Crop Circles (album)

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Crop Circles
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 5, 2013 (2013-11-05)
Genre Country
Length45:25
Label Open Road
Producer Matt Rovey
Dean Brody chronology
Dirt
(2012)
Crop Circles
(2013)
Gypsy Road
(2015)
Singles from Crop Circles
  1. "Bounty"
    Released: August 19, 2013
  2. "Crop Circles"
    Released: December 2013
  3. "Another Man's Gold"
    Released: April 2014
  4. "Mountain Man"
    Released: September 2014
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Crop Circles is the fourth studio album by Canadian country music artist Dean Brody. It was released on November 5, 2013, via Open Road Recordings. [2] The first single, "Bounty", featuring guest vocals from Lindi Ortega, was released in August 2013. [3]

Contents

Crop Circles won Country Album of the Year at the 2014 Juno Awards. [4]

Critical reception

Shenieka Russell-Metcalf of Top Country gave the album five stars out of five, writing that "the album's lyrical content and music is pure brilliant." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Four Wheel Drive"Dean Brody3:47
2."Bounty" (featuring Lindi Ortega)Brody4:12
3."Sand in My Soul"Brody, Marty Dodson 2:49
4."Crop Circles"Brody4:27
5."Mountain Man"Brody3:18
6."Another Man's Gold"Brody, Jason Barry4:04
7."Back to the Front Porch"Brody, Dodson, Matt Rovey3:12
8."Marianne"Brody4:16
9."The Little Things About Us"Brody3:46
10."My Last Broken Heart"Jeff Middleton, Josh Thompson 3:27
11."The Old Sand Bar"Brody3:19
12."Kansas Cried"Brody, Matt Fleener4:48
Total length:45:25

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [5] 17

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
CAN Country
[6]
CAN
[7]
2013"Bounty"146
"Crop Circles"962
2014"Another Man's Gold"785
"Mountain Man"1396

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