Live by the Words
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Live by the Words
| type = Studio
| artist = Justice Crew
| cover = Live By The Words CD.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = 28 November 2014
| recorded = 2012–2014
| studio =
| genre = Pop
| length = 39:58
| label = Sony Music Australia
| producer = various
| prev_title = Justice Crew Party Mix
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Live by the Words
| type = studio
| single1 = Boom Boom
| single1date = 2 July 2012
| single2 = Best Night
| single2date = 30 November 2012
| single3 = Everybody
| single3date = 11 October 2013
| single4 = Que Sera
| single4date = 2 May 2014
| single5 = Rise & Fall
| single5date = 24 October 2014
| single6 = I Love My Life
| single6date = 3 April 2015
}}
}}
Live by the Words is the debut studio album by Australian pop music group Justice Crew, released on 28 November 2014 through Sony Music Australia.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/live-by-the-words/936566107|title=Live By The Words on iTunes|date=28 November 2014 |publisher=iTunes|access-date=November 29, 2014}} The album debuted and peaked at number seven on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart following its release.
The album produced five singles including the number-one hits, "Boom Boom" and "Que Sera". The former earned Justice Crew their first number-one hit whilst the latter spent more weeks at the top spot than any other Australian number-one single. Subsequent singles, "Best Night" and "Everybody" both charted in the top ten whilst fifth single, "Rise & Fall" reached number eleven.
Background
On 4 November 2014, Justice Crew announced via Facebook that their debut studio album, Live by the Words was set for release on 28 November 2014. Recorded between 2012{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/boom-boom-single/id539152807|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703033704/http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/boom-boom-single/id539152807|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 July 2012|title=Boom Boom (iTunes)|publisher=iTunes|access-date=29 November 2014}} and 2014,{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/rise-fall-single/id922765206|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513200834/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/rise-fall-single/id922765206|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 May 2015|title=Rise & Fall (iTunes)|publisher=iTunes|access-date=30 November 2014}} the album features both previously released singles and newly recorded material and includes contributions from Mike Posner, Nasri, Robopop, Danny Mercer and DNA Songs among others.{{cite web|url=http://www.justicecrew.com/news/|title=Justice Crew news|publisher=justicecrew.com|accessdate=November 30, 2014}} Band member, John Len Ruela Pearce made the following comment when speaking about the album's release:
{{quotation|"We are so excited to release our first full-length studio album! It feels great to have a body work such as Live by the Words which really showcases us as artists, and we are really pumped for all of our fans to hear it".}}
Singles
The album was preceded by its five singles beginning with "Boom Boom". Released in June 2012 the song entered the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number twenty-four and eventually reached the top of the chart, thereby becoming Justice Crew's first number-one hit.{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Justice+Crew&titel=Boom+Boom&cat=s|title=Justice Crew – Boom Boom (song)|publisher=australian-charts.com|accessdate=29 November 2014}} It was certified 6× Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) the following year, denoting shipments in excess of 420,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesaria-charts-accreditations-singles-2013.htm|title=2013 ARIA Singles Certifications|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=29 November 2014}} "Best Night" followed in January 2013{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/best-night-ep/589034990|title=Best Night (iTunes)|date=11 January 2013 |publisher=iTunes|access-date=29 November 2014}} and became the group's second consecutive top ten hit, peaking at number-seven{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Justice+Crew&titel=Best+Night&cat=s|title=Justice Crew – Best Night (song)|publisher=australian-charts.com|accessdate=29 November 2014}} and subsequently attained a double platinum certification from ARIA. It also replaced "Tik Tok" by Kesha{{cite web|url=https://au.tv.yahoo.com/my-kitchen-rules/6747559/credits/|title=My Kitchen Rules credits (2010)|publisher=au.tv.yahoo.com|accessdate=30 November 2014}} as the theme song to the Australian competitive cooking game show, My Kitchen Rules from the fourth season onwards.{{cite web|url=https://au.tv.yahoo.com/my-kitchen-rules/8791556/credits/#page1|title=My Kitchen Rules credits|publisher=au.tv.yahoo.com|accessdate=30 November 2014}}
