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City of Black & White

City of Black & White
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Studio album by Mat Kearney
Released May 19, 2009
Recorded Blackbird Studios
Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Rock, Pop, Acoustic
Length 50:02
63:45 (Bonus Track Version)
Label Aware / Columbia
Producer Robert Marvin, Mat Kearney
Mat Kearney chronology
Nothing Left to Lose
(2006)
City of Black & White
(2009)
Young Love
(2011)
Singles from City of Black & White
  1. "Closer to Love"
    Released: March 10, 2009
  2. "All I Have"
    Released: 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars
The Album Project 4/5 stars
Jesus Freak Hideout 4/5 stars

City of Black & White is the third studio album by Mat Kearney. Released on May 19, 2009, it follows his 2006 major-label debut Nothing Left to Lose. The first single "Closer to Love" was released on March 10, 2009 as a digital download. To promote the album, Kearney toured with Keane and The Helio Sequence. On the day of its release, the bonus track version peaked at #7 on the iTunes Top Albums, and the standard version peaked at #19. Kearney wrote the title track while traveling in Turkey. He explained that this song "was born on a ferry as I crossed the Bosphorus River, which splits Istanbul in two.". "Fire & Rain" was also released as a digital download to MySpace the week of the album release. Immediately after the album was released, "Lifeline" was used in commercial adverisment for season 3 of Lifetime Television's Army Wives. The commercial has been aired not only on Lifetime but ABC as well.

According to Soundscan, as of September 21, 2010, City of Black & White has sold 87,459 copies in the US.

All songs written by Mat Kearney unless stated otherwise.


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