This Man (album)

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This Man
This Man CM.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 26, 2015
Genre
Length32:10
Label
  • Big Star
  • 306
Producer
Cory Marks chronology
First Time Around
(2012)
This Man
(2015)
Who I Am
(2020)
Singles from This Man
  1. "Smartphone"
    Released: July 1, 2014 [1]
  2. "21"
    Released: April 21, 2015 [2]
  3. "This Man"
    Released: August 11, 2015 [3]
  4. "Nowhere with You"
    Released: January 5, 2016 [4]

This Man is the first studio album by Canadian country rock artist Cory Marks. [5] [6] It was released on May 26, 2015 through Big Star Recordings. [7] [8] [9]

Contents

Background

Marks released his debut Canadian country radio single "Smartphone" in July 2014. [10] The track was one of eight tracks that he co-wrote on the album. [11] Marks co-wrote these tracks during writing trips to Nashville between the Fall of 2012 and November 2014. [10] The second single to radio, "21" was released in April 2015. [2] The title track "This Man" became the third single in August 2015, [3] while "Nowhere with You" was released to radio as the fourth single in January 2016. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."21"3:37
2."Nowhere with You"
  • Marks
  • Jon McElroy
  • Terry Lee Palmer
2:49
3."This Man"
3:21
4."Don't Count Saturday Night"2:46
5."Rock Me Steady"
  • Marks
  • Deere
  • Crosby
3:35
6."Take You Home Tonight"
  • Marks
  • James Dean Hicks
3:32
7."Smartphone"
  • Marks
  • Deere
  • Crosby
2:52
8."Teach Me"
3:52
9."I Need a Beer"
  • Marks
  • McElroy
  • Crosby
2:41
10."Burnin' Up the Blacktop"
  • Marks
  • Hicks
3:06
Total length:32:10

Singles

YearSingle
2014"Smartphone"
2015"21"
"This Man"
2016"Nowhere with You"

Release history

Release formats for This Man
CountryDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousMay 26, 2015 Compact disc
  • Big Star Recordings
[7]
Digital download
Streaming [12]

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