Better Be Home Soon (album)

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Better Be Home Soon
George Canyon Better Be Home Soon Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 22, 2011
Genre Country
Length49:04
Label Reiny Dawg
Producer Richard Marx
George Canyon
George Canyon chronology
What I Do
(2008)
Better Be Home Soon
(2011)
Classics II
(2012)
Singles from Better Be Home Soon
  1. "Better Be Home Soon"
    Released: November 1, 2010
  2. "Surrender"
    Released: March 21, 2011
  3. "Sunshine"
    Released: July 11, 2011
  4. "When Love Is All You've Got"
    Released: October 3, 2011

Better Be Home Soon is the seventh studio album by Canadian country music artist George Canyon. The album was released on March 22, 2011 by Reiny Dawg and distributed by Universal Music Canada. It debuted at number 25 on the Canadian Albums Chart. [1] Its title track, a cover of the 1988 Crowded House song, peaked at number 87 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100. [2] The album has been certified Gold by Music Canada. [3]

George Canyon is a Canadian country music singer. He was the runner up on the second season of Nashville Star in 2004. He grew up in Fox Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia before he moved west to Calgary, Alberta. He also holds an appointment in the Canadian Forces as the Colonel Commandant of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets.

Universal Music Group American music corporation

Universal Music Group is an American global music corporation that is a subsidiary of the French media conglomerate Vivendi. UMG's global corporate headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. It is considered one of the "Big Three" music companies, along with Sony Music and Warner Music Group. Since 2004, the corporation is no longer related to the film studio Universal Studios. In 2019, Fast Company named Universal Music Group the most innovative music company and listed UMG among the Top 50 most innovative companies in the world and "amid the music industry's digital transformation, Universal is redefining what a modern label should look like." UMG has signed licensing agreements with more than 400 platforms worldwide.

The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Monday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen SoundScan, and published every Tuesday by Billboard.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Never Miss Your Water"Chris Byrne, George Canyon, Mike Little3:14
2."Every Shade of Gone"Canyon, Gary Harrison, Richard Marx 3:13
3."Better Be Home Soon" Neil Finn 4:09
4."Surrender" Trey Bruce, Marx3:22
5."When Love Is All You've Got" (with Richard Marx)Marx, Kenny Rogers 4:05
6."Power of You and Me"Marx3:48
7."When November Falls"Marx, Matt Scannell 4:38
8."Lonesome"Canyon, Marx, Scannell4:19
9."That's Where You Came In"Bruce, Canyon, Marx3:45
10."Real Thing"Canyon, Harrison, Marx3:35
11."Crawfish Crawl"Byrne, Canyon, Little3:33
12."Sunshine"Catt Gravitt, Thom Hardwell, Gerald O'Brien3:31
13."Sacrifice" Dean Brody, Canyon3:52
Total length:49:04

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Canadian Albums Chart [1] 25

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
CAN
2010"Better Be Home Soon" [4] 87
2011"Surrender" [5] 98
"Sunshine"96
"When Love Is All You've Got"
(with Richard Marx)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

Region Certification
Canada (Music Canada) [3] Gold

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References

  1. 1 2 "Chart listing for Better Be Home Soon". Billboard . Retrieved July 12, 2011.
  2. "George Canyon Chart History". Billboard . Retrieved March 22, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Canadian album certifications – George Canyon – Better Be Home Soon". Music Canada.
  4. "Chart listing for "Better Be Home Soon"". Billboard . Retrieved July 12, 2011.
  5. "Chart listing for "Surrender"". Billboard . Retrieved July 12, 2011.