Gloriana (album)

"Wild at Heart"
Gloriana
Studio album by Gloriana
Released	August 4, 2009 (NA); January 11, 2010 (AUS)
Recorded	Black Bird Studios (Nashville, TN); Emblem Studios (Calabasas, CA)
Genre	Country
Length	47:12
Label	Emblem/New Revolution; Reprise Nashville; Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	Matt Serletic
Gloriana chronology
Singles from Gloriana
	"Wild at Heart"; Released: February 2, 2009; "How Far Do You Wanna Go?"; Released: September 28, 2009; "The World Is Ours Tonight"; Released: February 8, 2010;

Gloriana is the self-titled debut album of the American country music group Gloriana. It was released in North America on August 4, 2009[1] and in Australia on January 11, 2010 via Emblem Music Group, with Warner Bros. Records Nashville serving as distributor. The album debuted at position number 3 on US Billboard 200, and number 2 on Billboard Country Albums. The album spawned two singles in "Wild at Heart" and "How Far Do You Wanna Go?" The album was re-released in March 2010 to include "The World Is Ours Tonight," which was released in March 2010 as the album's third single. This is their only studio album with Cheyenne Kimball.

Content

Several of the album's tracks were co-written by Emblem Music Group owner Matt Serletic, who also produced the album. Among his credits are the album's first two singles, "Wild at Heart" and "How Far Do You Wanna Go?" He co-wrote the former with Josh Kear and former Epic Records artist Stephanie Bentley, and the latter with Jeffrey Steele and former Western Flyer member Danny Myrick. "Wild at Heart" was the group's debut single and reached a peak of number 15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The second single, "How Far Do You Wanna Go?" was released in September 2009, and was a minor Top 40 hit.

The album was re-issued on March 22, 2010, to include "The World Is Ours Tonight," which was recorded for the 2010 Winter Olympics.[2] It was released as the album's third single in February 2010; it debuted at number 51 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of April 3, 2010 and reached a peak of number 37. All proceeds from the single went to Team USA.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Country Standard Time	[4]
Country Weekly	[5]
Entertainment Weekly	C[6]
The 9513	[7]
Roughstock	favorable[8]

The album has received mixed reviews, with the main point of criticism being over-production. Chris Neal of Country Weekly magazine gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five. He noted the vocal harmonies and the shared lead vocals among all four members, and added "[Serletic] sometimes obscures the songs with sonic knickknacks they don't need."[5] AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album three stars out of five, saying that the band's sound was "stylized synthesis of Fleetwood Mac and '70s Californian country rock" and "country in name only."[1] He also said that the sound was "entirely too slick" on some tracks but reminiscent of "prime Rick Springfield" on others.[1] Jim Malec of The 9513 also gave a three-star review, saying the songs were well written and performed, but lacked a sense of personality.[7] Country Standard Time writer Jessica Phillips considered the album overproduced as well, but added that the band "seem[s] to have found a comfortable niche" and noted a theme of relationships among each song.[4] Whitney Pastorek of Entertainment Weekly gave a C rating, saying that the band "falls somewhere between maudlin boy band songwriting clichés and a particularly melodramatic Six Flags country revue." She cited "Come and Save Me" and "Time to Let Me Go" as the strongest tracks due to their simpler production.[6] Bobby Peacock of Roughstock was favorable, criticizing some tracks for their production but also saying, "The lyrics may not be terribly substantial, but at the same time, they're not trite or overused, and none of the songs tries to puff itself up with a sense of melodrama. Most of the melodies are just a little bit different...Each song has a slightly different sound than the one before it".[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"How Far Do You Wanna Go?"	Danny Myrick, Matt Serletic, Jeffrey Steele	3:50
2.	"Wild at Heart"	Stephanie Bentley, Josh Kear, Serletic	3:42
3.	"The Way It Goes"	Myrick, Serletic, Steele	3:15
4.	"Lead Me On"	Bentley, Ben Glover	4:05
5.	"If You’re Leavin’"	Bentley, Trey Bruce, Kevin Kadish	2:39
6.	"You Said"	Chuck Jones, Serletic, Steele	2:44
7.	"Cry on Command"	Kear, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Serletic	3:57
8.	"Over Me Now"	Tyler Hayes, Karyn Rochelle, Shane Stevens	3:00
9.	"Come and Save Me"	Jess Cates, Lindy Robbins, Serletic	3:36
10.	"Even If I Wanted To"	Jones, Serletic, Steele	3:55
11.	"All the Things That Mean the Most"	Myrick, Serletic, Steele	3:53
12.	"Change Your Mind"	Glover, Jennifer Schott, John Paul White	3:46
13.	"Time to Let Me Go"	Kyle Cook, Mike Gossin, Tom Gossin, Rachel Reinert	5:02

