The Story (Brandi Carlile album)

Infobox Album |
Name = The Story
Type = Album
Artist = Brandi Carlile


Released = April 3, 2007
Recorded =
Genre = Folk rock
Length = 52:52
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = T-Bone Burnett
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3cfuxqwrldde link]
*TMM rating-10|8 [http://www.themusicmagazine.co.uk/page.php?al=Brandi_Carlile_The_Story Link]
*JustPressPlay rating-10|8.8 [http://www.justpressplay.net/music-reviews/38-reviews/1157-brandi-carlile.html Link]
Last album = "Brandi Carlile"
(2005)
This album = "The Story"
(2007)
Next album =

"The Story" is the second album by folk rock singer Brandi Carlile, and was released on April 3, 2007. The album peaked at #58 in the Billboard 200 on May 5, 2007.cite web|title=Billboard.com - Discography - Brandi Carlile - The Story|publisher="Billboard"|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=599827&aid=829398|accessdate=2007-11-23] "The Story" was produced by T-Bone Burnett and recorded over eleven days on two-inch audio tape in The Warehouse Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia. The album also features the guitarists and songwriters Tim and Phil Hanseroth, drummer Matt Chamberlain, cellist Josh Neumann and backing vocals by the Indigo Girls on "Cannonball". [ [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-11-2007/0004504651&EDATE= Columbia Records Releasing New Brandi Carlile Album, 'The Story,' on Tuesday, April 3 ] ]

Television exposure

The song, "The Story," was used in an episode of "Grey's Anatomy". A video was created, first airing on the season 3 recap episode, "Every Moment Counts." The video helped boost sales and downloads of the album increased. [ [http://www.smh.com.au/news/gig-reviews/brandi-carlile/2008/03/27/1206207283777.html Brandi Carlile - Gig Reviews - Music - Entertainment - smh.com.au ] ] "The Story" was also used in ads promoting the Australian drama series, McLeod's Daughters.On 25 April 2008 Carlile performed 'The Story' and 'Turpentine' on the UK TV BBC2 show 'Later...with Jools Holland'. [ [http://www.sonybmgmusic.co.uk/news/8924/ Sony BMG Music UK | Artist News | Brandi Carlile - Brandi on Later with Jools Holland ] ] The song "The Story" was also used in the 2008 Super Bock commercial, the most popular beer in Portugal, which has made the song rocket to the #1 spot in the Portuguese iTunes chart, and the just released album "The Story" straight up to #4 Portuguese Album top. The song is currently used in a General Motors television commercial aired on American and Canadian television showcasing their new line-up of more fuel efficient cars. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoLtODutYNQ] Due to the ad airing heavily during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, [http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/heard/289/let-the-games-begin-olympic-ads-go-for-the-gold] the song increased in downloads, and peaked at #33These are peaks that were reached on August 18, 2008.] on the top 100 most downloaded songs, and #3 on the most download rocks songs on iTunes. "The Story" album peaked at #7 on the top 100 most downloaded albums, and #1 on the top 100 downloaded rock albums on iTunes.

Track listing

# "Late Morning Lullaby" - 3:27
# "The Story" - 3:58
# "Turpentine" - 2:58
# "My Song" - 4:28
# "Wasted" - 3:47
# "Have You Ever" - 2:32
# "Josephine" - 3:02
# "Losing Heart" - 3:35
# "Cannonball" - 3:52
# "Until I Die" - 4:06
# "Downpour" - 3:14
# "Shadow on the Wall" - 3:15
# "Again Today" - 10:38
#* Contains a hidden track, "Hiding My Heart".

Chart performance

In response to the increase in album downloads caused by the adverts in the U.S. (mentioned above), the album saw a 368% increase in sales from 1,323 to 6,198, causing it to return to the Billboard 200 at #88. [http://pulsemusic.proboards48.com/index.cgi?board=gmn&action=display&thread=63151&page=1#1728019 Pulse Music Board - Billboard Hot 100 - 8/30/08] To date the album has currently sold 257,776 copies in the United States. [http://pulsemusic.proboards48.com/index.cgi?board=gmn&action=display&thread=63151&page=1#1728162 Pulse Music Board - Billboard 200: 8/30/08: Jonas Brothers 525K] The lead single, The Story saw an increase in downloads of 28,091 digital copies, causing it to the chart at #48 on the Billboard Hot Digital songs chart. [http://pulsemusic.proboards48.com/index.cgi?board=gmn&action=display&thread=62988&page=2#1727385 Pulse Music Board - Billboard 200: 8/30/08: Jonas Brothers 525K]

References

External links

* [http://www.brandicarlile.com/ Brandi Carlile] - Official artist website from Columbia Records.