Custom Built (album)
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| Studio album by Bret Michaels | ||||
| Released | July 6, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Rock, country rock | |||
| Length | 42:45 | |||
| Label | Poor Boy Records | |||
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Custom Built is the fourth studio album by rock artist, Poison lead singer and reality television star Bret Michaels. It was released on July 6, 2010 and is Michaels' first studio album since 2005's Freedom of Sound. Announced on Michaels' Facebook, due to his recovery period, the album had been moved to July 6, 2010.
During the making of this album, Michaels was on the TV reality show Celebrity Apprentice 3 on NBC and was announced the winner on May 23, 2010.
The album is Michaels highest charting solo album to date peaking at #1 on both the Top Independent Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums chart and also charting at #4 on the Top Rock Albums and #14 on The Billboard 200.
The album features eight new tracks including four singles, The lead-off single from the album, "Nothing to Lose", features pop singer Miley Cyrus and was the most added song to radio the week of its release, topping both Bon Jovi and Nickelback. A second single, "Lie to Me", was issued in April 2010, followed by a third single in May, "Wasted Time". A cover of Sublime's single "What I Got" was eventually released as the fourth single of the album and features a music video which is a special tribute to his fans and was released on Thanksgiving.
The first track on the album, also a new song titled "Riding Against the Wind" is the theme song to the new Bret Michaels reality Docu-series Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It, the new series which is a follow up to the Rock of Love series will premiere in Fall 2010, following the album's release. Despite the song not being released as a single a music video was produced for "Riding Against the Wind" containing footage from Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It, which officially premieres on VH1 on Oct. 18, 2010. The music video was released on October 7, 2010 exclusively at Billboard's.
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