Roll (Emerson Drive album)

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Roll
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 30, 2012 (2012-10-30)
Genre Country
Length39:55
Label Open Road
Producer David Kalmusky
Emerson Drive chronology
Decade of Drive
(2011)
Roll
(2012)
Tilt-a-Whirl
(2015)
Singles from Roll
  1. "She's My Kind of Crazy"
    Released: July 9, 2012
  2. "Let It Roll"
    Released: October 23, 2012
  3. "With You"
    Released: March 2013
  4. "She Always Gets What She Wants"
    Released: June 2013
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Roll is the seventh studio album by Canadian country music group Emerson Drive. It was released on October 30, 2012 via Open Road Recordings. [2] The album's first single, "She's My Kind of Crazy," reached the top forty on the Canadian Hot 100. [3]

Country music, also known as country and western, and hillbilly music, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as American folk music and blues.

Emerson Drive Canadian country music band

Emerson Drive is a Canadian country music band consisting of Brad Mates, Danick Dupelle, Mike Melancon (drums), and Dale Wallace.

Open Road Recordings, a division of RGK Entertainment Group Ltd., is a Canadian country music record label established by Ron Kitchener in 2003 and distributed through Universal Music Canada.

Contents

Roll was nominated for Country Album of the Year at the 2013 Juno Awards. [4] It was also nominated for Album of the Year at the 2013 Canadian Country Music Association Awards.

Juno Awards of 2013

The Juno Awards of 2013 honoured Canadian music industry achievements in the latter part of 2011 and in most of 2012. The awards were presented in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada during the weekend of 20–21 April 2013. The main ceremony was hosted by Michael Bublé at the Brandt Centre. The city of Moose Jaw also hosted some supporting events.

The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987. The CCMA is well known for the CCMA Awards Show, which takes place on the last day of Country Music Week and is broadcast on television.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let It Roll" (with Doc Walker)Brad Mates, Chris Thorsteinson, Danick Dupelle, Dave Wasyliw3:57
2."We Are This Town"Mates, Dupelle, Tebey 3:40
3."Love Hangover"Mates, Dupelle, Tebey4:26
4."She Always Gets What She Wants"Dupelle, Patricia Conroy, Tebey3:54
5."Never a Good Day for Goodbye" Warren Huart, Tebey4:09
6."With You"Dupelle, Kathleen Higgins, Tebey3:05
7."We Fit Together"Mates, Dupelle, Tebey3:21
8."This Is Our Time"Mates, Dupelle, Tim Nicolas3:05
9."Alone Tonight"Dupelle, Jason McCoy, Tebey3:35
10."She's My Kind of Crazy" Arlo Gilliam, Bobby Pinson, Mates, Dupelle3:21
11."Show Us Whatcha Got"Mates, Dupelle, David Kalmusky, David Pichette, Matthew Anderson, Mike Melancon, Wade Jackson3:22
Total length:39:55

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2013)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [5] 62

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
CAN Country
[6]
CAN
[7]
2012"She's My Kind of Crazy"37
"Let It Roll" (with Doc Walker)1061
2013"With You"12
"She Always Gets What She Wants"17
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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