuka Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  12. ^ "Holly: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  13. ^ "iTunes - Music - Holly by Justin Nozuka". iTunes (CA). Apple. Retrieved 2014-07-24. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)
  14. ^ "iTunes - Music -Holly by Justin Nozuka". iTunes (US). Apple. Retrieved 2014-07-24. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)