Magic Mountain (Black Stone Cherry album)

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Magic Mountain
Black Stone Cherry - Magic Mountain.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 6, 2014
RecordedJHOC, Pasadena
Genre Hard rock, Southern rock, alternative metal
Length55:05
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
  1. "Me and Mary Jane"
    Released: February 25, 2014
  2. "Remember Me"
    Released: September 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [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.

Contents

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.TitleWriter(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 Young3:49
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, Bassett3:42
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.TitleLength
14."Leave Your World Behind"3:37
15."Revolutionize"4:14

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
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] 28
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 5
UK Rock Album Chart 1
US Billboard 200 [13] 22
US Digital Albums (Billboard) [14] 24
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [15] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [16] 6

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