The Turn (Live album)

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The Turn
Live - The Turn (album cover).jpg
Studio album by
Live
ReleasedOctober 28, 2014 (2014-10-28)
Genre Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock
Length49:10
Label Think Loud Recordings
Producer Jerry Harrison, Live
Live chronology
Live at the Paradiso – Amsterdam
(2008)		The Turn
(2014)		 Local 717
(2018)
Singles from The Turn
  1. "The Way Around Is Through"
    Released: September 16, 2014
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Laut.de Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Plattentests.de 6/10 [4]
Rock Hard 8.5/10 [5]

The Turn is the ninth studio album by American rock band Live, released on October 28, 2014. It is their only release with lead singer Chris Shinn [6] and is their final album with guitarist Chad Taylor, bassist Patrick Dahlheimer, and drummer Chad Gracey who were all fired from the band in 2022. [7] [8]

Contents

History

The band announced that they would be taking a two-year hiatus in June 2009, but in November, guitarist Chad Taylor revealed that lead singer Ed Kowalczyk had left the band. [9] Kowalczyk (who has since rejoined Live) released a solo album Alive in June 2010, while the remaining three members of Live formed a new band, The Gracious Few, with singer Kevin Martin and guitarist Sean Hennesy, both of Candlebox. Their self-titled album was released in September 2010.

On March 12, 2012 Chris Shinn, former lead singer of the band Unified Theory, was revealed to have joined Live when he played with them at a show at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center in York. [10] Live's first major tour with Shinn was as part of the Summerland Tour 2013, playing 35 shows across the US. [11]

The first single from The Turn, "The Way Around Is Through" was released on September 16, 2014. [12] Live have also released full versions of the tracks "Siren's Call", "We Open the Door", "Natural Born Killers" and "Don't Run to Wait" via YouTube, each with an introduction by Chad Taylor.

The music on The Turn is jointly credited to all four members of Live, however none of the three remaining original band members receives a lyric writing credit. Shinn is credited as lyricist on all songs, with producer Jerry Harrison receiving a co-writing credit on seven tracks, his daughter Aishlin on three and songwriter Bruce Wallace on five.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Siren's Call"J Harrison, C Shinn, A Harrison, B WallaceLive4:10
2."Don't Run to Wait"J. Harrison, ShinnLive3:47
3."Natural Born Killers"Shinn, J. Harrison, A. HarrisonLive4:36
4."6310 Rodgerton Dr."J. Harrison, ShinnLive4:09
5."By Design"Shinn, WallaceLive4:20
6."The Way Around Is Through"Shinn, J. HarrisonLive4:52
7."Need Tonight"Shinn, WallaceLive4:11
8."The Strength to Hold On"Shinn, WallaceLive5:32
9."We Open the Door"Shinn, WallaceLive4:52
10."He Could Teach the Devil Tricks"J. Harrison, ShinnLive4:09
11."Till You Came Around"J. Harrison, Shinn, A. HarrisonLive4:42

Personnel

Live
Additional personnel

Charts

Album

ChartPeak
Belgium (Flanders) Albums Chart [13] 139
US Billboard 200 [14] 133

Singles

SongPeak chart positions
US Main.
"The Way Around Is Through" [15] 30
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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