A Thousand Miles Left Behind
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{{Infobox album
| name = A Thousand Miles Left Behind
| type = studio
| artist = Gloriana
| cover = AThousandMiles.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2012|07|31}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 42:47
| label = Emblem/Warner Bros. Nashville
| producer = Matt Serletic
| prev_title = Gloriana
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = Three
| next_year = 2015
| misc = {{Singles
| name = A Thousand Miles Left Behind
| type = studio
| single1 = Wanna Take You Home
| single1date = March 28, 2011
| single2 = (Kissed You) Good Night
| single2date = October 17, 2011
| single3 = Can't Shake You
| single3date = September 10, 2012
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|title=A Thousand Miles Left Behind review|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002356480|pure_url=yes}}|work=Allmusic|access-date=July 31, 2012}}
}}
A Thousand Miles Left Behind is the second studio album by American country music band Gloriana. It was released on July 31, 2012 via Emblem Music Group/Warner Bros. Records.{{cite news|last=Conaway|first=Alanna|title=Gloriana's Hit Single '(Kissed You) Good Night' Strikes Gold|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/gloriana-kissed-you-good-night-gold/|access-date=July 18, 2012|newspaper=Taste of Country|date=July 12, 2012}}
Content
It is their first album since the departure of band member Cheyenne Kimball in 2011.{{cite news|title=Gloriana, 'A Thousand Miles Left Behind' Release Date Revealed|url=http://www.theboot.com/2012/05/22/gloriana-a-thousand-miles-left-behind-release-date/|access-date=July 18, 2012|newspaper=The Boot|date=May 22, 2012}} According to group member Tom Gossin, the album was completed before Kimball's departure, but the songs (including "Wanna Take You Home") were then re-recorded without her. A song that Kimball wrote (called "Piece of My Heart"{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDLikQ3cJQc|title=Gloriana - Piece of My Heart at 93.7 The Bull|date=April 28, 2011|work=YouTube|access-date=October 4, 2012}}) was also removed from the track list.{{cite web|url=http://www.theboot.com/2011/11/04/gloriana-new-album-2011-interview/|title=Gloriana's Musical Journey Comes Full Circle|last=Thompson|first=Gayle|date=4 November 2011|work=The Boot|access-date=28 July 2012}}
The trio had a hand in writing all of the album's eleven tracks.{{cite news|last=Wyland|first=Sarah|title=Gloriana to Release A Thousand Miles Left Behind July 31|url=http://blog.gactv.com/blog/2012/05/23/gloriana-to-release-a-thousand-miles-left-behind-july-31/|access-date=July 18, 2012|newspaper=Great American Country|date=May 23, 2012}} Three singles have been released from the project, including the group's first top five song, "(Kissed You) Good Night."{{cite news|title=Gloriana Go Gold With "(Kissed You) Good Night"|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1689329/gloriana-go-gold-with-kissed-you-good-night.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712194941/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1689329/gloriana-go-gold-with-kissed-you-good-night.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 12, 2012|access-date=July 18, 2012|newspaper=Country Music Television|date=July 10, 2012}}
Commercial performance
A Thousand Miles Left Behind debuted at No. 2 on Country Albums, and No. 11 on Billboard 200, selling 23,000 copies in its first week.{{cite news |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-615/480531/country-countdown-kenny-chesney-keeps-crown-gloriana-debuts-big |title=Country Countdown: Kenny Chesney Keeps Crown, Gloriana Debuts Big|author= Wade Jessen |date= August 9, 2012|work=Billboard}} It has sold 118,000 copies in the US as of May 2015.{{cite web|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150515165056/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |archive-date= May 15, 2015 |url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |title=Upcoming Releases |website=Hits Daily Double |publisher=HITS Digital Ventures }}
Track listing
{{track listing
| title1 = Gold Rush
| writer1 = Tom Gossin, Tommy Lee James, Matt Serletic
| length1 = 4:16
| title2 = Sunset Lovin'
| writer2 = Mike Gossin, Serletic, Hillary Lindsey
| length2 = 3:17
| title3 = Wanna Take You Home
| writer3 = T. Gossin, Serletic, Wendell Mobley
| length3 = 3:45
| title4 = (Kissed You) Good Night
| writer4 = T. Gossin, Josh Kear
| length4 = 3:52
| title5 = Carolina Rose
| writer5 = T. Gossin, Karyn Rochelle, James T. Slater
| length5 = 3:50
| title6 = Go On…Miss Me
| writer6 = M. Gossin, Rachel Reinert, Serletic
| length6 = 3:43
| title7 = Can't Shake You
| writer7 = T. Gossin, Slater, Stephanie Bentley
| length7 = 4:27
| title8 = Soldier Song
| writer8 = M. Gossin, T. Gossin, Serletic
| length8 = 4:02
| title9 = Turn My World Around
| writer9 = M. Gossin, Kear, Serletic
| length9 = 3:42
| title10 = Doing It Our Way
| writer10 = Danny Myrick, Reinert, Serletic
| length10 = 3:44
| title11 = Where My Heart Belongs
| writer11 = Myrick, Reinert, Serletic
| length11 = 4:09
}}
{{track listing
| headline = iTunes Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
| title12 = Lonely Road
| writer12 =
| length12 = 3:47
| title13 = Wild at Heart
| note13 = Acoustic
| writer13 = Bentley, Kear, Serletic
| length13 = 3:50
| title14 = Can't Shake You
| note14 = Acoustic
| writer14 = T. Gossin, Slater, Bentley
| length14 = 4:24
| title15 = (Kissed You) Good Night
| note15 = Music video
| length15 = 4:42
| title16 = Making of A Thousand Miles Left Behind
| note16 = Video
| length16 = 4:06
}}
Personnel
=Gloriana=
- Mike Gossin- electric guitar, vocals
- Tom Gossin- acoustic guitar, programming, vocals
- Rachel Reinert- vocals
=Additional musicians=
- Alex Arias- choir
- Pat Bergeson- harmonica
- Tom Bukovac- dobro, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Eric Darken- percussion
- Dan Dugmore- dobro, pedal steel guitar
- Shannon Forrest- drums
- Aubrey Haynie- fiddle, mandolin
- Ryan Kern- choir
- Mike Leisz- choir
- Jerry McPherson- electric guitar
- Tim Pierce- acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Matt Serletic- Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, percussion, piano, programming, Wurlitzer
- Jimmie Lee Sloas- bass guitar
- Ilya Toshinsky- banjo, dulcimer, acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Doug Trantow- choir
Chart performance
=Album=
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Chart (2012)
! Peak |
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US Billboard 200{{allMusic|class=album|id=mw0002356480|tab=awards}}
| align="center"| 11 |
US Billboard Top Country Albums
| align="center"| 2 |
=End of year charts=
=Singles=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions |
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style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="45"| US Country ! width="45"| US Country Airplay ! width="45"| US ! width="45"| CAN |
rowspan="2"| 2011
| align="left"| "Wanna Take You Home"{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=gloriana|chart=Country Songs}}|title=Gloriana Album & Song Chart History|publisher=Billboard.com}} | 34 | — | — | — |
align="left"| "(Kissed You) Good Night"
| 2 | — | 34 | 60 |
2012
| align="left"| "Can't Shake You" | 20 | 16 | 83 | — |
colspan="6" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
References
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Category:Gloriana (band) albums