Say Hello to Goodbye (EP)

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Say Hello to Goodbye
Alee - Say Hello to Goodbye (EP cover).jpg
EP by Alee
Released July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10)
Recorded Nashville, TN and Toronto, ON [1]
Genre
Length20:26
Label Wax
Producer
  • Dave Thomson
  • Jeff Dalziel
Alee chronology
This Road Goes Everywhere
(2013)
Say Hello to Goodbye
(2015)
Bad Habit
(2017)
Singles from Say Hello to Goodbye
  1. "Only the Strong Survive"
    Released: October 14, 2014
  2. "Moonshine"
    Released: April 21, 2015
  3. "Say Hello to Goodbye"
    Released: October 21, 2015
  4. "Are You Alone"
    Released: August 1, 2016

Say Hello to Goodbye is the first extended play and debut release on a record label by Canadian singer-songwriter Alee. It was released through Wax Records on July 10, 2015. [2] The EP has spawned four singles, including "Moonshine", which was Alee's first Top-20 hit on the Billboard Canada Country airplay chart.

Extended play musical recording longer than a single, but shorter than a full album

An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP. EPs generally contain a minimum of four tracks and maximum of six tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and LP, but it is now applied to mid-length CDs and downloads as well.

Alexandra Adamoski, known professionally as Alee, is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. Alee released her independent debut album, This Road Goes Everywhere, on July 18, 2013. The single "Don't Say You Love Me" reached the Top 25 on the Billboard Canada Country chart, followed by a Top 20 hit with her 2015 single "Moonshine". In August 2013, she won the Canadian Country Music Association's Jiffy Lube FanFest Performance Contest, and was later nominated for the prestigious Rising Star Award in 2016, and Female Artist of the Year in 2017. Her debut label-supported album, Bad Habit, was released in April 2017.

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Promotion

Alee embarked upon a promotional radio tour in support of "Moonshine" in the spring of 2015 and followed that with a tour of summer festivals to support the EP in the summer of 2015, kicking off on Canada Day (July 1), 2015 in St. Albert, Alberta. [3]

Canada Day Canadian national holiday on July 1

Canada Day is the national day of Canada. A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of July 1, 1867, the effective date of the Constitution Act, 1867, which united the three separate colonies of the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a single Dominion within the British Empire called Canada. Originally called Dominion Day, the holiday was renamed in 1982, the year the Canada Act was passed. Canada Day celebrations take place throughout the country, as well as in various locations around the world, attended by Canadians living abroad.

St. Albert, Alberta City in Alberta, Canada

St. Albert is a city in Alberta, Canada, on the Sturgeon River northwest of the City of Edmonton. It was originally settled as a Métis community, and is now the second-largest city in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region. St. Albert first received its town status in 1904 and was reached by the Canadian Northern Railway in 1906.

Singles

The EP's lead single, "Only the Strong Survive", was released October 14, 2014. [4] It failed to enter the all-genre Billboard Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 32 on the magazine's Canada Country airplay chart.

A lead single is the first single to be released from a studio album, by a musician or a band, usually before the album itself is released.

<i>Billboard</i> (magazine) American music magazine

Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style, and is also known for its music charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular songs and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows.

The Canadian Hot 100 is a music industry record chart in Canada for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. The Canadian Hot 100 was launched on the issue dated March 31, 2007, and is currently the standard record chart in Canada; a new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by Billboard every Tuesday.

"Moonshine", co-written by labelmate Alyssa Reid, was released April 21, 2015 as the EP's second official single. [5] It has been cited as a standout track by critics. The song has reached a peak position of 20 on the Canada Country chart, a career-high peak.

Alyssa Reid Canadian singer-songwriter

Alyssa Ashley Reid is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in 2011, following the release of her single "Alone Again".

"Say Hello to Goodbye" was released October 21, 2015 as the EP's third radio single. [6] It failed to enter the country airplay chart.

A fourth single, "Are You Alone", was released to radio August 1, 2016. [7]

Critical reception

Kyle Mullin of Exclaim! rated the EP 7/10, comparing it favorably to Taylor Swift's earlier, country-inspired work. "Fans of the genre... will surely adore it," writes Mullin, "but crucially, there's something here for outsiders, too, as Alee's true talents lie not only in her ability to conform to Nashville norms, but in the way she subtly adds her own spin." [8]

Taryn McElheran of Confront Magazine was also positive in her 4 stars out of 5 review. She praised the collection's combination of "typical country love/heartbreak songs" and more upbeat material, and wrote that it is "really hard not to enjoy her smooth, twangy tunes." [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Fall Too Fast"
Dave Thomson3:18
2."Say Hello to Goodbye"
  • Adamoski
  • Dakota Jay
  • William King
Thomson2:55
3."Happily Ever After (After You)"
  • Adamoski
  • Jamie Appleby
  • Nathan Ferraro
Thomson3:25
4."Moonshine"
Jeff Dalziel3:54
5."Are You Alone"
  • Adamoski
  • Jay
  • King
Dalziel3:45
6."Only the Strong Survive"
  • Adamoski
  • Emma Lee
  • Karen Kosowski
Dalziel3:09
Total length:20:26

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
CAN Country
[10]
2014"Only the Strong Survive"32
2015"Moonshine"20
"Say Hello to Goodbye"
2016"Are You Alone"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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