Jason Castro (album)

Jason Castro
Studio album by Jason Castro
Released April 13, 2010
Recorded 2009–2010
Genre Pop, reggae
Label Atlantic
Producer Gregg Wattenberg
Eric Rosse
Jason Castro chronology
The Love Uncompromised EP
(2010)
 Jason Castro
(2010)
 Who I Am
(2010)
Singles from Jason Castro
  1. ""Let's Just Fall in Love Again""
    Released: August 18, 2009
  2. ""That's What I'm Here For""
    Released: January 2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
allmusic [1]
about.com [2]
Entertainment Weekly B+[3]
Dallas News B[4]

Jason Castro is the self-titled debut studio album recorded by Jason Castro. The album was released April 13, 2010.

Contents

Background

On April 12, 2009, Jason signed to Atlantic Records, and released his first official single, "Let's Just Fall in Love Again," which peaked at number 113 on Billboard Hot 100 and number 94 on the Pop 100 chart. "Hallelujah" and "Over the Rainbow" were chosen because he sang them on American Idol.

To promote the album, he toured through The Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore with Matt Hires and Caitlin Crosby. He also toured with Camera Can't Lie and his younger brother Michael. Jason also used two of his singles, "Over the Rainbow" and "That's What I'm Here For," for the wedding of The Bachelor stars Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney, which aired on February 27, 2010.[5]

In the eighth season of Idol, Castro's younger brother Michael auditoned for the show and passed through to the Hollywood Round.[6] However, he failed to advance to the Top 36.

Reception

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number eighteen on the Billboard 200 albums chart with a first week sales of 20,000,[7] and also peaked at number nine on the Top Digital Albums chart. The album has sold over 34,000 copies as of May 12, 2010.[8]

Critical reception

Andrew Leahey of allmusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, pointing out his "spaced out goofiness." Michael Slezak of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B+, calling the album "worth springing for."

Track listing

Standard edition

  1. "Let's Just Fall in Love Again"
  2. "This Heart of Mine"
  3. "That's What I'm Here For"
  4. "Love Uncompromised"
  5. "Closer"
  6. "You Can Always Come Home"(featuring Serena Ryder)
  7. "It Matters to Me"
  8. "Hallelujah"

Amazon.com Deluxe track listing

  1. "Let's Just Fall in Love Again"
  2. "This Heart of Mine"
  3. "That's What I'm Here For"
  4. "Heart of Stone"
  5. "If I Were You"
  6. "You Can Always Come Home" (Featuring Serena Ryder)
  7. "Love Uncompromised"
  8. "Closer"
  9. "All Wrapped Up"
  10. "It Matters to Me"
  11. "Hallelujah"
  12. "Let's Just Fall in Love Again" (Acoustic Version)
  13. "Sweet Medicine"
  14. "Over the Rainbow"

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (2010) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Digital Albums 7
U.S. Billboard 200 18

Sales

Country Sales
United States 34,000

Singles

Year Single Peak
US US
Pop
2009 "Let's Just Fall in Love Again" 113 94
2010 "That's What I'm Here For" 121 —
"Over the Rainbow" — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1663592
  2. ^ http://top40.about.com/od/albums/fr/jasoncastroalbum.htm
  3. ^ http://www.jasoncastromusic.com/photo/entertainment-weekly-4162010/
  4. ^ http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-musically_0413gd.State.Edition1.217ccd5.html
  5. ^ http://tvwatch.people.com/2010/02/27/its-official-bachelors-jason-and-molly-get-hitched/
  6. ^ http://www.rickey.org/?p=11022
  7. ^ Album sales: Jason Castro's debut, Adam Lambert's 'Idol' boost
  8. ^ 'Idol' boosts Connick, Sinatra sales