Peacemaker (Texas Hippie Coalition album)

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Peacemaker
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Studio album by
Texas Hippie Coalition
ReleasedAugust 14, 2012 (2012-08-14)
Genre
Length42:35
Label Carved Records
Producer Bob Marlette
Texas Hippie Coalition chronology
Rollin'
(2010)		Peacemaker
(2012)		 Ride On
(2014)
Singles from Peacemaker
  1. "Turn It Up"
    Released: June 13, 2012 [1]
  2. "Damn You to Hell"
    Released: May 19, 2013 [2]
  3. "Hands Up"
    Released: July 15, 2013 [3] [4] [5]

Peacemaker is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Texas Hippie Coalition. It was released on August 14, 2012 [6] and reached No. 20 on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart. [7] The singles "Damn You to Hell" and "Turn It Up" were the first by the band to chart on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, peaking at 40 and 39, respectively. [8]

Contents

Production

The album was produced by Bob Marlette. [6] [9]

Composition

According to lead vocalist Big Dad Ritch, "Peacemaker", the title track from the album, was written from the perspective of a gun, due to many of his previous compositions being written from his point of view. He goes on to state that "I'm not using that gun to rob somebody, to take what they got, I'm gonna be using that gun to protect what's mine." [6] The album also contains the track "Turn It Up", which talks about a woman who was born to a religious leader who starts down the road to become an adult entertainer. [10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bob Marlette, Big Dad Ritch, and Wes Wallace, except where noted [11]

Peacemaker track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Hands Up" (Marlette, Ritch)3:56
2."Damn You to Hell" (Ritch, Wallace)3:35
3."8 Seconds"4:02
4."Outlaw"3:00
5."Turn It Up"3:43
6."Wicked" (Marlette, Ritch)3:45
7."Don't Come Lookin'" (Marlette, Ritch)3:50
8."Sex & Drugs & Rock and Roll"3:52
9."Paw Paw Hill"4:01
10."Peacemaker" (Randy Cooper, Marlette, Ritch, Wallace)4:23
11."Think of Me" (Marlette, Ritch)4:28
12."Whiskey" (iTunes bonus track)3:49
Total length:42:35

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position		Sales
US Heatseekers Albums [13] 4US: 16,000 [14]
US Independent Albums [15] 31
US Hard Rock Albums [7] 20

Singles

YearTitle US
Main. Rock [8]
2013"Turn It Up"39
"Damn You to Hell"40

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