Leave This Town

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Leave This Town
Studio album by Daughtry
Released July 14, 2009 (2009-07-14)
Recorded September 2008- March 2009 in Los Angeles, California
Genre Alternative rock,[1] pop rock,[1] post-grunge,[1][2] hard rock[1]
Length 46:47
Label RCA, 19
Producer Howard Benson
Daughtry chronology

Daughtry
(2006)		 Leave This Town
(2009)		 Leave This Town: The B-Sides - EP
(2010/2011)
Singles from Leave This Town
  1. "No Surprise"
    Released: May 5, 2009
  2. "Life After You"
    Released: November 10, 2009
  3. "September"
    Released: June 1, 2010

Leave This Town is the second album of the American rock band Daughtry and was released on July 14, 2009.[3] It is the first album that they recorded as a band, as their self-titled debut album was recorded before the band was formed and only featured lead singer Chris Daughtry as an official member. It was also the last album to feature Joey Barnes on Drums.

Background

Chris Daughtry announced on his Twitter that there would be 14 songs on the record, but 5 bonus tracks in different stores.[4] Nearly 70 songs were written for Leave This Town, before the selection was narrowed down to 19.[5] Daughtry co-wrote the songs on the album with Richard Marx, Chad Kroeger from Nickelback, Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic, Jason Wade from Lifehouse, Adam Gontier from Three Days Grace, Eric Dill from The Click Five, and Mitch Allan from SR-71 and Tommy Henriksen. On May 29, 2009, Daughtry released the album art cover.[6] The songs written with Marx, Tedder, Gontier and Wade didn't make the album.

Three songs from the CD, "No Surprise," "Every Time You Turn Around," and "You Don't Belong", will be used to promote racing on ESPN.[7] "You Don't Belong" debuted at number 95.

The title of the album comes from lyrics from the track "September".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly B[8]
IGN (8/10)[9]
Los Angeles Times [10]
The New York Times (Positive)[11]
People [12]
Rolling Stone [13]
Slant [14]
Sputnikmusic [15]
USA Today [16]

Critical reception

Critical response to Leave This Town was mixed. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 59, based on 10 reviews.[17]

Commercial performance

It sold 269,000 copies in its first week in the U.S., peaking at number one. It peaked at number two in Canada, six places ahead of its predecessor. The album has sold 1,307,000 copies as of November 21, 2011.[18]

In media

"Ghost of Me" was featured on a CSI: Miami commercial.

"No Surprise" was performed live by the band on the top 4 results show of the eighth season of American Idol on May 5, 2009.

"Tennessee Line" was performed live with Vince Gill during the 2009 CMA awards on November 11, 2009.[19] It was also used as a music backdrop to the trailer for the TV series "Young Justice".

"Learn My Lesson" has been featured in a commercial of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood in Animax-Asia.

"Every Time You Turn Around" was featured in the video game MLB 2K10

"Supernatural" is featured in the preview of the 2010 MLB Division Series, both NL & AL on TBS.

Singles

  • "No Surprise" served as the lead single for the album. It was streamed on their official website, on the evening of May 6, 2009.[20] The song was made available on iTunes May 5, 2009. It debuted at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100 the chart week of May 23, 2009. It is the band's highest debut to date on the chart, fueled by strong first week digital sales of 103,000. It has sold 1,201,000 copies in the United States by January 19, 2011.[21]
  • The second single, "Life After You", was released around October 2009. It has sold 890,000 digital downloads in the United States.[21]
  • The third single is "September". It was performed on the American Idol Season 9 Top 4 Results Show. It has sold 419,000 digital downloads in the United States.[21]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "You Don't Belong"  Chris Daughtry 4:00
2. "No Surprise"  Daughtry, Chad Kroeger, Eric Dill, Rune Westburg, Joey Moi 4:29
3. "Every Time You Turn Around"  Daughtry, Andy Waldeck 3:39
4. "Life After You"  Daughtry, Kroeger, Moi, Brett James 3:26
5. "What I Meant to Say"  Daughtry, Brian Howes 3:09
6. "Open Up Your Eyes"  Daughtry, Ben Moody, David Hodges 4:19
7. "September"  Daughtry, Josh Steely 4:00
8. "Ghost of Me"  Daughtry, Howes 3:38
9. "Learn My Lesson"  Daughtry, Mitch Allan, Chris Tompkins 3:50
10. "Supernatural"  Daughtry, Josh Paul, Hodges 3:38
11. "Tennessee Line" (feat. Vince Gill)Daughtry, Brian Craddock 4:37
12. "Call Your Name"  Daughtry, Joey Barnes 4:01
Total length:
 46:47
Unused tracks
  1. "From Where You're Standing" (performed live)
  2. "Standing Still" (performed live)
  3. "When You Come Around" (performed live)
  4. "You're In My Hands" (performed live)
  5. "Back to Me" (performed live)

