Dean Brody (album)

Dean Brody
Studio album by Dean Brody
Released	April 28, 2009 (2009-04-28)
Genre	Country
Length	41:28
Label	Broken Bow
Producer	Matt Rovey
Dean Brody chronology
Dean Brody (2009) Trail in Life (2010)

Dean Brody is the self-titled debut album of Canadian country music singer Dean Brody. It was released on April 28, 2009 via Broken Bow Records under the production of Matt Rovey. The album includes the single "Brothers", his only country hit in the United States. Brody wrote or co-wrote nine of the album's eleven songs.

Contents 1 Content 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Chart performance 6 References

Content

Dean Brody comprises eleven tracks, nine of which were written or co-written by Brody. The album's lead-off single is "Brothers" It made the number 26 position on the Hot Country Songs charts.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Country Weekly	[1]

Chris Neal of Country Weekly magazine gave the album a three-and-a-half star rating out of five. He said that the album contained well-written lyrics with a strong sense of individuality. He also said that Brody "doesn't reinvent current Music Row formulas — he just does them a little smarter and sharper than some do."^[1]

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock called the album a "fantastic collection of traditionalist modern country music," that wasn't the hit it should have been. He noted that only one single, the hit "Brothers" was the only track to make it to the charts in the U.S. While Brody's debut album was clearly not a breakout in the United States, it fared better in the artist's homeland of Canada where three singles earned top 10 rankings. The three hit singles were, "Brothers," "Dirt Road Scholar" and "Undone." ^[2]

Jim Malec of the country music blog The 9513 called "Brothers" a "fantastic and deeply poignant song." He notes the early success of the song is surprising because it does not follow the standard radio formula in that it "isn't particularly uplifting, nor does it resolve into a sound byte-worthy declaration of hopefulness."^[3]

The single "Brothers" won the Canadian Country Music Association "Song of the Year" for 2009.^[4] "Dirt Road Scholar" was 2009's most-played music video for a new artist in Canada.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Undone" (Dean Brody) – 3:23
2. "Dirt Road Scholar" (Brody) – 3:07
3. "Gravity" (Brody) – 3:56
4. "This Ain't the Same Town (That I Painted Red)" (Neal Coty, Jim Collins, Jimmy Melton) – 3:11
5. "Lazy Days" (Brody) – 4:07
6. "Brothers" (Brody) – 4:58
7. "Old Joe Riley" (Steve Bogard, Rick Giles) – 3:03
8. "This Old Raft" (Brody, Matt Rovey) – 3:50
9. "Back in Style" (Brody, Rovey) – 3:37
10. "Cattleman's Gun" (Brody) – 4:09
11. "Up on the Moon" (Brody, Ryan Fleener) – 3:58

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Dean Brody – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Jim "Moose" Brown – piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
• Melodie Crittenden – background vocals
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
• B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Jeff Middleton – banjo
• James J. Mitchell - electric guitar
• Phillip Moore – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Scotty Sanders – Dobro
• Russell Terrell – background vocals
• Rhonda Vincent – background vocals
• Bruce Watkins – acoustic guitar, banjo
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar

Chart performance

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	32
U.S. Billboard 200	187
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	4
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums	23

References