A Place Called Love (Johnny Reid album)

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A Place Called Love
APlaceCalledLove.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 31, 2010
Genre Country, soul
Length45:23
Label EMI
Producer Brent Maher
Johnny Reid chronology
Christmas
(2009)
A Place Called Love
(2010)
Fire It Up
(2012)
Singles from A Place Called Love
  1. "Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World"
    Released: June 7, 2010
  2. "Let's Go Higher"
    Released: September 20, 2010
  3. "Hands of a Working Man"
    Released: January 31, 2011
  4. "You Gave My Heart a Home"
    Released: May 30, 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Ottawa Citizen Positive [2]
Winnipeg Free Press Positive [3]
Winnipeg Sun Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Western Gazette Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

A Place Called Love is the sixth studio album by Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was released on August 31, 2010 by EMI Records.

Contents

Singles

The first single, "Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World," peaked at number 41 on the Canadian Hot 100, Reid's highest single peak to date. The album's second single, "Let's Go Higher," peaked at number 58. [6]

Commercial performance

The album peaked at number 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart and stayed at number 1 for four weeks, the second longest streak for 2010, with Eminem's album Recovery being the longest staying at seven weeks at number 1. [7] The album sold 31,000 copies in its first week, [8] and has since sold 96,700 copies. [9] The album was certified double platinum by the CRIA in November 2010 with an excess of 160,000 copies. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Gave My Heart a Home"Brent Maher, Johnny Reid3:14
2."Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World"Brent Maher, Reid3:59
3."That Man Is Me"Brent Maher, Reid3:47
4."Hands of a Working Man"Brent Maher, Reid4:01
5."Good People" John Barlow Jarvis, Brent Maher, Reid3:10
6."Doesn't Get Better Than You"Reid, Mark Selby, Tia Sillers3:49
7."Love Thing"Brent Maher, Reid3:14
8."Out of the Blue"Brent Maher, Brian Dean Maher, Reid2:53
9."Tell Me Margaret"Reid, Mark Sanders4:32
10."This Is Not Goodbye"Reid, Allen Shamblin 4:21
11."Let's Go Higher"Brent Maher, Reid3:02
12."A Place Called Love"Brent Maher, Reid5:21

Personnel

Chart performance

Certifications

Region Certification
Canada (Music Canada) [10] 2× Platinum

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