"Everybody", the album's third single, was released exactly nine months after its predecessor{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/everybody/id699083322|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009063650/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/everybody/id699083322|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 October 2013|title=Justice Crew – Everybody (iTunes)|publisher=iTunes|access-date=29 November 2014}} and became the group's third consecutive top ten hit{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Justice+Crew&titel=Everybody&cat=s|title=Justice Crew – Everybody (song)|publisher=australian-charts.com|accessdate=29 November 2014}} and multi-platinum certified single.{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesaria-charts-accreditations-singles-2014.htm|title=2014 ARIA Singles Certifications|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=29 November 2014}} In May 2014,{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/que-sera/862918400|title=Que Sera (iTunes)|date=2 May 2014 |publisher=iTunes|access-date=29 November 2014}} "Que Sera" was released as the album's fourth single, a week earlier than scheduled due to the Seven Network's usage of the song in commercials for the fifth season of My Kitchen Rules.{{cite web|url=http://auspop.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/justice-rush-released.html|title=Justice rush released|publisher=auspop.net.au|date=30 April 2014|accessdate=29 November 2014}} Following its release, "Que Sera" debuted and peaked at number-one for nine consecutive weeks in Australia, thus becoming the group's second chart topper and the longest running number-one single by an Australian artist in ARIA Charts history.{{cite news|first=Nick|last=Bond|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/justice-crews-hit-que-sera-breaks-aria-chart-record-as-longestrunning-aussie-number-one/story-e6frfn09-1226980726028|title=Justice Crew's hit Que Sera breaks ARIA chart record as longest-running Aussie number-one|work=News.com.au|publisher=News Limited|date=7 July 2014|accessdate=8 July 2014}} Fifth single, "Rise & Fall" was not as commercially successful as its predecessors, peaking just outside the top ten at number eleven.{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Justice+Crew&titel=Rise+%26+Fall&cat=s|title=Justice Crew – Rise & Fall (song)|publisher=australian-charts.com|accessdate=29 November 2014}} The sixth single "I Love My Life" was released on 3 April 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.jbhifi.com.au/music/browse/pop/i-love-my-life-single/699501/|title=CD single – I Love My Life by Justice Crew|publisher=JB Hi-Fi|accessdate=31 March 2015}}
Commercial performance
For the issue dated 8 December 2014, Live by the Words debuted at number-seven on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and number-one on the ARIA Urban Albums Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/urban-albums |title=ARIA Australian Top 40 Urban Albums Chart |publisher=ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association |date=8 December 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511020309/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/urban-albums |archivedate=11 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| total_length = 39:58
| title1 = Intro
| writer1 = Justice Crew, Khaled Rohaim
| length1 = 0:49
| title2 = Que Sera
| writer2 = Justice Crew, Adam Messinger, Nic Martin, Nasri Atweh, Nolan Lambroza
| length2 = 3:32
| title3 = Fly
| writer3 = Marco Borrero, David Musumeci, Anthony Egizii, Mitch Allen
| length3 = 3:38
| title4 = Rise & Fall
| writer4 = Musumeci, Egizii, Daniel Omelio
| length4 = 3:43
| title5 = Interlude
| writer5 = Justice Crew, Rohaim
| length5 = 0:35
| title6 = Boom Boom
| writer6 = Jeremy Skaller, Kamaljit Jhooti, Rohaim, Marlin "Hookman" Bonds, Robert Larow
| length6 = 3:07
| title7 = I Love My Life
| writer7 = Mason Levy, Mike Posner, Jayson DeZuzio
| length7 = 3:36
| title8 = Best Night
| writer8 = Jared Cotter, Larow, Anthony Hannides, Michael Hannides, Rohaim, Jay Sean, Skaller
| length8 = 3:35
| title9 = Always Been Real
| writer9 = Bonds, Rohaim, Skaller
| length9 = 3:10
| title10 = Everybody
| writer10 = Justice Crew, Danny Mercer, Erick Orrosquieta, Morgan Jackson
| length10 = 3:52
| title11 = Life's a Party
| writer11 = Justice Crew, Andy Marsh
| length11 = 3:06
| title12 = Ride Until the Sun
| writer12 = Chaz Mishan, David Delazyn, Jake Miller, Zac Poor
| length12 = 2:44
}}
Charts
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2014)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"{{album chart|Australia|7|album=Live By The Words|artist=Justice Crew|accessdate=6 December 2014|refname="ARIA Albums Chart"}} |
| scope="row"| Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)
| 1 |
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2014)
! scope="col"| Rank |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australian Artist Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-australian-albums-2014.htm|title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Australian Artist Albums 2014|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=7 January 2015}}
| 35 |
| scope="row"| Australian Urban Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-urban-albums-2014.htm|title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Urban Albums 2014|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=7 January 2015}}
| 14 |
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| Catalogue ! scope="col"| Ref. |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australia
| 28 November 2014 | {{flat list| }} | 88875012922 | style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=http://www.sanity.com.au/products/2286507/Live_By_The_Words|title=Live by the Words by Justice Crew (CD)|publisher=Sanity|accessdate=30 November 2014}} |