Gypsy Road (album)

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Gypsy Road
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 21, 2015 (2015-04-21)
Genre Country
Label Open Road
Producer Matt Rovey
Dean Brody chronology
Crop Circles
(2013)
Gypsy Road
(2015)
Beautiful Freakshow
(2016)
Singles from Gypsy Road
  1. "Upside Down"
    Released: February 9, 2015
  2. "Bring Down the House"
    Released: May 25, 2015
  3. "Love Would Be Enough"
    Released: October 23, 2015
  4. "Monterey"
    Released: March 18, 2016
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Vancouver Sun Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Winnipeg Free Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Gypsy Road is the fifth studio album by Canadian country music artist Dean Brody. It was released on April 21, 2015 via Open Road Recordings. [3] The first single, "Upside Down", was released on February 9. [4] The album's second single, "Bring Down the House", was released to Canadian country radio on May 25, 2015. The album's third single, "Love Would Be Enough", was released to Canadian country radio on October 23, 2015. The album's fourth single, "Monterey", was released to Canadian country radio on March 18, 2016.

Contents

Content

Two of the album's songs were previously recorded by other artists: "Hillbilly" by Billy Currington on his second studio album, Doin' Somethin' Right , and "As Country as She Gets" by Joe Nichols for his 2005 album, III .

Critical reception

Francois Marchand of The Vancouver Sun gave the album four and a half stars out of five, writing that "Gypsy Road is one of the finest Canadian country albums released in recent years, and even if country ain’t really your thang, you should get a kick out of this one." [1] Bruce Leperre of the Winnipeg Free Press gave the album four stars out of five, calling it Brody's "most satisfying offering yet." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Upside Down"Dean Brody4:05
2."Hillbilly" Brett Jones 4:06
3."Monterey"Brody3:45
4."Bring Down the House"Brody3:28
5."Sweet Lola"Brody3:47
6."Love Would Be Enough"Brody2:54
7."Footprints of a Giant"Brody4:44
8."Castaways"Brody3:52
9."Everything's Better" Clay Mills, Billy Montana 3:42
10."Like I Know This Town"Jaron Boyer, Jamie Moore, Chris Wallin3:21
Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."As Country as She Gets" Jim Collins, Tony Martin, Wendell Mobley 3:40
12."Old Friend" (demo)Brody3:57
13."Trail in Life" (acoustic)Brody4:39

Chart performance

In its debut week, the album peaked at number seven on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 2,700 copies. [5]

Album

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [6] 7

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
CAN Country
[7]
CAN
[8]
2015"Upside Down"580
"Bring Down the House"743
"Love Would Be Enough"4100
2016"Monterey"7
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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