Anchor (Autumn Hill album)

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Anchor
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 16, 2015 (2015-06-16)
Recorded2014–15
Genre Country
Label Wax
Producer
  • David "Dwave" Thomson
  • Lindsay Rimes
  • Nathan Meckel
  • Tareya Green
Autumn Hill chronology
Favourite Mistake
(2013)
Anchor
(2015)
Singles from Anchor
  1. "Blame"
    Released: March 3, 2015
  2. "Return Policy"
    Released: August 31, 2015
  3. "Mixtape"
    Released: January 27, 2016
  4. "Good Night for Going Nowhere"
    Released: May 18, 2016

Anchor is the second studio album by Canadian country music duo Autumn Hill, released on June 16, 2015 via Wax Records and distributed by Universal Music Canada. [1] Its lead single, "Blame", became their first song to reach the top five on the Billboard Canada Country chart.

Country music, also known as country and western, and hillbilly music, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as American folk music and blues.

Autumn Hill

Autumn Hill was a Canadian country music duo composed of Mike Robins and Tareya Green. Their debut single, "Anything At All," entered the Canadian Hot 100 in January 2013. It is included on their debut album Favourite Mistake, released September 10, 2013. The record's three subsequent singles experienced diminishing returns on the Canada Country airplay chart, through third single "Fire" became the group's highest-charting entry on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 73. "Blame" was released in March 2015 as the lead single for the group's second and final album, Anchor. Reaching a peak position of four on the Canadian country airplay chart, it remains the group's only top ten hit. In total, the group has landed seven singles on the chart.

Blame (Autumn Hill song) single by Autumn Hill

"Blame" is a song recorded by Canadian country music duo Autumn Hill for their second studio album, Anchor (2015). It was released to digital retailers through Wax Records as the album's lead single on March 3, 2015 and officially impacted Canadian country radio on April 23, 2015. "Blame" debuted at number 49 on the Billboard Canada Country airplay chart, and has since become the group's first top-five hit.

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Background

Their debut studio album, Favourite Mistake , was released in 2013 and produced four country airplay hits. With "Anything at All" charting at both the adult contemporary and country formats, the duo earned the distinction of being the first Canadian country music act to crossover to pop radio since Shania Twain. [2] [3] Produced by Dave Thomson, Anchor was co-written by Autumn Hill and songwriters from Nashville, Tennessee. [4] After touring with Kira Isabella in late 2014, the duo sought to move away from the ballad-heavy approach of their previous record and "focus on songs that would translate to our live shows," according to member Mike Robins. [4]

<i>Favourite Mistake</i> album by Autumn Hill

Favourite Mistake is the debut studio album by Canadian country music duo Autumn Hill. It was preceded by three singles, including lead single "Anything At All", which peaked at 79 on the Canadian Hot 100, and "Fire", which peaked at 73. The album was released September 10, 2013 through Wax Records.

Anything at All single by Autumn Hill

"Anything at All" is a song written by David Thomson and Heather Morgan, and recorded by Canadian country music duo Autumn Hill for their debut studio album, Favourite Mistake (2013). It was released through Wax Records as the lead single from the album on October 30, 2012.

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s. The terms "popular music" and "pop music" are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many diverse styles. "Pop" and "rock" were roughly synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they became increasingly differentiated from each other.

Promotion

"Blame" was released on March 3, 2015 as the album's lead single. [5] The music video premiered the same date. [6] It failed to enter the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, but reached a peak position of 4 on the Canada Country airplay chart, marking the duo's first top five hit. [7]

A lead single is the first single to be released from a studio album, by a musician or a band, usually before the album itself is released.

The Canadian Hot 100 is a music industry record chart in Canada for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. The Canadian Hot 100 was launched on the issue dated March 31, 2007, and is currently the standard record chart in Canada; a new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by Billboard every Tuesday.

"Return Policy" was released to Canadian country radio on August 31, 2015 as the second official single. [8]

Return Policy single by Autumn Hill

"Return Policy" is a song recorded by Canadian country music duo Autumn Hill for their second studio album, Anchor (2015). It was serviced to Canadian country radio on August 31, 2015 as the album's second official single after first being made available to digital retailers on June 8, 2015 as the album's third countdown single. The song was written by group members Tareya Green and Mike Robins along with Lindsay Rimes, and was produced by Rimes and David "Dwave" Thomson.

The album's third single, "Mixtape", was serviced to radio on January 27, 2016. [9]

Mixtape (Autumn Hill song) single by Autumn Hill

"Mixtape" is a song recorded by Canadian country music duo Autumn Hill for their second studio album, Anchor (2015). It was released to Canadian country radio through Wax Records on January 27, 2016 as the album's third official single and to digital retailers in the United States on January 29, 2015. The song was written and produced by David "Dwave" Thomson and co-written by Stephanie Chapman and Christian Rada.

The album's fourth single, "Good Night for Going Nowhere" released to Canadian country radio on May 18, 2016.

Other songs

During the lead-up to the album's release, three tracks were released to iTunes as promotional singles supporting pre-orders: "It Don't Get Better Than This" premiered June 3, 2015; [10] "Summertime Free" premiered June 5, 2015; [11] and "Return Policy" premiered June 8, 2015. [12]

iTunes Apples media library and media player software.

iTunes is a media player, media library, Internet radio broadcaster, mobile device management utility, and the client app for iTunes Store. It is used to purchase, play, download, and organize digital multimedia, on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating systems. iTunes is developed by Apple Inc. It was announced on January 9, 2001.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Anchor"Tareya Green, Mike Robins, David "Dwave" ThomsonThomson3:32
2."Return Policy"Green, Robins, Lindsay RimesRimes, Thomson3:01
3."It Don't Get Better Than This"Green, Robins, Thomson, Phil BartonThomson3:10
4."Blame"Thomson, Stephanie Chapman, Christian RadaThomson3:42
5."Mixtape"Thomson, Chapman, RadaThomson3:29
6."Memphis"Green, Robins, Kris BergsnesRimes, Thomson2:53
7."Good Night for Going Nowhere"Green, Robins, Todd Clark, Gavin SlateThomson4:06
8."Summertime Free"Matt Rogers, Jason Massey, John KingThomson3:39
9."August in the Rain" (Mike Robins solo)Robins, Nathan Meckel, Blue MillerThomson, Meckel5:26
10."Never Be Mine" (Tareya Green solo)GreenGreen, Thomson3:28

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [13]

Instruments
Production

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
CAN Country
[7]
2015"Blame"4
"Return Policy"22
2016"Mixtape"19
"Good Night for Going Nowhere"

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