A Thousand Miles Left Behind

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A Thousand Miles Left Behind
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 31, 2012 (2012-07-31)
Genre Country
Length42:47
Label Emblem/Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer Matt Serletic
Gloriana chronology
Gloriana
(2009)
A Thousand Miles Left Behind
(2012)
Three
(2015)
Singles from A Thousand Miles Left Behind
  1. "Wanna Take You Home"
    Released: March 28, 2011
  2. "(Kissed You) Good Night"
    Released: October 17, 2011
  3. "Can't Shake You"
    Released: September 10, 2012
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A Thousand Miles Left Behind is the second studio album by American country music band Gloriana. It was released on July 31, 2012 via Emblem Music Group/Warner Bros. Records. [2]

Contents

Content

It is their first album since the departure of band member Cheyenne Kimball in 2011. [3] According to group member Tom Gossin, the album was completed before Kimball's departure, but the songs (including "Wanna Take You Home") were then re-recorded without her. A song that Kimball wrote (called "Piece of My Heart" [4] ) was also removed from the track list. [5]

The trio had a hand in writing all of the album's eleven tracks. [6] Three singles have been released from the project, including the group's first top five song, "(Kissed You) Good Night." [7]

Commercial performance

A Thousand Miles Left Behind debuted at No. 2 on Country Albums, and No. 11 on Billboard 200, selling 23,000 copies in its first week. [8] It has sold 118,000 copies in the US as of May 2015. [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gold Rush"Tom Gossin, Tommy Lee James, Matt Serletic 4:16
2."Sunset Lovin'"Mike Gossin, Serletic, Hillary Lindsey 3:17
3."Wanna Take You Home"T. Gossin, Serletic, Wendell Mobley 3:45
4."(Kissed You) Good Night"T. Gossin, Josh Kear 3:52
5."Carolina Rose"T. Gossin, Karyn Rochelle, James T. Slater 3:50
6."Go On…Miss Me"M. Gossin, Rachel Reinert, Serletic3:43
7."Can't Shake You"T. Gossin, Slater, Stephanie Bentley 4:27
8."Soldier Song"M. Gossin, T. Gossin, Serletic4:02
9."Turn My World Around"M. Gossin, Kear, Serletic3:42
10."Doing It Our Way"Danny Myrick, Reinert, Serletic3:44
11."Where My Heart Belongs"Myrick, Reinert, Serletic4:09
iTunes Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Lonely Road" 3:47
13."Wild at Heart" (Acoustic)Bentley, Kear, Serletic3:50
14."Can't Shake You" (Acoustic)T. Gossin, Slater, Bentley4:24
15."(Kissed You) Good Night" (Music video) 4:42
16."Making of A Thousand Miles Left Behind" (Video) 4:06

Personnel

Gloriana

Additional musicians

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2012)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [10] 11
US Billboard Top Country Albums [10] 2

End of year charts

Chart (2012)Year-end
2010
US Billboard Top Country Albums 63 [11]

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US Country Airplay
[12]
US CAN
2011"Wanna Take You Home" [13] 34
"(Kissed You) Good Night" [10] 23460
2012"Can't Shake You" [13] 201683
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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