Circles Around the Sun

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Circles Around the Sun
Dispatch-circlesaroundthesun.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 21, 2012
Genre Rock
Length38:34
Label Bomber Records
Producer Peter Katis, Dispatch
Dispatch chronology
Dispatch EP
(2011)
Circles Around the Sun
(2012)
America, Location 12
(2017)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Circles Around the Sun is a 2012 album by United States indie/roots folk band Dispatch. It is their fifth full-length studio album, the first recorded in over a decade. [2] Speaking with Songfacts.com, the band's vocalist and guitarist Chad Urmston said how it felt recording with Dispatch after all that time: "It's always challenging to put an album together with three different song writers. But being 12 years older and taking all that time away helped as we had a better appreciation for each other." [3] The pre-order was made available on June 5, 2012. The pre-order included various bundle packages, and a download of the track "Josaphine". [4] Synthpop artist Adam Young of Owl City did additional programming on the album. [5]

Contents

The song "Circles Around The Sun" was featured in the 2012 video game Need for Speed: Most Wanted and a basic cable and satellite television networks Disney Channel and Disney Channel Asia, as well as Disney Channel original series, Girl Meets World , Stuck in the Middle , and Liv and Maddie .

Track listing

  1. "Circles Around The Sun" (Urmston) - 3:35
  2. "Not Messin'" (Urmston) - 3:45
  3. "Get Ready Boy" (Urmston) - 2:31
  4. "Sign Of The Times" (Heimbold/Corrigan/Urmston) - 2:51
  5. "Josaphine" (Urmston) - 5:53
  6. "Flag" (Corrigan) - 3:34
  7. "Come To Me" (Heimbold) - 4:43
  8. "Never Or Now" (Urmston) - 3:31
  9. "We Hold A Gun" (Corrigan) - 4:17
  10. "Feels So Good" (Heimbold) - 3:56 [6]

Personnel

Additional musicians

Charts

Peak positions

ChartPeak
position
Austrian Albums Chart [7] 58
US Billboard 200 [8] 24
US Rock Albums [8] 7
US Digital Albums [8] 10

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