The Awakening (Melissa Etheridge album)

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The Awakening
Etheridge Awakening.jpg
Studio album by
Melissa Etheridge
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2007
Genre Rock
Length59:17
Label Island
Producer Melissa Etheridge, David N. Cole
Melissa Etheridge chronology
Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled
(2005)		The Awakening
(2007)		 A New Thought for Christmas
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (66/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Boston Globe (positive) [3]
Entertainment Weekly B− [4]
Los Angeles Times (mixed) [5]
Robert Christgau Scissors icon black.svg [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]

The Awakening is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge, released by Island Records on September 25, 2007. The album conveys Etheridge's current autobiographical, religious and political perspectives. Etheridge made the album to convey parts of her story and journey along with her love for God. In the album's booklet, she included a letter to all who buy it starting with "Dear Friend".

Contents

The album debuted at No. 13 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling nearly 48,000 copies in its first week. [8] As of 2010, the album has tallied 167,000 copies in the United States alone, according to Nielsen SoundScan. [9] This album was No. 20 on Rolling Stone 's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007. [10]

Track listing

All songs written by Melissa Etheridge.

  1. "All There Is" – 1:03
  2. "California" – 3:47
  3. "An Unexpected Rain" – 6:56
  4. "Message to Myself" – 3:25
  5. "God Is in the People" – 1:58
  6. "Map of the Stars" – 5:31
  7. "Threesome" – 3:33
  8. "All We Can Really Do" – 1:18
  9. "I've Loved You Before" – 4:16
  10. "A Simple Love" – 1:17
  11. "Heroes and Friends" – 4:23
  12. "Kingdom of Heaven" – 4:11
  13. "Open Your Mind" – 5:13
  14. "The Awakening: The Universe Listened" – 3:09
  15. "The Awakening: Imagine That" – 3:00
  16. "The Awakening: What Happens Tomorrow" – 6:18

Production

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
positions
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] 57
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [12] 28
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] 18
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 87
US Billboard 200 [15] 13

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References

  1. ↑ Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ↑ AllMusic review
  3. ↑ The Boston Globe review
  4. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  5. ↑ Los Angeles Times review
  6. ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  7. ↑ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on January 17, 2008. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  8. ↑ Katie Hasty, "Rascal Flatts Races To No. 1 In Debut-Heavy Week", Billboard.com, October 3, 2007.
  9. ↑ "Billboard". 2010-04-03.
  10. ↑ ROBERT CHRISTGAU, DAVID FRICKE, CHRISTIAN HOARD, ROB SHEFFIELD (December 17, 2007). "The Top 50 Albums of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-20
  11. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Melissa Etheridge – The Awakening" (in German). Hung Medien.
  12. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Melissa Etheridge – The Awakening" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  13. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Melissa Etheridge – The Awakening" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
  14. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Melissa Etheridge – The Awakening". Hung Medien.
  15. ↑ "Melissa Etheridge Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.



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