Farmer's Daughter (album)
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| Studio album by Crystal Bowersox | ||||||||||
| Released | December 14, 2010 | |||||||||
| Recorded | June–October, 2010 | |||||||||
| Genre | Folk rock, country | |||||||||
| Length | 42:34 | |||||||||
| Label | Jive, 19 | |||||||||
| Producer | David Bendeth | |||||||||
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Farmer's Daughter is the debut album of American Idol season nine runner-up Crystal Bowersox.
Background
After placing second on Idol, Crystal was signed to a deal with Jive Records and RCA's former sister record company 19 Entertainment. Originally, Crystal wanted to delay the release of the album until early 2011, but ended up moving the release date to December 14.[1] She is also to cover the Buffalo Springfield song "For What It's Worth," stating "its lyrics are relevant no matter what era it is, whatever war we're in and issues in the world," she said. "The song is always relevant." It was revealed that Chad Szeliga, who is well known for his drumming for bands such as Breaking Benjamin and OurAfter, has contributed drum tracks to the songs "Arlene", "Finally Got It Right" and "Hold On" which was written by Nickelback's Chad Kroeger.
The song "Holy Toledo" was played during Idol when she returned home. This is the first time an Idol contestant's own song was played during the show before their departure.[2]
Singles
"Farmer's Daughter" was released as the first single on December 13, 2010. "Hold On" was supposed to be the first single, but was switched to "Farmer's Daughter." The music video for "Farmer's Daughter" premiered on her website on December 16, 2010.[3]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [4] |
| The New York Times | [5] |
| Yahoo! Music | Positive[6] |
| Chicago Tribune | [7] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C[8] |
| New York Daily News | [9] |
| USA Today | Mixed[10] |
| The Dallas Morning News | B+[11] |
| Slant Magazine | [12] |
| Paste Magazine | [13] |
Critical reception
The album received mixed to positive reviews. Allmusic gave the album 2.5 stars out of 5. Joey Guerra of the Houston Chronicle said the album "failed to live up to Idol hype."[14] Metacritic gave the album 63 out of 100 based on six critical reviews.[15]
Commercial success
In the United States, the album debuted at number 28 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 58,000 copies[16] and as of October, 2011 has sold 205,000 copies.[17]
In Canada, the album debuted at number 90 on the Canadian Albums Chart.[18]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ridin' with the Radio" | Crystal Bowersox | David Bendeth | 3:26 |
| 2. | "For What It's Worth" | Stephen Stills | Bendeth | 3:18 |
| 3. | "Farmer's Daughter" | Bowersox | Bendeth | 4:09 |
| 4. | "Holy Toledo" | Bowersox | Bendeth | 3:51 |
| 5. | "Lonely Won't Come Around" | Bowersox, David Ryan Harris, Alexandra Tamposi | Bendeth, Harris | 3:30 |
| 6. | "Hold On" | Kara DioGuardi, Chad Kroeger | Bendeth | 3:13 |
| 7. | "On the Run" | Bowersox | Bendeth | 3:23 |
| 8. | "Kiss Ya" | Bowersox | Bendeth | 3:09 |
| 9. | "Speak Now" | Bowersox | Bendeth | 4:48 |
| 10. | "Mine All Mine" | Bowersox | Bendeth | 3:34 |
| 11. | "Mason" | Bowersox, Brian Walker | Bendeth | 3:18 |
| 12. | "Arlene" | Bowersox | Bendeth | 2:55 |
| 13. | "Finally Got It Right" (Bonus track, iTunes album pre-order only) | Bowersox |
Personnel
As noted at allmusic:[19]
- Crystal Bowersox: Vocals, acoustic guitar
- David Bendeth, Tommy Byrnes, David Ryan Harris, Nick Moroch: Guitars
- John Widgren: Dobro, pedal steel
- Jeff Kazee: Acoustic and eectric piano, organ, keyboards, accordion
- Zac Rae: Keyboards
- Geoff Rockwell: Keyboards, programming
- Ryan Syzyka: Harmonica
- Sean Hurley, Frankie May, Greg Smith: Bass
- Chuck Burgi, Dorian Crozier, Dan Korneff: Drums
- Chad Szeliga: Drums, percussion
- Memo Acevedo: Percussion
Charts
Chart positions
Year-end charts
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Sales
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References
- ↑ Dinh, James (2010-11-08). "Crystal Bowersox Reveals Farmer's Daughter Details - Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ "Crystal Bowersox Stays Rough-And-Tumble On 'Farmer's Daughter'". Billboard.com. 2009-09-14. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ "Trailer from Body of Proof". Crystal Bowersox. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (2010-12-14). "Farmer's Daughter - Crystal Bowersox". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ Pareles, Jon (2010-12-27). "New Albums by Kandi and Crystal Bowersox". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ Parker, Lyndsey (2010-11-22). "Crystal Vision: Bowersox Wows On Debut LP | Reality Rocks - Archive - Yahoo! Music". New.music.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ "Turn It Up: Album review: Crystal Bowersox, 'Farmer's Daughter'". Leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com. 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ Mikael Wood (2010-12-30). "Farmer's Daughter Review | Music Reviews and News". EW.com. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ "Crystal Bowersox's 'Farmer's Daughter' review: 'American Idol' alum's songs are a little too generic". NY Daily News. 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ "What they're saying about Crystal Bowersox's 'Farmer's Daughter'". Content.usatoday.com. 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ Tarradell, Mario (2010-12-13). "CD review: Jackson swan song is stylistically true to form | Mario Tarradell Columns and Reviews - Entertainment News for Dallas, Texas - The Dallas Morning News". Dallasnews.com. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ "Crystal Bowersox: Farmer's Daughter | Music Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ georgei on December 22, 2010 (2010-12-22). "Crystal Bowersox: Farmer's Daughter :: Music :: Reviews :: Paste". Pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ JOEY GUERRA, Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle (2010-12-13). "Bowersox debut fails to live up to Idol hype - Houston Chronicle". Chron.com. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ "Farmer's Daughter Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- 1 2 "Crystal Bowersox's 'Farmer's Daughter' debuts with 58K sales". Content.usatoday.com. 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- 1 2 American Idol: With Scotty McCreery's Successful Debut, Did Universal Learn From Sony's Mistakes?
- 1 2 "Crystal Bowersox's 'Farmer's Daughter' tops Lee DeWyze's first-week album sales - From Inside the Box - Zap2it". Blog.zap2it.com. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ Personnel at allmusic
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/top-rock-albums?begin=31&order=position