Camino Palmero

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Camino Palmero
Studio album by The Calling
Released July 10, 2001
Recorded 1999–2001
Genre Alternative Rock, post-grunge[1]
Length 46:06
Label RCA
Producer Marc Tanner
The Calling chronology
Camino Palmero
(2001)		 Two
(2004)
Singles from Camino Palmero
  1. "Wherever You Will Go"
  2. "Adrienne"
  3. "Could It Be Any Harder"
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 1.5/5 stars[2]

Camino Palmero is the debut album by American alternative band The Calling, released on July 10, 2001. It contains their hit single "Wherever You Will Go". The title of the album comes from a Los Angeles street where band members Alex Band and Aaron Kamin first met.[3]

Camino Palmero peaked at #36 on Billboard 200 and was certified Gold by RIAA. The album was also certified Gold in Canada in November 2002 after sold more than 50,000 units.[4] The album also did well on several International charts, among others it made #12 in UK, #16 in Italy and topped the charts in Mexico, holding 1× Diamond status plus 3× Platinum. World sales of the album are estimated to be approximately 5 million. In Brazil has been certified with Platinum, by ABPD.[5]

The coverart of the album represents the platforms 5 and 6 of the Santa Maria Novella railway station in Florence, Italy.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written and composed by Alex Band and Aaron Kamin, except "Stigmatized" which was co-written with Eric Bazilian. 

No. Title Length
1. "Unstoppable"   3:59
2. "Nothing's Changed"   4:44
3. "Wherever You Will Go"   3:28
4. "Could It Be Any Harder"   4:41
5. "Final Answer"   4:34
6. "Adrienne"   4:30
7. "We're Forgiven"   4:31
8. "Things Don't Always Turn Out That Way"   4:11
9. "Just That Good"   3:54
10. "Thank You"   2:58
11. "Stigmatized"   4:31
Total length:
 46:06

[edit] Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australian Album Chart 23
Austrian Album Chart 9
Danish Album Chart 11
French Album Chart 10
German Album Chart 8
Irish Album Chart 21
Italian Album Chart 16
Mexico Album Chart 1
Netherlands Album Chart 46
New Zealand Album Chart 9
Norwegian Album Chart 10
Swedish Album Chart 11
Swiss Album Chart 26
UK Album Chart 12
U.S. Billboard 200 Album Chart 36

[edit] Personnel

The Calling
Technical
  • Ron Fair – Synthesizer, Executive Producer
  • Tiago Becker – Assistant Engineer
  • Bob Glaub – Bass
  • Marc Greene – Engineer
  • Robert Hadley – Mastering
  • Frank Harkins – Art Direction, Design
  • Chris Lord – Mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – Mastering
  • Paul Mirkovich – Keyboards
  • Zac Rae – Organ
  • Satnam Ramgotra – Percussion, Tabla
  • Doug Sax – Mastering
  • Matt Silva – Mixing
  • Marc Tanner – Producer
  • David Thoener – Engineer, Mixing
  • Nate Wood – Percussion, Drums

[edit] References

  1. ^ Camino Palmero at Allmusic
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Staff reporter (2002-06-28). "Newsround catch up with The Calling". CBBC Newsround. http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/music/newsid_2070000/2070751.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-19. "About six years ago Alex and I met. I was dating his sister and we met on a Street called Carmino Parmello which is the title of our record." 
  4. ^ "Gold & Platinum Certification – November 2002". Canadian Recording Industry Association. http://www.cria.ca/gold/1102_g.php. Retrieved 2010-08-20. 
  5. ^ "The calling" (in portuguese). ABPD. http://abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp?sArtista=The%20calling. Retrieved 23 January 2010. 
The Calling
Studio albums
  • Camino Palmero
  • Two
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