Stages (Cassadee Pope album)

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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1, 2019 (2019-02-01)
Genre Country pop
Length33:53
Label Awake Music
Producer Corey Crowder
Cassadee Pope chronology
Summer
(2016)
stages
(2019)
Rise and Shine
(2020)
Singles from stages
  1. "Take You Home"
    Released: March 30, 2018
  2. "One More Red Light"
    Released: August 10, 2018
  3. "If My Heart Had a Heart"
    Released: January 31, 2019
  4. "I've Been Good"
    Released: August 2, 2019

Stages (stylized in all lowercase) is the second studio album by American country music singer and songwriter Cassadee Pope, released on February 1, 2019, through Awake Music. [1] Pope co-wrote 7 of the 11 tracks on the album produced by Corey Crowder.

Contents

Recording

About writing and recording for the new album, Pope stated: "I really don’t know how I would have moved on with my life without this album. In the past, I made records I thought everyone could relate to. This time, I didn’t think about that at all. I wanted to tell a story of my truths and perspective on how I approached life in hopes that the messages reach someone who may need help in their own stumble." [2]

Guest vocals are provided by Shay Mooney (of Dan + Shay) on "If My Heart Had a Heart" and RaeLynn, Lauren Alaina, and Lindsay Ell on "Distracted." [3]

Promotion

On November 30, 2018, Pope was announced as the headliner during the CMT Next Women of Country Tour with guests Clare Dunn and Hannah Ellis starting in April 2019. [4] On January 17, 2019, Pope announced she would be joining the US leg of country singer Maren Morris' GIRL: The World Tour as a supporting act to promote her album. [5]

Commercial performance

As of February 2019 the album has sold 2,300 copies in the US. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Take You Home"3:19
2."One More Red Light"
3:30
3."How I Feel Right Now"
3:07
4."Bring Me Down Town"
  • Pope
  • Buxton
  • Crowder
  • Jared Mullins
2:33
5."If My Heart Had a Heart"
  • Hannah Ellis
  • Josh Kerr
  • Matt McGinn
3:22
6."FYI"
  • Pope
  • Blake Hubbard
  • Jarrod Ingram
  • Maghan Kabir
3:24
7."Distracted"
  • Pope
  • Crowder
2:48
8."Gavi"Jason Gaviati1:29
9."Don't Ask Me"
3:19
10."Still Got It"
3:34
11."I've Been Good"
3:28
Total length:33:53

Personnel

Performers

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [7] 7
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [8] 81
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [9] 39

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label
VariousFebruary 1, 2019Awake Music

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