Daughtry (album)

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Daughtry is the debut studio album by American rock band Daughtry, released by RCA Records on November 21, 2006. The band is fronted by American Idol fifth season-finalist Chris Daughtry.Template:Efn The release is the fastest-selling debut rock album in Soundscan history, the best-selling album of 2007, according to Billboard,[1] and the band's highest-selling record.[2]

Background and production

"Breakdown", as it appears on Daughtry, is actually a rewrite and combination of two songs previously recorded by Chris Daughtry's former alternative metal/hard rock band, Absent Element. The songs "Conviction" and "Break Down" appeared on the EP Uprooted, the only release by Absent Element, released on October 20, 2005.[3]

Promotion and release

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The first single released from the album is "It's Not Over", and fellow Idol contestant Ace Young, producer Gregg Wattenberg, and Course of Nature frontman Mark Wilkerson are credited as co-writers. On December 25, 2008, the song was nominated for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. In 2007, WWE used "There and Back Again" as the theme song for their April pay-per-view Backlash event. The same year, the song "Feels Like Tonight" was used for their annual Tribute to the Troops special.

Singles

"It's Not Over" led the album release and proved to be a success, reaching the top five on multiple charts, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number four.[4]

The next single, "Home", joined "It's Not Over" on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number five and making Daughtry the first debut album by an Idol contestant to contain two top-five Hot 100 singles. Meanwhile, "What I Want" was released as the second single (the third overall) instead of "Home", and reached the top ten on Mainstream Rock, peaking at number six.

The band's fourth single, "Over You", was released to Top 40 and Hot AC radio on July 24, 2007, peaking in the top twenty of the Hot 100. "Crashed" (the fifth overall single), was released in place of "Over You" on rock stations on September 10, 2007.

The sixth single from the album, "Feels Like Tonight", was released on January 8, 2008. The song became a top forty Hot 100 hit for the band, peaking at number 24. The seventh and final single, "What About Now", was released on July 1, 2008. However, the song reached the top twenty of the Hot 100 over two months before its release, making it the band's fourth top twenty hit off the album on the chart.

Critical reception

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Daughtry received mixed reviews from critics. While many reviewers felt that the album was generally pleasing and the first real "rock" album from American Idol alumni, others said it was unoriginal and too commercial. While Ken Barnes of USA Today conceded that Chris Daughtry has "strong pipes and palpable angst", overall he found the band "generic", calling them "FuelNickelStaindback".Template:Efn[5] People magazine found the album "a solid if not spectacular effort that at the very least proves that Chris Daughtry is not just another Idol also-ran."[6] Christian Hoard with Rolling Stone said that "[Chris] Daughtry gets points for not courting soccer moms, but just because he can howl like a motherfucker doesn't mean he's not a cheeseball".[7][8] In a mixed review, Billboard said the album "is music tailor-made for ill-conceived radio formatting, music for consumers whose taste has already been well-established if not preprogrammed", then added, "But [Chris] Daughtry sure does sing his butt off".[9] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic awarded the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "a debut that's not only a lot more credible than any American Idol-affiliated rock album should be, but it's a lot easier to digest than most of its ilk".[10]

The record won an American Music Awards in 2007 for Favorite Pop-Rock Album. It was nominated for four 2008 Grammy Awards: Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song for "It's Not Over", Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "Home", and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "It's Not Over"; the album did not win any.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Commercial performance

Competing with a flurry of releases during its opening week (Jay-Z, The Beatles, Johnny Cash, and others), Daughtry proved to be commercially viable. The album debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200, behind Jay-Z's Kingdom Come. It sold approximately 304,000 copies in its first week.[11]

The album reached number one on the Billboard 200,[12] with 65,000 copies sold in its ninth week on the chart,[13] for the issue dated February 3, 2007, becoming the first album from an Idol alumnus to top the Billboard 200 since Ruben Studdard's Soulful in December 2003. The following week, the album fell to number three on the chart, but its sales increased to 80,000.[14] The record remained at number three and sold nearly 80,000 copies in each of the subsequent three weeks.[15][16] After this, sales increased to 102,000 copies, but the album dropped to number 9 on the Billboard 200;[17] in the following week, the album climbed to number 2 on the Billboard 200 and sold 84,000 copies.[18] In the next week, its fifteenth on the chart, it climbed back to the number-one spot. It was then certified Double Platinum on March 7, 2007.[19] The album was released in the UK on August 20 and debuted at number thirteen.

For the chart week of June 30, 2007, the album was certified 3× Platinum.[20] It stayed in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for 27 of the first 28 weeks of its release.

The deluxe edition of the album was released on the chart week of September 9, 2008, and brought a 95% leap to the previous week.[21]

Daughtry is the only debut album in the history of SoundScan to have stayed in the top 200 for 575 weeks.[22] The record had sold 5,040,000 units in the US as of December 2015[23] and was certified 6x platinum by the RIAA on September 17, 2019.[24] It spent a total of 148 weeks in the Top 40.[25]

Track listing

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    • Joshua Hartzler is not credited in liner notes but is registered under BMI for co-writing "What About Now".[26]

Personnel

Credits from album liner notes and AllMusic.[27]

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Session musicians

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  • Phil X – lead and rhythm guitars
  • Slash – lead guitar on "What I Want"
  • Brent Smith – guitar on "There and Back Again"
  • Paul Bushnell – bass
  • Chris Chaney – bass on "What About Now"
  • