Mission California

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Mission California
Ragweedmission.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 2, 2007
RecordedMarch 2007
Genre Southern Rock
Country Rock
Americana
Alternative Country
Red Dirt
Texas Music.
Length54:11
Label Universal South
Producer Mike McClure & Cross Canadian Ragweed
Cross Canadian Ragweed chronology
Back to Tulsa - Live and Loud at Cain's Ballroom
(2006)
Mission California
(2007)
Happiness and All the Other Things
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
This Is Texas Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Mission California is Cross Canadian Ragweed's fourth studio album. It was released on October 2, 2007. The band spent 25 days in the studio; the first 5 cutting 15 tracks, the next 20 polishing each. It was recorded in San Diego, California. Lee Ann Womack laid down background vocals on 4 of the tracks to include the Chris Knight cover "Cry Lonely."

Contents

Overview

The first single from Mission California was "I Believe You," which is a Todd Snider cover. The single charted as high as #4 on the Texas Music Chart. [3] According to iTunes, the most popular and downloaded song was the song "In Oklahoma". Also bassist Jeremy Plato took lead vocals for the first time on the Scott Evans penned song "Soul Agent." The track "Jenny" was a second recording of the song, as it had been recorded on the band's 1998 debut album, Carney.

The album debuted at number 30 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and #6 on the Top Country Albums chart. It sold about 23,000 copies in its first week. [4]

Track listing

  1. "Record Exec" (Cody Canada) - 3:07
  2. "Dead Man" (Canada) - 4:48
  3. "The Deal" (Canada, Mike McClure) - 2:38
  4. "Lawrence" (Canada) - 5:03
  5. "In Oklahoma" (Canada, Stoney LaRue) - 3:07
  6. "Cry Lonely" (Chris Knight, Gary Nicholson) - 4:12
  7. "Smoke Another" (Canada, McClure) - 2:01
  8. "Soul Agent" (Scott Evans) - 4:29
  9. "Walls To Climb" (Canada) - 3:15
  10. "The Years" (Canada) - 4:25
  11. "Jenny" (Canada, Mike Shannon) - 4:43
  12. "I Believe You" (Todd Snider) - 4:04
  13. "NYCG" (Canada, McClure, Anthony Aquino) - 8:19

Hidden Track: "On The Right Path" begins at 6:15 on "NYCG"

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2007)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums6
U.S. Billboard 20030

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