Songwriter (Richard Marx album)

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Songwriter
Songwriteralbumcover.jpeg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2022
Genre
Length69:54
Label BMG
Producer
Richard Marx chronology
Stories to Tell: Greatest Hits and More
(2021)
Songwriter
(2022)
Singles from Songwriter
  1. "Just Go"
    Released: February 14, 2013
  2. "Same Heartbreak, Different Day"
    Released: July 15, 2022
  3. "One Day Longer"
    Released: August 12, 2022
  4. "Shame On You"
    Released: September 1, 2022

Songwriter is the thirteenth studio album by American singer/songwriter and record producer/arranger Richard Marx, released on September 30, 2022. [1] The debut single "Same Heartbreak, Different Day" peaked at number 15 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

Contents

Background

Songwriter features songs in the genres pop, rock and country, as well as ballads. For this album, Marx worked with many other songwriters, including his sons Lucas and Jesse, [2] [3] Keith Urban, Darius Rucker, Burt Bacharach and Chris Daughtry among others.

Track listing

Songwriter track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Same Heartbreak, Different Day"
3:08
2."Only a Memory"3:00
3."Anything"
  • R. Marx
  • Bruce Wiegner
2:37
4."Moscow Calling"R. Marx4:52
5."Believe in Me"
  • R. Marx
  • L. Marx
3:13
6."Shame on You"
  • R. Marx
  • Jesse Marx
2:31
7."My Love, My Enemy"
2:35
8."Just Go"R. Marx4:17
9."One More Yesterday"3:22
10."We Are Not Alone"
  • R. Marx
  • J. Marx
3:44
11."Everything I've Got"R. Marx3:12
12."Misery Loves Company"
  • R. Marx
  • L. Marx
  • Wiegner
2:56
13."One Day Longer"
4:07
14."Breaking My Heart"3:46
15."We Had It All"3:23
16."Always"3:41
17."Still in My Heart"
4:11
18."Maybe"R. Marx4:15
19."As If We'll Never Love Again"
3:23
20."Never After"
  • R. Marx
  • Topher Brown
3:41
Total length:69:54

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Songwriter
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [4] 5
Australian Physical Albums (ARIA) [5] 87
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 95
Scottish Albums (OCC) [7] 28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 68
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [9] 29
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [10] 11

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