The Awakening (Melissa Etheridge album)

The Awakening is the ninth album by rock singer Melissa Etheridge and her ninth studio album. It was released on September 25, 2007. The rock album conveys Etheridge's current autobiographical, religious and political perspectives. Etheridge made the album to convey parts of her story and journey along with her love for God. In the album's booklet, she included a letter to all who buy it starting with "Dear Friend".

The Awakening
Studio album by
Melissa Etheridge
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2007
GenreRock
Length59:17
LabelIsland
ProducerMelissa Etheridge, David N. Cole
Melissa Etheridge chronology
Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled
(2005)		 The Awakening
(2007)		 A New Thought For Christmas
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(66/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Boston Globe(positive)[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[4]
Los Angeles Times(mixed)[5]
Robert Christgau(choice cut)[6]
Rolling Stone[7]

The album debuted at number 13 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling nearly 48,000 copies in its first week.[8] As of 2010, the album has tallied 167,000 copies in the United States alone, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[9] This album was #20 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.[10]

Track listing

All songs written by Melissa Etheridge.

  1. "All There Is" – 1:03
  2. "California" – 3:47
  3. "An Unexpected Rain" – 6:56
  4. "Message to Myself" – 3:25
  5. "God Is in the People" – 1:58
  6. "Map of the Stars" – 5:31
  7. "Threesome" – 3:33
  8. "All We Can Really Do" – 1:18
  9. "I've Loved You Before" – 4:16
  10. "A Simple Love" – 1:17
  11. "Heroes and Friends" – 4:23
  12. "Kingdom of Heaven" – 4:11
  13. "Open Your Mind" – 5:13
  14. "The Awakening: The Universe Listened" – 3:09
  15. "The Awakening: Imagine That" – 3:00
  16. "The Awakening: What Happens Tomorrow" – 6:18

Production
  • Produced By Melissa Etheridge & David N. Cole
  • Engineers: Jorge Costa & Jared Kvitka

Personnel
  • Melissa Etheridge – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric rhythm guitar
  • Philip Sayce – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Mark Browne – bass guitar
  • Mauricio „Fritz“ Lewak – drums, percussion
  • Rami Jaffe – keyboards, backing vocals
  • David Cole – keyboards, percussion
  • Bernadette „Bernie“ Barlow – backing vocals
  • Lily Wilson – backing vocals

Charts
Chart (2007) Peak
positions
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11] 57
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 28
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 18
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 87
US Billboard 200[15] 13

References
  1. Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. AllMusic review
  3. The Boston Globe review
  4. Entertainment Weekly review
  5. Los Angeles Times review
  6. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  7. "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on January 17, 2008. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  8. Katie Hasty, "Rascal Flatts Races To No. 1 In Debut-Heavy Week", Billboard.com, October 3, 2007.
  9. "Billboard". 2010-04-03.
  10. ROBERT CHRISTGAU, DAVID FRICKE, CHRISTIAN HOARD, ROB SHEFFIELD (December 17, 2007). "The Top 50 Albums of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-20
  11. "Austriancharts.at – Melissa Etheridge – The Awakening" (in German). Hung Medien.
  12. "Dutchcharts.nl – Melissa Etheridge – The Awakening" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  13. "Offiziellecharts.de – Melissa Etheridge – The Awakening" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
  14. "Swisscharts.com – Melissa Etheridge – The Awakening". Hung Medien.
  15. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.



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