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Dear Life is the fifth studio album recorded by Canadian country music duo High Valley and the group's debut major-label release.[1] It was released on November 18, 2016 through Atlantic Records and Warner Music Nashville.[2] The American track listing for the album features two tracks from the duo's previous album, County Line (2014), in place of two of the newly-recorded songs, notably removing the Canadian lead single, "Every Week's Got a Friday" in favour of "Make You Mine".

Background

Following the departure of founding member Bryan Rempel in March 2014, High Valley returned as a duo and release their fourth studio album, County Line in October of that year.[3][4] They experienced a commercial breakthrough with the record, landing six consecutive singles in the top 10 on Canadian country radio from 2014 through 2016 and earning three Gold-certified singles from Music Canada.[5][6] In October 2015, High Valley signed a record deal with Atlantic Records and Warner Music Nashville.[7] They soon began working on new music for their major-label debut, and had recorded seven of the songs that would make the album's final track listing by May 2016.[1]

The title, cover, and release date of Dear Life were revealed on October 3, 2016.[2] The album was made available for pre-order on October 14.[2] In support of pre-orders, one new promotional track will be released to digital retailers weekly from October 14 through the release date of November 18, 2016.[8]

Singles

"Make You Mine" was re-issued in the United States on February 26, 2016 as their debut major-label single and lead single from Dear Life in that country.[9] It was serviced to radio on February 29, 2016.[10] The song debuted at number 59 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart in March 2016 and reached a peak position of 25 in November of that year.[11] It is also their first entry on the magazine's Hot Country Songs chart, where it has peaked at number 29.[12] "Make You Mine" was first released in Canada in December 2014, serving as the third single from previous album, County Line, and reached peaks of 5 and 58, respectively, on the Canada Country and Canadian Hot 100 charts.

In Canada, "Every Week's Got a Friday" was released August 26, 2016 as the album's lead single.[13] It has since reached 8 on the Canada Country chart.

Other songs

"Young Forever" was released in both countries as the first promotional single from the album on September 9, 2016.[14] It is also featured on the soundtrack to the sports video game, Madden NFL 17.[15]

"Long Way Home" was made available as an instant-grat track to Canadian digital retailers on October 14, 2016 when the album was made available for pre-orders.[16] In the US, "She's with Me" was made available instead.[17] "Dear Life", "Memory Makin'", and "I Be U Be" followed suit on October 28, November 4, and November 11, respectively.[18][19][20]

Track listing

Dear Life (Canadian edition)[21]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dear Life"
  • Brad Rempel
  • Seth Mosley
  • Ben Stennis
3:14
2."I Ain't Changin'"
3:12
3."Long Way Home"
  • Oliver Lundström
  • Rempel
  • Mosley
  • Johan Åsgärde
3:03
4."Memory Makin'"
  • Rempel
  • Mosley
  • Stennis
2:39
5."I Be U Be"
  • Rempel
  • Jenson Vaughan
3:33
6."Roads We've Never Taken"
3:17
7."Don't Stop"
  • Rempel
  • Mosley
  • Stennis
3:36
8."The Only"
3:07
9."Every Week's Got a Friday"
  • Phil Barton
  • Rempel
  • Mosley
3:08
10."Soldier"Josh O'Keefe, Marli Harwood, Michael Angelo3:23
11."Young Forever"
  • Rempel
  • Mosley
  • Stennis
3:40
Dear Life (American edition)[22]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."She's with Me"
  • Rempel
  • Mosley
  • Stennis
3:00
2."Dear Life"
  • Rempel
  • Mosley
  • Stennis
3:14
3."I Ain't Changin'"
  • Rempel
  • Mosley
  • Alexander
3:12
4."Make You Mine"
  • Rempel
  • Mosley
  • Stennis
3:31
5."Don't Stop"
  • Rempel
  • Mosley
  • Stennis
3:36
6."The Only"
  • Nite
  • Copperman
  • Galyon
3:07
7."Roads We've Never Taken"
  • Rempel
  • Douglas
  • Johnston
3:17
8."I Be U Be"
  • Rempel
  • Vaughan
3:33
9."Memory Makin'"
  • Rempel
  • Mosley
  • Stennis
2:39
10."Soldier"O'Keefe, Marli Harwood, Michael Angelo3:23
11."Young Forever"
  • Rempel
  • Mosley
  • Stennis
3:40
Total length:36:12

