Make It Count

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Make It Count
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Studio album by
Released18 March 2022 (2022-03-18)
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Label Frontiers
Producer Chris Laney
Ronnie Atkins chronology
4 More Shots (The Acoustics)
(2021)
Make It Count
(2022)
Symphomaniac
(2022)
Singles from Make It Count
  1. "Unsung Heroes"
    Released: 8 December 2021
  2. "Rising Tide"
    Released: 6 January 2022
  3. "I've Hurt Myself (By Hurting You)"
    Released: 25 March 2022

Make It Count is second solo studio album by Danish hard rock singer and songwriter Ronnie Atkins. The album was released on 18 March 2022 by Frontiers Records. [1] It is the follow-up to Atkins' debut album, One Shot (2021), which was also produced by Swedish guitarist Chris Laney. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ronnie Atkins; except "Blood Cries Out" written by Atkins and Chris Laney

No.TitleLength
1."I've Hurt Myself (By Hurting You)"5:21
2."Unsung Heroes"4:18
3."Rising Tide"4:43
4."Remain to Remind Me"3:54
5."The Tracks We Leave Behind"4:28
6."All I Ask of You"4:13
7."Grace"3:25
8."Let Love Lead the Way"5:16
9."Blood Cries Out"4:19
10."Easier to Leave (Than Being Left Behind)"3:42
11."Fallen"4:47
12."Make It Count"5:45
Japanese version — bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Rising Tide" (extended version) 

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2022)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [2] 26
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [3] 17

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