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| Released | February 19, 2021 | |||
| Genre | Country [1] | |||
| Length | 33:16 | |||
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The Demos is the second studio album by Canadian country artist Jess Moskaluke. [2] [3] It was released on February 19, 2021, through MDM Recordings. [4] [5] It includes the number-one Canada Country hit "Country Girls", [6] as well as "Halfway Home", [7] "Mapdot", [8] "Leave Each Other Alone", [9] and "Nothin' I Don't Love About You". [10]
Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Moskaluke had not intended to release an album for some time, intending to work on singles instead. [2] After the institution of travel restrictions, she could not travel from her home in Saskatchewan to Nashville, Tennessee to record new music with producer Corey Crowder. [4] Rather than writing new songs, Moskaluke decided to delve into her back catalogue of songs she had never recorded on past albums. [3] She worked with Crowder to virtually turn the demos of these songs into a fully-produced record. [4]
The Demos received generally positive reviews. Joshua Murray of The Reviews Are In called the album a "good listen" that "[doesn't] seem to go by too quickly or too slowly". [1] Kim Hughes of Parton and Pearl noted Moskaluke's "mighty, indefatigable" voice. [11] Hannah Rastrick of Complete Country said that the "songs cover every stage of love that we can all relate to" and referred to Moskaluke's vocals as "spot on". [12]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Country Girls" |
| 2:58 |
| 2. | "Nothin' I Don't Love About You" |
| 2:46 |
| 3. | "Mapdot" |
| 3:24 |
| 4. | "Too Much Too Soon" |
| 2:42 |
| 5. | "Leave Each Other Alone" (featuring Travis Collins) |
| 3:44 |
| 6. | "Halfway Home" |
| 2:31 |
| 7. | "Drive His Truck" |
| 2:59 |
| 8. | "No Place Like You" |
| 2:36 |
| 9. | "Mapdot" (demo) |
| 3:14 |
| 10. | "Leave Each Other Alone" (demo) |
| 3:49 |
| 11. | "Halfway Home" (demo) |
| 2:29 |
| Total length: | 33:16 | ||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
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| CAN Country [13] | CAN Digital [14] | AUS Country [15] | |||||
| 2019 | "Country Girls" | 1 | 31 | 13 |
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| 2020 | "Halfway Home" | 11 | — | 4 | |||
| "Mapdot" | 15 | — | 44 | ||||
| 2021 | "Leave Each Other Alone" | 35 | — | 29 | |||
| "Nothin' I Don't Love About You" | 13 | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that territory | |||||||
| Country | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| Australia | February 19, 2021 | [17] | ||
| Various | MDM Recordings | [18] | ||
| Canada | [19] | |||
| May 2021 | Compact disc | [20] |
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