Set You Free (Gary Allan album)
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| Studio album by Gary Allan | ||||
| Released | January 22, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 46:13 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
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| Metacritic | (78/100) |
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Set You Free is the ninth studio album by American country rock artist Gary Allan. It was released on January 22, 2013 by MCA Nashville., and is Allan's inaugural No 1. album on the Billboard 200 chart, debuting at the top spot on February 9, 2013. It is also Allan's second No. 1 album on the Top Country Albums chart, following 2005's Tough All Over. The album produced three singles: "Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)", "Pieces", and "It Ain't the Whiskey".
Gary Allan talked to The Boot writer Vernell Hackett, and Allan commented on the time during making of this album was one of transition for his label. In addition, Allan noted how he worked with producers in a competitive effort to make this album better.
I recorded the album during the transition of label heads and no one realized what I was doing until I turned it in...When you have one producer, you sometimes allow a song to get in there as an album cut. But with different producers, each one is competing to have the best songs and hopefully songs that are good enough to be released as singles, so I think the overall album and the quality of songs were better because of it. I forced myself to stretch on this one, because I had time, and I think you need to do something new to keep reinventing yourself.
Gary Allan talked to The Boot writer Vernell Hackett, and Allan mentioned the title came from the lead single from the album because it is what the effort as a whole is all about.
That's like the flavor of every song on there...The whole album has hope and was timely for me, too. I've waited a long time to get back on the radio.
Gary Allan talked to The Boot writer Vernell Hackett, and Allan stated the album's songs are set to the arc of a relationship.
When I got the songs in the order I liked I realized what I had done was create a story line so that it played like a breakup...The first song is 'Tough Goodbye,' and then I went through all the emotions of a breakup, all way to the healing song, 'Good as New.' So the album covers the gamut of a breakup and the first stages of healing.
On February 9, 2013, Set You Free was the most sold album in the United States by the Billboard 200 chart, as well as, the most sold Country Album the same week on the charts. In addition, the album was the second most sold Digital Album, which it was the No. 13 most sold album in Canada, and this was all for this same week on the charts. As of March 6, 2013, the album has sold 219,000 copies.
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