The Great American Midrange

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The Great American Midrange is the fourth and final original full-length album from American rock band The Elms. The album was released via the band's own Trust, Inc., label on September 15, 2009, and is the highest-charting album of The Elms' career, entering the Billboard Heatseekers chart at #18 during the week of October 3, 2009. [1] [2]

Contents

The album's first single and video were for the song "Back to Indiana." The song had its national premiere during ABC's television coverage of the 93rd Indianapolis 500 motorcar race. [3] The song was also named official theme song of the 2010 Big 10 Men's College Basketball Tournament. [4] Album track "The Shake" appeared on EA Sports' hockey video game NHL 09 . [5]

Track listing

  1. Strut
  2. Unless God Appears First
  3. County Fair
  4. The Wildest Heart
  5. Long Gone
  6. The Shake
  7. The Good Guys
  8. The Little Ways
  9. Back to Indiana
  10. This Is How the World Will End
  11. Thunderhead
  12. A Place in the Sun
iTunes exclusive
  1. Dog Days
Amazon exclusive
  1. Lily
Rhapsody exclusive
  1. Track-by-track synopsis from Owen Thomas

Recording

Recording sessions took place in February and March 2009 at Warner Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. The album was mixed at Studio X in Seattle, Washington, in April 2009.

Personnel

The Elms

Additional personnel

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