Save Me, San Francisco
| Save Me, San Francisco | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Studio album by Train | ||||
| Released | October 27, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 43:23 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Martin Terefe, Gregg Wattenberg, S*A*M and Sluggo, Espionage | |||
| Train chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Singles from Save Me, San Francisco | ||||
|
||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| The Hollywood Reporter | (positive) |
| PopMatters | (6/10) |
Save Me, San Francisco is the title of California rock band Train's fifth studio album and the first of two albums recorded as a three-piece. It was released on October 27, 2009, through Columbia Records. The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on September 9, 2010 and as of April 2012 has sold 954,000 copies in the US.
The album's first single, "Hey, Soul Sister", which marked a return to the group's folk-rock roots, was released to digital retailers on August 11, 2009. The single has since become Train's fourth career Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and second career top 10 hit, reaching number three 26 weeks after it was released. It is also the band's highest-peaking single to date in their native United States, as well as Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and New Zealand.
The follow-up single, "If It's Love", became Train's fourth-career chart-topping single on the Adult Top 40 and peaking at #34 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Marry Me" was released on October 25 as the third single from the record — it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #95 and has reached #34. "Save Me, San Francisco" was released on April 25, 2011 as the fifth single from the record, and peaked at #75 on the Hot 100.
"I don't think we knew what we were going to do. I don't think we knew if we were even going to come back at all. It was really kind of an unhealthy family at the time. We had to step back from it to realize what we really had there."
Despite debuting in the Top Ten of the Billboard 200 and garnering numerous positive reviews, the band's previous album, For Me, It's You, was a commercial failure, lacking longevity on the aforementioned chart and being the first Train album to fail to garner an RIAA certification or spawn a Billboard Hot 100-charting single.
The band has since attributed the album's failure to resonate to listeners to their own internal struggles at the time. After considering breaking up altogether at one point, the band finally decided to take a hiatus and pursue solo projects. Lead singer and lyricist Pat Monahan recorded his debut solo record, Last of Seven, which was released in September 2007, shortly after the band went on hiatus. Despite garnering positive reviews, the album was a commercial failure, debuting and peaking at a disappointing #82 on the Billboard 200 composite chart.
...
Wikipedia