Bulletproof Picasso

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Bulletproof Picasso
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Studio album by
Train
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2014
Recorded2013–2014
Genre
Length43:39
Label Columbia
Producer
Train chronology
California 37
(2012)		Bulletproof Picasso
(2014)		 Christmas in Tahoe
(2015)
Train studio album chronology
California 37
(2012)		Bulletproof Picasso
(2014)		 A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat
(2017)
Bulletproof Picasso
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Cadillac, Cadillac" Pat Monahan, Al Anderson, Butch Walker Walker, Jake Sinclair [a] 3:23
2."Bulletproof Picasso"Monahan, Walker, Trent Mazur, Michael FreeshWalker, Whams [a] 3:53
3."Angel in Blue Jeans"Monahan, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund Walker, Espionage, Sinclair [a] , Ayb Asmar [a] 3:25
4."Give It All"Monahan, Amir SalemAzeem, Sinclair3:44
5."Wonder What You're Doing for the Rest of Your Life" (featuring Marsha Ambrosius)Monahan, Jerry Becker, WalkerWalker, Sinclair [a] 3:23
6."Son of a Prison Guard"Monahan, BeckerWalker, Sinclair [a] 3:39
7."Just a Memory"Monahan, Lind, Bjørklund, Naomi NevilleEspionage, Sinclair3:48
8."I'm Drinkin' Tonight"Monahan, Matraca Berg, BeckerWalker3:35
9."I Will Remember"Monahan, WalkerWalker3:13
10."The Bridge"Monahan, Greg Kurstin, WalkerKurstin4:29
11."Baby, Happy Birthday"Monahan, Eg White Walker, White [b] 3:43
12."Don't Grow Up So Fast"Monahan, Tom Douglas Walker3:23
Live in San Francisco – bonus disc [36]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Drive By"Monahan, Lind, Bjørklund 
2."Calling All Angels"Monahan, Charlie Colin, Jimmy Stafford, Scott Underwood 
3."Save Me, San Francisco"Monahan, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz  
4."Hey, Soul Sister"Monahan, Lind, Bjørklund 
5."Drops of Jupiter"Monahan, Colin, Rob Hotchkiss, Stafford, Underwood 
Total length:24:17
Notes

Personnel

Train
Additional Musicians

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [37] 15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [38] 141
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [39] 7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [40] 144
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [41] 32
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [42] 32
UK Albums (OCC) [43] 9
US Billboard 200 [44] 5
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [45] 20

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalog no.
Germany [46] September 12, 2014Digital download Columbia Records none
Australia [47]
France [48] September 15, 2014
United States [2] September 16, 2014
  • CD
  • Digital download
  • Vinyl

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