Sing It All Away

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Sing It All Away
Walk off the Earth - Sing It All Away.png
Studio album by Walk off the Earth
Released June 16, 2015
Length42:06
Label Columbia
Walk off the Earth chronology
R.E.V.O.
(2013)
Sing It All Away
(2015)
Singles from Sing It All Away
  1. "Rule the World"
    Released: March 31, 2015
  2. "Hold On (The Break)"
    Released: January 13, 2016

Sing It All Away is the fourth studio album by Canadian band Walk off the Earth, released on June 16, 2015 by Columbia Records. [1] It was preceded by the release of the first single "Rule the World".

Walk off the Earth Canadian indie band

Walk off the Earth is a Canadian indie pop band from Burlington, Ontario. They are known for their music videos of covers and originals. The band is well known for its covers of pop genre music on YouTube, making use of instruments such as the ukulele and the theremin, as well as looping samples. The band's recorded music and videos are produced by member and multi-instrumentalist, Gianni "Luminati" Nicassio.

Columbia Records American record label; currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. It was founded in 1887, evolving from the American Graphophone Company, the successor to the Volta Graphophone Company. Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business, and the second major company to produce records. From 1961 to 1990, Columbia recordings were released outside North America under the name CBS Records to avoid confusion with EMI's Columbia Graphophone Company. Columbia is one of Sony Music's four flagship record labels, alongside former longtime rival RCA Records, as well as Arista Records and Epic Records.

Contents

Singles

"Rule the World" was released as the first single to promote Sing It All Away. [2] The music video, directed by John Poliquin, [3] was released on March 31, 2015. [4]

Critical reception

Upon release, Sing It All Away has garnered positive reviews from critics. Stephen Thompson of NPR stated that the album's material "fits neatly alongside the music that inspired it, with tiny strands of disparate genres and influences woven in". [5] However, AllMusic's Marcy Donelson gave a mixed review, giving the album three out of five stars. She stated that the album at some points could be "distracting or delightful", but at the same time praised its songwriting for its sophisticated tone. [6]

NPR non-profit membership media organization

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AllMusic online music database

AllMusic is an online music database. It catalogs more than 3 million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musical artists and bands. It launched in 1991, predating the World Wide Web.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rule the World"
  • Sarah Blackwood
  • Ryan Marshall
  • Giancarlo Nicassio
  • Thomas "Tawgs" Salter
  • Dave Bassett
  • David Kahne
Sarah Blackwood (Canadian singer) Canadian singer-songwriter

Sarah Nicole Blackwood, also known as Sarah Sin, is a Canadian singer-songwriter. In 2006, she joined the indie rock band Walk off the Earth.

3:24
2."I'll Be Waiting"
  • Blackwood
  • Nicassio
  • Salter
  • Marshall
3:46
3."Home We'll Go"
  • Blackwood
  • Nicassio
  • Salter
  • Marshall
3:09
4."Hold On (The Break)"
  • Blackwood
  • Nicassio
  • Salter
  • Marshall
  • Jerrod Bettis
  • Jay Duwyn
3:27
5."Boomerang"
  • Blackwood
  • Nicassio
  • Marshall
  • Jarrad K.
3:29
6."Sing It All Away"
  • Blackwood
  • Nicassio
  • Salter
  • Marshall
3:32
7."Climb Out Your Window"
  • Blackwood
  • Nicassio
  • Jarrad K.
  • Marshall
  • Jim Irvin
  • Julian Emery
3:02
8."California Trees"
  • Blackwood
  • Salter
  • Nicassio
  • Marshall
3:15
9."Alright"
  • Blackwood
  • Nicassio
  • Marshall
  • Chris DeStefano
  • Duwyn
3:06
10."Heart Is a Weapon"
  • Blackwood
  • Nicassio
  • Marshall
  • Salter
  • Jesse Shatkin
3:10
11."We Got Love"
  • Blackwood
  • Nicassio
  • Marshall
  • Drew Pearson
3:39
12."Home We'll Go (Take My Hand)" (with Steve Aoki)
  • Steve Aoki
  • Nicassio
  • Blackwood
  • Marshall
  • Salter
5:07

Charts

Chart (2015–16)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 96
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] 162
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9] 195
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [10] 2
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts) [11] 79
Scottish Albums (OCC) [12] 86
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] 74
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 98
US Billboard 200 [15] 71
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [16] 14

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