Personnel

Band members

  • Chris Daughtry - lead vocals, rhythm guitars
  • Josh Steely - lead guitars, backing vocals
  • Brian Craddock - rhythm guitars, backing vocals
  • Josh Paul - bass guitars, backing vocals
  • Joey Barnes - drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[22] 21
Canadian Albums Chart[23] 2
New Zealand Albums Chart[24] 8
Swedish Albums Chart[25] 31
UK Albums Chart[26] 53
US Billboard 200[27] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Position
US Billboard 200 59[28]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2009-07-14). "Leave This Town - Daughtry : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-08-18. 
  2. ↑ comments policy  19  comments posted. "Leave This Town Review | Daughtry | Compact Discs | Reviews @". Ultimate-guitar.com. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  3. ↑ "News | The Official Daughtry Website". Daughtryofficial.com. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  4. ↑ "Twitter / Chris Daughtry: 1. We recorded 19 songs..1". Twitter.com. 2009-05-26. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  5. ↑ Armstrong, Josh (August 19, 2009). "Daughtry to Leave This Town". KnowTheArtist.com. Retrieved March 30, 2011. 
  6. ↑ "Leave This Town Cover Art Unveiled | The Official Daughtry Website". Daughtryofficial.com. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  7. ↑ http://www.daughtryofficial.com
  8. ↑ Leah Greenblatt (2009-07-08). "Leave This Town Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-08-18. 
  9. ↑ IGN Music (2009-07-15). "Daughtry - Leave This Town Review". IGN. Retrieved 2013-05-31. 
  10. ↑ Ann Powers (2009-07-13). "Album review: Daughtry's 'Leave This Town'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-08-18. 
  11. ↑ Ben Ratliff (2009-07-13). "New CDs (Daughtry, 'Leave This Town')". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-08-18. 
  12. ↑ Jessica Herndon (2009-07-20). "Picks and Pans Review: Daughtry (Leave This Town)". People. Retrieved 2012-08-18. 
  13. ↑ Rob Sheffield (2009-07-20). "Leave This Town : Daughtry : Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2012-08-18. 
  14. ↑ Matthew Cole (2009-07-12). "Daughtry: Leave This Town". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2013-05-31. 
  15. ↑ Dave Donnelly (2009-07-21). "Review: Daughtry - Leave This Town". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2013-05-31. 
  16. ↑ Brian Mansfield (2009-07-17). "Listen Up: Daughtry doesn't travel far on 'Leave This Town'". USA Today. Retrieved 2013-05-31. 
  17. ↑ "Leave This Town Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved September 17, 2009. 
  18. ↑ "Daughtry's 129,000 sales 'Spell' a top-10 debut". USA Today. November 30, 2011. 
  19. ↑ Gardner, Elysa (November 13, 2009). "It's Taylor Swift's night at CMAs, with four awards". USA Today. Retrieved May 7, 2010. 
  20. ↑ "Daughtry | The Official Daughtry Website". Daughtryofficial.com. 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 "Idol Chatter 01-19-2011". Content.usatoday.com. 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2012-08-18. 
  22. ↑ "Top 50 Albums Chart - Australian Record Industry Association". Ariacharts.com.au. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  23. ↑ "Music Charts, Most Popular Music, Music by Genre & Top Music Charts". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  24. ↑ Steffen Hung. "charts.org.nz". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2012-08-18. 
  25. ↑ "Discography Daughtry". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved February 7, 2010. 
  26. ↑ "Chart Stats - Daughtry". Chart Stats. The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2010. 
  27. ↑ "Music Charts, Most Popular Music, Music by Genre & Top Music Charts". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  28. ↑ "Best of 2010 - Billboard Top 200". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-12-31. 
Preceded by
BLACKsummers'night by Maxwell		 Billboard 200 number-one album
August 1, 2009 		Succeeded by
Here We Go Again by Demi Lovato
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