Reissue Version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"How Far Do You Wanna Go?"	Danny Myrick, Matt Serletic, Jeffrey Steele	3:28
2.	"Wild at Heart"	Stephanie Bentley, Josh Kear, Serletic	3:41
3.	"The Way It Goes"	Myrick, Serletic, Steele	3:14
4.	"The World Is Ours Tonight"	Cates, Robbins, Serletic	3:32
5.	"If You’re Leavin’"	Bentley, Bruce, Kadish	2:38
6.	"Lead Me On"	Bentley, Glover	3:54
7.	"You Said"	Jones, Serletic, Steele	2:41
8.	"Cry on Command"	Kear, Kirkpatrick, Serletic	3:55
9.	"Over Me Now"	Hayes, Rochelle, Stevens	2:58
10.	"Come and Save Me"	Cates, Robbins, Serletic	3:35
11.	"Even If I Wanted To"	Jones, Serletic, Steele	3:53
12.	"All the Things That Mean the Most"	Myrick, Serletic, Steele	3:52
13.	"Change Your Mind"	Glover, Schott, White	3:45
14.	"Time to Let Me Go"	Cook, Gossin, Gossin, Reinert	5:02

iTunes bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"How Far Do You Wanna Go?" (Live)	Myrick, Serletic, Steele	4:38
15.	"The Way it Goes" (Live)	Myrick, Serletic, Steele	3:42

iTunes pre-order bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"Wild at Heart" (Live)	Bentley, Kear, Serletic	4:09

Australian bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Wild at Heart" (Numix)	Bentley, Kear, Serletic	3:39

Personnel

Gloriana

Mike Gossin - vocals; acoustic guitar (6)
Tom Gossin - vocals; piano (8)
Cheyenne Kimball - vocals
Rachel Reinert - vocals

Additional musicians

Alex Arias - hand claps (1)
Kenny Aronoff - drums (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11), percussion (3, 6)
Stevie Blacke - strings (4, 7, 11)
Tom Bukovac - electric guitar (2, 7-10, 12, 13), acoustic guitar (2, 7-10, 13)
Jack Daley - bass guitar (1, 3-6, 11)
Mark Dobson - road case (2), shaker (9)
Dan Dugmore - steel guitar (2-5, 7, 8, 10-13), Dobro (2, 9, 10)
"Everyone" - hand claps (2)
Aubrey Haynie - mandolin (2, 8-10), fiddle (7-10, 12, 13)
Mike Leisz - hand claps (1)
Chris McHugh - drums (2, 7-10, 13), programming (2, 7, 9, 10, 13)
Tim Pierce - electric guitar (1-11), acoustic guitar (10)
Matt Serletic - Hammond organ (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10), programming (1-7, 9-11), synthesizer bass (2), accordion (2), road case (2), keyboards (4, 6, 11), piano (5-8, 11, 12), strings (7), Wurlitzer electric piano (12, 13)
Kevin Sloan - hand claps (1)
Jimmie Lee Sloas - bass guitar (2, 7-10, 13)
Bryan Sutton - acoustic guitar (1, 3-6, 11), mandolin (1, 3-6), banjo (1, 3, 5), slide guitar (3), Dobro (6, 11)
Ilya Toshinsky - acoustic guitar (2, 7-10, 12, 13), banjo (2, 8, 10), bouzouki (10)
Patrick Warren - Wurlitzer electric piano (8), Hammond organ (8), Chamberlin (8), programming (8)
Gabe Witcher - fiddle (1, 3-6, 11)
Glenn Worf - upright bass (9, 13)