Personnel

Credits are adapted from liner notes of Dear Life.[23]

High Valley
  • Brad Rempel – Lead vocals, guitar
  • Curtis Rempel – Vocals, mandolin, guitar
Musicians
Production
Design

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[24] 36
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[25] 37
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[26] 3

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
CAN Country
[5] 		CAN
[27] 		US Hot Country
[12] 		US Country Airplay
[28]
2016 "Make You Mine"A B 5 58 28 21
"Every Week's Got a Friday"C 8 — —
"—" denotes a single that failed to chart or was not released to that format.
Notes
  • A Canadian chart peaks are from its run as a single from County Line in 2014–15.
  • B Current single in the United States.
  • C Current single in Canada.

References

  1. ^ a b Stark, Phyllis (May 4, 2016). "High Valley's 'Progressive-Meets-Old-School' Sound Piques Interest of Atlantic/WMN, Spotify". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Black, Lauren Jo (October 3, 2016). "High Valley Announces Debut Album, 'Dear Life'". Sounds Like Nashville. Spin Media. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  3. ^ Tinson, Kayla (March 10, 2014). "Bryan Rempel leaving High Valley". Top Country. TC Inc. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  4. ^ MacPherson, Alex J. (November 14, 2014). "Award-winning country group High Valley emerge from a lineup change with their strongest album yet". Verb News. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  5. ^ a b "High Valley – Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  6. ^ "Canadian certifications – High Valley". Music Canada. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  7. ^ Nicholson, Jessica (October 8, 2015). "High Valley Inks Deal With Atlantic Records/Warner Music Nashville". MusicRow. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  8. ^ Press Release (October 15, 2016). "High Valley Album "Dear Life" Available For Pre-Order". The Country Note. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  9. ^ "Make You Mine - High Valley | Release Info". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 16, 2016. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |website= at position 1 (help)
  10. ^ "High Valley – Make You Mine (Radio Edit)". Play MPE. Archived from the original on October 16, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  11. ^ ""Make You Mine" on Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  12. ^ a b "High Valley – Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  13. ^ "Every Week's Got a Friday - High Valley | Release Info". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 16, 2016. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |website= at position 1 (help)
  14. ^ "Young Forever - High Valley | Release Info". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 16, 2016. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |website= at position 1 (help)
  15. ^ "Madden NFL 17 Soundtrack". EA Sports. Electronic Arts. August 3, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  16. ^ "Long Way Home - High Valley | Release Info". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 16, 2016. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |website= at position 1 (help)
  17. ^ "She's With Me - High Valley | Release Info". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 16, 2016. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |website= at position 1 (help)
  18. ^ "Dear Life - High Valley | Release Info". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved November 21, 2016. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |website= at position 1 (help)
  19. ^ "Memory Makin' - High Valley | Release Info". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved November 21, 2016. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |website= at position 1 (help)
  20. ^ "I Be U Be - High Valley | Release Info". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved November 21, 2016. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |website= at position 1 (help)
  21. ^ "Dear Life by High Valley". iTunes Store (Canada). Apple Inc. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  22. ^ "Dear Life by High Valley". iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  23. ^ Dear Life (Compact disc liner notes). High Valley. Warner Music Nashville. 2016. B01M0DKF42.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  24. ^ "On The Charts". FYIMusicNews. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  25. ^ "Top Country Albums: The Week Of December 10, 2016". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  26. ^ "Heatseekers Albums: The Week Of December 10, 2016". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  27. ^ "High Valley – Chart History (Billboard Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  28. ^ "High Valley – Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
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