Roots and Wings (Terri Clark album)

Roots and Wings
Roots and Wings
Studio album by Terri Clark
Released	July 26, 2011
Genre	Country
Length	38:34
Label	BareTrack/Capitol Nashville/EMI Canada
Producer	Terri Clark
Terri Clark chronology
Singles from Roots and Wings
	"Northern Girl"; Released: April 11, 2011; "We're Here for a Good Time"; Released: July 18, 2011; "The One"; Released: October 17, 2011; "Wrecking Ball"; Released: April 2, 2012;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Roughstock	^[2]

Roots and Wings is the eighth studio album by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. The album was released on July 26, 2011 via BareTrack Records/Capitol Nashville/EMI Canada.^[3] The first single released from the album was "Northern Girl."^[4] The album's second single, "We're Here for a Good Time," was originally recorded by Canadian rock band Trooper in 1977.^[5]

Roots and Wings won Country Album of the Year at the 2012 Juno Awards.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wrecking Ball"	Terri Clark, Tia Sillers, Victoria Banks	3:30
2.	"Breakin' Up Thing"	Clark, Kristen Hall	3:55
3.	"The One"	Clark, Tom Shapiro, Jim Collins	3:44
4.	"Northern Girl"	Clark, Hall	3:49
5.	"Beautiful and Broken"	Clark, Hall	4:04
6.	"Lonesome's Last Call"	Clark, Jim Rushing	3:45
7.	"The Good Was Great"	Clark, Sillers, Deric Ruttan	4:27
8.	"Smile" (featuring Alison Krauss)	Clark, Karyn Rochelle	4:16
9.	"We're Here for a Good Time"	Ra McGuire, Brian Smith	2:45
10.	"Flowers in Snow"	Clark, Hall	4:19

Amazon MP3 Bonus Track^[7]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"If You Want Fire" (live)	Clark, Shapiro, Jimmy Ritchey	8:03

Personnel

John Barry – electric guitar
Terri Clark – choir, lead vocals, background vocals
John Diamond – bass guitar
Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Jeneé Fleenor – background vocals
Shannon Forrest – drums
Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
Kristen Hall – choir, background vocals
Tony Harrell – accordion, piano
Edie Hartwick – choir
Wes Hightower – background vocals
Sonya Isaacs – background vocals
Jeff Jones – choir

Alison Krauss – background vocals on "Smile"
B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
Tim Marks – bass guitar
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Lyle Molzan – drums
Jourdan Murr – choir
Steve Nathan – keyboards
Russ Pahl – steel guitar
John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
Bryan Sutton – banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin
Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Andrea Zonn – fiddle

Release history

Region	Date	Format
Canada	July 26, 2011 (2011-07-26)	CD, digital download
United States	July 26, 2011 (2011-07-26)	Digital download
United States	September 13, 2011 (2011-09-13)	CD

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Canadian Albums Chart^[8]	24
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums^[8]	69

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
Year	Single	CAN
2011	"Northern Girl"	—
	"We're Here for a Good Time"	98
	"The One"	—
2012	"Wrecking Ball"	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

^ Jurek, Thom. "Roots & Wings review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
^ Bjorke, Matt (September 9, 2011). "Terri Clark - Roots and Wings". Roughstock. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
^ "Terri Clark Plans New Album, Roots and Wings". Country Music Television. July 7, 2011. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
^ Wyland, Sarah (July 8, 2011). "Terri Clark Releasing New Album". Great American Country. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
^ Lamitschka, Christian (June 12, 2011). "Terri Clark – A Northern Girl". Music News Nashville. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
^ "Junos 2012: Full list of nominees". Toronto Star. February 7, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
^ "Terri Clark - Roots and Wings (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version)". Amazon.com. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Chart listing for Roots and Wings". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 4, 2011.

[allmusic-1] Jurek, Thom. "Roots & Wings review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 18, 2011.

[2] Bjorke, Matt (September 9, 2011). "Terri Clark - Roots and Wings". Roughstock. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2011.

[3] "Terri Clark Plans New Album, Roots and Wings". Country Music Television. July 7, 2011. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2011.

[4] Wyland, Sarah (July 8, 2011). "Terri Clark Releasing New Album". Great American Country. Retrieved July 12, 2011.

[5] Lamitschka, Christian (June 12, 2011). "Terri Clark – A Northern Girl". Music News Nashville. Retrieved July 19, 2011.

[6] "Junos 2012: Full list of nominees". Toronto Star. February 7, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2012.

[7] "Terri Clark - Roots and Wings (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version)". Amazon.com. Retrieved July 18, 2011.

[billboard-8] "Chart listing for Roots and Wings". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 4, 2011.

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Discography
Studio albums	Terri Clark Just the Same How I Feel Fearless Pain to Kill Life Goes On The Long Way Home Roots and Wings Classic Some Songs Raising the Bar
Live albums	Terri Clark Live: Road Rage
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits 1994–2004
Notable singles	"Better Things to Do" "When Boy Meets Girl" "If I Were You" "Suddenly Single" "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" "Emotional Girl" "Now That I Found You" "You're Easy on the Eyes" "Everytime I Cry" "A Little Gasoline" "No Fear" "I Just Wanna Be Mad" "Three Mississippi" "I Wanna Do It All" "Girls Lie Too" "The World Needs a Drink" "She Didn't Have Time" "Dirty Girl" "In My Next Life" "A Million Ways to Run" "Northern Girl" "Love Is a Rose" "I'm Movin' On" "One Drink Ago"