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Leave This Town is the second album of the American rock band Daughtry and was released on July 14, 2009.[2]

Background information

Chris Daughtry announced on his Twitter that there would be 14 songs on the record, but 5 bonus tracks in different stores.[3] Daughtry co-wrote the songs on the album with Richard Marx, Chad Kroeger from Nickelback, Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic, Trevor McNevan from Thousand Foot Krutch, Jason Wade from Lifehouse, Adam Gontier from Three Days Grace, and Eric Dill from The Click Five. On May 29, 2009, Daughtry released the album art cover.[4] The songs written with Marx and Tedder didn't make the album Despite the fact that 14 tracks were announced, only 12 made the final cut.[5] 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.[6] "You Don't Belong" debuted at number 95.

Album title

Chris announced the name of the album on Twitter. The title is from a lyric in "September". Not only that, but many songs on the album have a lyric about leaving an area such as "You Don't Belong", "No Surprise", "Life After You" and "Everytime You Turn Around".

Reception

Initial 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.[7]

It sold 269,000 copies in its first week in the U.S., peaking at #1,[citation needed] It peaked at #2 in Canada, 6 places ahead of its predecessor. The album has sold 724,000 copies.[8]

In media

"Ghost of Me" is featured on a CSI Miami commercial.[9]

"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.[10]

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.[11] The song was made available on iTunes May 5, 2009. It debuted at #15 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.
  • The second single, "Life After You," was released around October 2009. It has already sold over 12,000 digital downloads.

Track listing

  1. "You Don't Belong" (Chris Daughtry) — 4:00
  2. "No Surprise" (Chris Daughtry, Chad Kroeger, Eric Dill, Rune Westburg)[12] — 4:29
  3. "Every Time You Turn Around" (Chris Daughtry, Andy Waldeck) — 3:39
  4. "Life After You" (Chris Daughtry, Chad Kroeger, Joey Moi, James Brett) — 3:26
  5. "What I Meant to Say" (Chris Daughtry, Brian Howes) — 3:09
  6. "Open Up Your Eyes" (Chris Daughtry, Ben Moody, David Hodges) — 4:19
  7. "September" (Chris Daughtry, Josh Steely)[13] — 4:00
  8. "Ghost of Me" (Chris Daughtry, Brian Howes) — 3:38
  9. "Learn My Lesson" (Chris Daughtry, Mitch Allan, Chris Tompkins) — 3:50
  10. "Supernatural" (Chris Daughtry, Josh Paul, David Hodges) — 3:38
  11. "Tennessee Line" (feat. Vince Gill) (Chris Daughtry, Brian Craddock) — 4:37
  12. "Call Your Name" (Chris Daughtry, Joey Barnes) — 4:01

Bonuses

  • daughtryofficial.com exclusive version[14]
  1. "Long Way"
    2. — 4:03
  2. "One Last Chance"
    3. — 3:27

Note: Bonus tracks available as bonus downloads, also available separately.[15]

  • Digital Deluxe Edition
  1. "What Have We Become"
    2. — 3:43
  2. "On the Inside"
    3. — 3:24
  • iTunes (US)
  1. "Traffic Light (pre-order only)"
    2. — 3:40
  • iTunes (UK)
  1. "Get Me Through"
    2. — 3:44
  2. "Traffic Light (pre-order only)"
    3. — 3:40
  3. "Back Again" ("No Surprise" single bonus track) - 3:38
  1. "Get Me Through"
    2. — 3:44

Note: walmart version available as a bonus download, also available on walmart.com mp3 store[18]

  • Target exclusive Deluxe Edition CD/DVD[19]
  1. "It's Not Over" (music video)
  2. "Home" (music video)
  3. "Over You" (music video)
  4. "Feels Like Tonight" (music video)
  5. "What About Now" (music video)
  6. "No Surprise" (music video)
  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. "I Can't Save You" (never recorded or performed, written with Chad Kroeger)
  6. "Back to Me" (performed live)

Personnel

Band members

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

Sessions musicians

  • Vince Gill - vocals and guitars on "Tennessee Line"

Additional personel

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Billboard 200 1[20]
Canadian Albums Chart 2[21]
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 21[22]
New Zealand Albums Chart 8[23]
Swedish Albums Chart 31

References

  1. ^ http://fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16691
  2. ^ http://www.daughtryofficial.com/news/leave-this-town
  3. ^ http://twitter.com/CHRIS_Daughtry/status/1925474268
  4. ^ http://daughtryofficial.com/news/leave-town-cover-art-unveiled
  5. ^ http://tommy2.net/content/?p=5692
  6. ^ www.daughtryofficial.com
  7. ^ "Tim Hecker:An Leave This Town (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
  8. ^ Idol Chatter 11-11-2009
  9. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMX4iZjy_IM
  10. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-11-11-cma-news_N.htm#uslPageReturn
  11. ^ http://www.daughtryofficial.com
  12. ^ "Lyrics to No Surprise".
  13. ^ http://top40-charts.com/news/Pop-Rock/Daughtry-To-Release-New-Album-Leave-This-Town-On-July-10-2009;-First-Single-No-Surprise-Co-written-By-Chad-Kroeger/49352.html
  14. ^ http://www.daughtryofficial.com/us/news/new-leave-town-album-packages-announced
  15. ^ http://daughtry.skyroo.com/se/view/music/index.html
  16. ^ http://www.sonymusicshop.jp/detail.asp?goods=BVCP000040082
  17. ^ http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=11303838
  18. ^ http://mp3.walmart.com/store/artist?albumId=104139790
  19. ^ a b http://www.target.com/dp/B002935GGY/sr=1-7/qid=1245788450/ref=sr_1_7/176-2621466-0212743?ie=UTF8&search-alias=tgt-index&frombrowse=0&index=target&rh=k%3Adaughtry&page=1
  20. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts#/news/daughtry-returns-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-1003996062.story
  21. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts#/charts/canadian-albums
  22. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1G50
  23. ^ charts.org.nz
Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
August 1, 2009 		Succeeded by
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