Trouble (Ray LaMontagne album)

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Trouble
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2004 (2004-09-14)
Recorded2004
StudioSunset Sound, Los Angeles, California
Genre Folk rock
Length41:24
Label RCA/BMG/Stone Dwarf
Producer Ethan Johns
Ray LaMontagne chronology
Trouble
(2004)
Till the Sun Turns Black
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Drowned in Sound 9/10 [2]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
PopMatters 7/10 [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Village Voice C+ [8]

Trouble is the debut studio album by singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne. It was released on September 14, 2004, in the United States, and on September 20, 2004, in the United Kingdom. Although the album was released in 2004, the song didn't enter the top five of the UK charts until August 2006. The album was produced by Ethan Johns, released on RCA Records, marketed by BMG and distributed by Stone Dwarf Records.

Contents

"Burn", "Trouble", and "All the Wild Horses" were featured in the second season of the American television show Rescue Me . "Hold You In My Arms" was featured in the 2007 season finale of the television show Grey's Anatomy . The album has sold 239,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Jennifer Stills and Sara Watkins are featured on several tracks. The album cover was designed by Jason Holley, and was chosen by LaMontagne as a "powerful and poetic piece of art". [9]

Popular Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins did a cover for the song "Burn" on January 20, 2005, at the Cairns Convention Centre in Australia. "Jolene," was also covered by the Zac Brown Band, a country music band.

The song "Shelter" was featured in the film Prime (2005).

The song "How Come" was featured in the film The Devil Wears Prada (2006).

The song "Jolene" plays during the ending credits of the film The Town (2010).

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Ray LaMontagne, except "Hold You in My Arms", written with Ethan Johns.

No.TitleLength
1."Trouble"4:01
2."Shelter"4:36
3."Hold You in My Arms"5:06
4."Narrow Escape"4:39
5."Burn"2:54
6."Forever My Friend"5:44
7."Hannah"5:42
8."How Come"4:32
9."Jolene"4:10
10."All the Wild Horses"3:16

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [18] Platinum484,929 [19]
United States (RIAA) [20] Platinum1,000,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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