Magic Mountain (Black Stone Cherry album)

Magic Mountain
Studio album by Black Stone Cherry
Released	May 6, 2014
Recorded	JHOC, Pasadena
Genre	Hard rock, Southern rock
Length	55:05
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Evil Joe Barresi
Black Stone Cherry chronology
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (2011) Magic Mountain (2014) Kentucky (2016)
Singles from Magic Mountain
"Me and Mary Jane" Released: February 25, 2014 "Remember Me" Released: September 2014

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Magic Mountain is the fourth studio album by American rock band Black Stone Cherry. The album was released on May 6, 2014. It was the band's last release with Roadrunner Records before their departure from the label and signing with Mascot Records a year later.

Reception

The album holds a Metacritic rating of 76 out of 100 based on four reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ^[1]

The album debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 13,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. ^[3] The album has sold 41,000 copies in the United States as of March 2016. ^[4] It debuted in the United Kingdom at No. 5. ^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Black Stone Cherry, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Holding On... to Letting Go"		4:15
2.	"Peace Pipe"	Black Stone Cherry, Dave Bassett	4:13
3.	"Bad Luck & Hard Love"	Black Stone Cherry, Richard Young	3:49
4.	"Me and Mary Jane"		4:08
5.	"Runaway"		3:53
6.	"Magic Mountain"		3:45
7.	"Never Surrender"		3:29
8.	"Blow My Mind"	Black Stone Cherry, Bassett	3:42
9.	"Sometimes"	Black Stone Cherry, Craig Wiseman	4:34
10.	"Fiesta del fuego"		4:09
11.	"Dance Girl"		4:40
12.	"Hollywood in Kentucky"	Black Stone Cherry, The Warren Brothers	4:29
13.	"Remember Me"		6:03
Total length:			55:05

Best Buy bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Leave Your World Behind"	3:37
15.	"Revolutionize"	4:14

• Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6]	29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [7]	159
French Albums (SNEP) [8]	187
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9]	31
Italian Albums (FIMI) [10]	74
Scottish Albums (OCC) [11]	5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12]	28
UK Albums (OCC) [13]	5
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [14]	1
US Billboard 200 [15]	22
US Digital Albums (Billboard) [16]	24
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [17]	1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [18]	6

References

1. "Magic Mountain by Black Stone Cherry". Metacritic .
2. Jurek, Thom. "Magic Mountain – Black Stone Cherry". Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
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5. "Black Stone Cherry's 'Magic Mountain' Cracks U.K. Top 5". Blabbermouth. May 12, 2014.
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11. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
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13. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
14. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
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