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| Released | April 13, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2010–12 | |||
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| Length | 39:51 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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California 37 is the sixth studio album from California rock band Train. The album was released on April 13, 2012 through Columbia Records. It is the last Train album to feature drummer Scott Underwood before his departure in 2014 and the last recorded as a three-piece. It was preceded by the lead single "Drive By" on January 10, 2012.
Train recorded the album in San Francisco and Los Angeles with Butch Walker and Espionage, and Monahan says that a majority of the writing happened while the group was touring Save Me, San Francisco . "I didn't spend 3 months or 5 months writing, I just wrote throughout the course of the last 3 years," said Monahan. "We have 13 songs that we've recorded and I want to hear every single one of them over and over again." [1]
California 37 was recorded in various locations across North America. Recording sessions for the band's sixth studio album took place at the Tiny Telephone and Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco and at Ruby Red Studios located in Los Angeles. Additional recording and production for the album also took place at the Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington, and at the Avast! Recording Studios in Seattle, Washington. Other studios used by the band for recording on California 37 include Integrated Studios, Flux Studios, MSR Studios and Peaceful Waters Music, all located in New York City, and at the Quayside Studios in Newcastle, England.
The album is named after California State Route 37, a state highway in the North San Francisco Bay Area in northern California. The album's cover is a picture of a 1961 Cadillac on a barren road with the highway shield of California State Route 37 in the foreground, and a shadow overlay of the band's crown logo used on every album since their debut.
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 53/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| Billboard | 75/100 [4] |
| Goldmine | [5] |
| Jam! | [6] |
| Melodic.net | [7] |
| The Michigan Daily | [8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
| Sputnikmusic | [10] |
| USA Today | [11] |
| The Washington Times | [12] |
California 37 received generally mixed reviews from music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 53 based on 6 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". [2] Both the BBC and The New York Times gave the album mixed reviews. [13] [14] On the other hand, the Northwest Herald and Billboard gave the album a positive review. [15] [16] USA Today journalist Brian Mansfield appreciated California 37 for having "its heart in the right place", despite certain awkward moments, particularly the references to older pop songs. He felt that "at its best, California 37's emphatic bursts of melody are buoyant and life affirming". [11]
The album debuted at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart in the United Kingdom, selling 7,809 copies. [17] It is their highest-charting album there since Drops of Jupiter which peaked at number eight in 2001. [18] In the United States, California 37 debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 76,000 copies. It is their fourth top 10 album and their highest-charting album in the US. [19] As of September 2012, California 37 has sold 254,000 copies. [20]
On June 25, Train is re-issuing the album as California 37: Mermaids of Alcatraz Tour Edition. It will have three additional studio recordings on it: "Futon", "To Be Loved" and a cover of John Lennon's "Imagine". The album will also have 3 live songs off of California 37 taken from the band's 2012 San Francisco Tour: "Drive By (Live from San Francisco)", "This'll Be My Year (Live from San Francisco)", and "When The Fog Rolls In (Live from San Francisco)". [21]
"Drive By" was released as the album's lead single on January 10, 2012. [22] [23] It was commercially successful, peaking at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100—giving the band their third top ten hit on the chart—and at number 2 on the Billboard Adult Top 40. [24] [25] It also reached the top ten in several other countries, including Austria, [26] Denmark, [27] Germany, [28] the Netherlands, [29] Sweden, [30] Switzerland, [31] and the United Kingdom. [32] The single was later certified three times platinum by Music Canada and the Recording Industry Association of America, [33] [34] two times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association, [35] The song's music video, directed by Alan Ferguson [36] and shot at Shafer Vineyards, [37] premiered on VH1 on February 14, 2012. [38] "Feels Good at First" was released digitally on March 26 in the week preceding the album's release. [39] "50 Ways to Say Goodbye" was released to adult contemporary radio in the United States as the album's second official single on June 11, [40] with a release to mainstream radio following on July 31. [41] The single peaked at numbers 20 and 4 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Adult Top 40. [24] [25]
