Dean Brody is the debut studio album by Canadian country music singer Dean Brody. It was released on April 28, 2009 via Broken Bow Records under the production of Matt Rovey. The album includes the single "Brothers", his only country hit in the United States. Brody wrote or co-wrote nine of the album's eleven songs.
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| Released | April 28, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 41:28 | |||
| Label | Broken Bow | |||
| Producer | Matt Rovey | |||
| Dean Brody chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Dean Brody | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Country Weekly | [2] |
Critical reception
editThis section needs expansion with: More reviews. You can help by adding to it. (May 2009) |
Chris Neal of Country Weekly magazine gave the album a three-and-a-half star rating out of five. He said that the album contained well-written lyrics with a strong sense of individuality. He also said that Brody "doesn't reinvent current Music Row formulas — he just does them a little smarter and sharper than some do."[2]
Matt Bjorke of Roughstock called the album a "fantastic collection of traditionalist modern country music" that was not the hit it should have been. He noted that only one single, the hit "Brothers" was the only track to make it to the charts in the U.S. While Brody's debut album was clearly not a breakout in the United States, it fared better in the artist's homeland of Canada, where three singles earned top-10 rankings. The three hit singles were, "Brothers", "Dirt Road Scholar" and "Undone".[3]
The single "Brothers" won the Canadian Country Music Association "Song of the Year" for 2009.[4] "Dirt Road Scholar" was 2009's most-played music video for a new artist in Canada.[3]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Undone" | Dean Brody | 3:23 |
| 2. | "Dirt Roads Scholar" | Brody | 3:07 |
| 3. | "Gravity" | Brody | 3:56 |
| 4. | "This Ain't the Same Town (That I Painted Red)" |
| 3:11 |
| 5. | "Lazy Days" | Brody | 4:07 |
| 6. | "Brothers" | Brody | 4:58 |
| 7. | "Old Joe Riley" |
| 3:03 |
| 8. | "This Old Raft" |
| 3:50 |
| 9. | "Back in Style" |
| 3:37 |
| 10. | "Cattleman's Gun" | Brody | 4:09 |
| 11. | "Up on the Moon" |
| 3:58 |
Personnel
edit- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Dean Brody – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Jim "Moose" Brown – piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
- Melodie Crittenden – background vocals
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
- B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Jeff Middleton – banjo
- James Mitchell – electric guitar
- Phillip Moore – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
- Scotty Sanders – Dobro
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Rhonda Vincent – background vocals
- Bruce Watkins – acoustic guitar, banjo
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Chart performance
editAlbum
edit| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 32 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 187 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums | 23 |
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | US Country | ||
| 2008 | "Brothers" | 76 | 26 |
| 2009 | "Dirt Road Scholar" | 72 | — |
| "Gravity" | — | — | |
| "Undone" | 79 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
References
edit- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dean Brody review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
- ^ a b Neal, Chris (2009-05-11). "Reviews". Country Weekly. 16 (13): 54.
- ^ a b Matt Bjorke (August 21, 2010). "Dean Brody - Trail in Life". www.roughstock.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- ^ Canadian Country Music Association. "Canadian Country Music Association". Archived from the original on March 15, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2011.