The Departure (album)

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The Departure
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2012
Genre Rock, Singer-Songwriter
Length50:32
Label Rock Fiction Records
Producer Jamie Teachenor
Jamie Teachenor chronology
The Departure
(2012)
Waiting Room - EP
(2013)

The Departure [1] [2] is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Jamie Teachenor. It was released on February 28, 2012, [3] [4] by Rock Fiction Records. [5] His debut single, "I Never Know," and his follow-up single, "Free Birds Have Cages," received airplay at both Rock and Country Radio, quickly becoming Amazon Best Sellers. [6] [7] Teachenor debuted, "Free Birds Have Cages," on season one, episode 3 of The Joey + Rory Show. [8] His third single, "Burning," saw success [9] internationally on College Rock and AAA radio. Two more tracks from "The Departure," "Coming Down" and "I Don't Wanna Think About That," also went on to become Amazon Best Sellers. [10] [11]

Contents

Teachenor also recorded a special mono acoustic version of the single, "Free Birds Have Cages" (previously released on The Departure) and told a story titled, "How He Would've Wanted It," using a late 1940s era Magnecord tape machine. The song and the story were both featured on a 2012 episode of the first season of Nashville Time Machine. [12]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Nothing Sound"Teachenor, Clementi3:54
2."If I Were a Stranger"Teachenor, Archer, Brown3:06
3."Closets"Teachenor, Lopez3:40
4."Drug of Choice"Teachenor, Stepakoff4:02
5."Our Time"Teachenor, Knowles3:05
6."Coming Down"Teachenor, Denney3:52
7."I Don't Wanna Think About That"Teachenor, Suckle, Musick4:46
8."I Never Know"Teachenor, Musick3:26
9."Burning"Teachenor, West3:22
10."Free Birds Have Cages"Teachenor, Bowman4:17
11."Unknown"Teachenor, Clementi4:28
12."The End of the World"Teachenor, Cameron, Collins4:03
13."Never Happened"Teachenor, Slate4:31
Total length:50:32

Recording

In the fall of 2011, Teachenor began working on his debut album, "The Departure." Session musicians included, Teachenor on piano, B3 and keys, Nir Zidkyahu on drums and percussion, Dave Fowler on bass, JT Corenflos and Mark McPheeters on guitar with Cord Phillips engineering. It was recorded at Gasoline Studios in Franklin, TN, and released on February 28, 2012, on Rock Fiction Records.

Teachenor also recorded a special mono acoustic version of "Free Birds Have Cages" using a late 1940s era "Magnecord" tape machine that was featured on the first season of "Nashville Time Machine".

Reception

Four songs from "The Departure," "I Never Know," "Free Birds Have Cages," "I Don't Wanna Think About That," and "Coming Down," are Amazon Best Sellers.

Great Indie Music [13] describes "The Departure" as, "His aptly named debut album, The Departure, exposes the soul of this storyteller and his melting-pot-musical-roots and proves that Teachenor has truly been given a genre-less gift and can appeal to listeners of all walks of life."

Music journalist, Larry Nager, gave the album a very favorable review writing, "Walking a fine line between contemporary country, pop and rock, Jamie Teachenor proves he's a lot more than just another Nashville hit songwriter on his aptly-titled new CD, The Departure. Alternately edgy and sensitive, his songs and arrangements provide a strong showcase for his emotive voice and virtuoso piano. From the opener 'Nothing Sound' to the elegantly melodic 'Free Birds Have Cages' to the desolate beauty of 'Never Happened,' 'The Departure' marks the arrival of a strikingly original talent." Nager is the former music Editor for The Memphis Commercial Appeal, The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Cincinnati Post and contributor to Rolling Stone, GRAMMY Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, Bluegrass Unlimited, Living Blues, Blues Revue, Musician, Frets, Nashville Arts & Entertainment, etc...

Personnel

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