"Bruises", featuring American country singer Ashley Monroe, was released as the third single from California 37 on October 5, 2012. [42] The song was re-recorded in both English and French with singer Marilou for its Canadian single release, [43] while the original version was released to country radio and peaked at number 79 on the Hot 100. [24] [44] On November 28, Train announced that "This'll Be My Year" would be released as the album's fourth single in Australia. [45] The following day, it officially impacted radio in the country. [46] "Mermaid" was released to American adult contemporary radio as the album's fifth overall and final single on December 27. [47]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "This'll Be My Year" | Pat Monahan, Butch Walker, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz | Butch Walker | 3:30 |
| 2. | "Drive By" | Monahan, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund | Espionage, Butch Walker (add.) | 3:21 |
| 3. | "Feels Good at First" | Monahan, Allen Shamblin | Butch Walker | 3:02 |
| 4. | "Bruises" (featuring Ashley Monroe) | Monahan, Lind, Bjørklund | Espionage, Butch Walker (add.) | 3:52 |
| 5. | "50 Ways to Say Goodbye" | Monahan, Lind, Bjørklund | Espionage, Butch Walker (add.) | 4:08 |
| 6. | "You Can Finally Meet My Mom" | Monahan, Jerry Becker | Butch Walker | 4:40 |
| 7. | "Sing Together" | Monahan, Lind, Bjørklund | Espionage, Butch Walker (add.) | 3:26 |
| 8. | "Mermaid" | Monahan, Lind, Bjørklund, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen | Espionage, Butch Walker (add.) | 3:17 |
| 9. | "California 37" | Monahan, Gregg Wattenberg, Diji Parq | Butch Walker, Gregg Wattenberg, Diji Parq | 2:13 |
| 10. | "We Were Made for This" | Monahan, Walker | Butch Walker | 4:04 |
| 11. | "When the Fog Rolls In" | Monahan, Wattenberg | Butch Walker | 4:22 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 12. | "To Be Loved" | Monahan, David Hodges | David Hodges | 3:41 |
| Total length: | 43:42 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 12. | "To Be Loved" | Monahan, Hodges | David Hodges | 3:41 |
| 13. | "This'll Be My Year" (live from San Francisco) | Monahan, Walker, Hollander, Katz | 3:38 | |
| 14. | "Save Me, San Francisco" (live from San Francisco) | Monahan, Hollander, Katz | 4:46 | |
| 15. | "Drops of Jupiter" (live from San Francisco) | Monahan, Charlie Colin, Jimmy Stafford, Rob Hotchkiss, Scott Underwood | 5:18 | |
| Total length: | 57:24 | |||
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "50 Ways to Say Goodbye" (music video) | 4:45 |
| 2. | "Drive By" (music video) | 3:42 |
| 3. | "50 Ways to Say Goodbye" (behind the scenes) | 3:29 |
| 4. | "Drive By" (behind the scenes) | 3:13 |
| 5. | "Drive By" (live from San Francisco) | 4:02 |
| 6. | "Bruises" (live from San Francisco; featuring Megan Slankard) | 3:50 |
| 7. | "Hey, Soul Sister" (live from San Francisco) | 4:22 |
| Total length: | 27:23 | |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 12. | "Imagine" | John Lennon | 3:08 | |
| 13. | "To Be Loved" | Monahan, Hodges | David Hodges | 3:41 |
| 14. | "Futon" | Monahan, Lind, Bjørklund | 4:17 | |
| 15. | "Drive By" (live from San Francisco) | Monahan, Lind, Bjørklund | 4:13 | |
| 16. | "This'll Be My Year" (live from San Francisco) | Monahan, Walker, Hollander, Katz | 3:38 | |
| 17. | "When the Fog Rolls In" (live from San Francisco) | Monahan, Wattenberg | 4:03 | |
| Total length: | 62:51 | |||
Credits for California 37 adapted from AllMusic. [50]
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA) [72] | Gold | 35,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI) [73] | Gold | 197,961 [74] |
| United States (RIAA) [75] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Country | Date | Edition | Format | Label |
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| Australia [76] | April 13, 2012 | Standard | CD | Columbia Records, Sony Music |
| Germany [77] [78] | CD, digital download | |||
| Ireland [79] | Digital download | |||
| United Kingdom [80] | April 15, 2012 | |||
| Australia [81] | April 16, 2012 | |||
| United Kingdom [82] | CD | |||
| Ireland [83] | April 17, 2012 | |||
| United States [84] [85] | CD, digital download | |||
| United Kingdom [86] | May 8, 2012 | LP | ||
| United States [87] | ||||
| Germany [48] | November 30, 2012 | Deluxe | CD | |
| United Kingdom [88] | December 3, 2012 | |||
| United States [49] | June 25, 2013 | Tour | ||
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