Horizons (Kris Allen album)

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Horizons
KrisAllenHorizons.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 12, 2014 (2014-08-12)
Recorded2014
Studio
  • The Art House and The Chapel (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre
Label
  • DogBear
  • +180
Producer Charlie Peacock
Kris Allen chronology
Waiting for Christmas
(2012)
Horizons
(2014)
Letting You In
(2016)
Singles from Horizons
  1. "Prove It to You"
    Released: July 7, 2014
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rate Your Music 3.25/5 [1]

Horizons is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Kris Allen. It was released on August 12, 2014, by Allen's independent label, DogBear Records. Allen also organized a Stageit show as a release party for the record where he performed the full album set and also a song called Unique. A portion of the proceeds from the album go to benefit Music Empowers Foundation. [2] [3]

Contents

Background

Allen was dropped by RCA Records in 2012, after releasing two albums - Kris Allen (2009) and Thank You Camellia (2012) - through the label. [4] He released Horizons independently through his own label, DogBear Records. [5]

As a result of an accident which broke his wrist, Allen had to change his approach to music making for this album, in particular he began to use a finger-picking style of guitar playing. According to Allen, "it’s a different way to play and some of those songs were written when my hand was in a cast so all I had was my fingers. I think it made me a bit more melodic than just strumming a bunch of chords." [5] He sought out the producer Charlie Peacock to produce his album. Peacock introduced Allen to a number of people, including Lenachka with whom he recorded "Prove It to You". [6] "Prove It to You" was released as the lead single from the album on July 7, 2014. [7]

Commercial performance

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 80 with 4,000 copies sold for the week in the US. [8]

Track listing

[9] [10]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Young Love ("Paul Simon")"
3:26
2."Prove It to You" (feat. Lenachka)3:34
3."Beautiful & Wild"3:50
4."In Time"3:27
5."Lost"3:18
6."Don't Set Me Free"
  • Allen
  • Sam Ashworth
3:32
7."Everybody Just Wants to Dance"Allen3:08
8."Parachute"
  • Allen
  • April Geesbreght
3:17
9."It's Always You"
  • Allen
  • Adam Hambrick
 
10."Girl Across the Room"Allen3:32

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [11] 80
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [12] 10

Personnel

Production

Release dates

CountryDateLabelFormats
United States [13] August 12, 2014DogBear Records
Germany [14]

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