Technical

Mark Dobson - recording (all tracks)
Chris Lord-Alge - mixing (1, 2, 4)
Justin Niebank - mixing (3, 5-13), recording (all tracks except 1, 4)
Matt Serletic - producer (all tracks)

Chart performance

Album

The album debuted at No. 2 on Top Country Albums, and No. 3 on the Billboard 200, selling 44,000 in its first week.[9][10] As of August 2012, the album has sold over 235,000 copies.[11]

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	3
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	2
Chart (2010)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart	43
Australian Top Country Albums	3

End of year charts

Chart (2010)	Year-end 2010
US Billboard Top Country Albums	62[12]

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US Country	US
2009	"Wild at Heart"	15	53
2009	"How Far Do You Wanna Go?"	36	—
2010	"The World Is Ours Tonight"	37	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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References

Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Gloriana". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
Roland, Tom (February 12, 2010). "Rascal Flatts, Gloriana, Sugarland Aid Olympic Album". Great American Country. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
"Gloriana learn the world is theirs". Country Standard Time. February 22, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
Phillips, Jessica. "Gloriana review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
Neal, Chris (2009-08-03). "Reviews". Country Weekly. 16 (25): 51.
Pastorek, Whitney (July 29, 2009). "Gloriana review". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
Malec, Jim (August 5, 2009). "Gloriana review". The 9513. Archived from the original on August 13, 2009. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
Peacock, Bobby (August 3, 2009). "Gloriana review". Roughstock. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
"Gloriana debuts at #2 on billboard country chart and at #3 on Billboard Top 200". Warner Music Nashville. Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
Wade Jessen (August 9, 2012). "Country Countdown: Kenny Chesney Keeps Crown, Gloriana Debuts Big". Billboard.
Keith Caulfield (August 3, 2012). "Joss Stone & Gloriana Aiming for Top 10 on Billboard 200". Billboard.
"Best of 2010 - Top Country Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved December 31, 2010.

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[allmusic-1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Gloriana". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved August 1, 2009.

[2] Roland, Tom (February 12, 2010). "Rascal Flatts, Gloriana, Sugarland Aid Olympic Album". Great American Country. Retrieved July 7, 2010.

[3] "Gloriana learn the world is theirs". Country Standard Time. February 22, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2010.

[cst-4] Phillips, Jessica. "Gloriana review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved August 25, 2009.

[weekly-5] Neal, Chris (2009-08-03). "Reviews". Country Weekly. 16 (25): 51.

[ew-6] Pastorek, Whitney (July 29, 2009). "Gloriana review". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved August 25, 2009.

[the9513-7] Malec, Jim (August 5, 2009). "Gloriana review". The 9513. Archived from the original on August 13, 2009. Retrieved August 8, 2009.

[rs-8] Peacock, Bobby (August 3, 2009). "Gloriana review". Roughstock. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

[9] "Gloriana debuts at #2 on billboard country chart and at #3 on Billboard Top 200". Warner Music Nashville. Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2015-12-23.

[10] Wade Jessen (August 9, 2012). "Country Countdown: Kenny Chesney Keeps Crown, Gloriana Debuts Big". Billboard.

[11] Keith Caulfield (August 3, 2012). "Joss Stone & Gloriana Aiming for Top 10 on Billboard 200". Billboard.

[12] "Best of 2010 - Top Country Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved December 31, 2010.

Gloriana
Mike Gossin Tom Gossin Rachel Reinert Cheyenne Kimball
Studio albums	Gloriana A Thousand Miles Left Behind Three
Singles	"Wild at Heart" "How Far Do You Wanna Go?" "The World Is Ours Tonight" "Wanna Take You Home" "(Kissed You) Good Night" "Can't Shake You" "Trouble"