AmerIIcana

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Americana II
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Released2009
Recorded2009
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Label RCA Victor Europe
Roch Voisine chronology
Americana
(2008)
Americana II
(2009)
Americana III
(2010)
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AmerIIcana or alternatively Americana II is a 2009 album by Canadian singer Roch Voisine. It was a follow-up of his successful Americana album in 2008. Many of the tracks were recorded in Nashville, Tennessee.

Contents

Track listing

Bonus bilingual English / French version tracks marked with [*]

  1. "That's How I Got to Memphis"
  2. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
  3. "Take It Easy"
  4. "If I Were a Carpenter"
  5. "I'm Sorry"
  6. "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
  7. "Song Sung Blue"
  8. "Sundown"
  9. "Johnny B. Goode"
  10. "Pretty Woman"
  11. "Heart of Gold"
  12. "Bon Vivant"
  13. "That's How I Got to Memphis" / Sur la route de Memphis [*]
  14. "If I Were a Carpenter" / Si j'étais un charpentier [*]
  15. "Song Sung Blue" / Chanson bleue [*]
  16. "Sundown" / L'amour c'est comme l'été [*]
  17. "Bon Vivant" [*]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [8] Gold40,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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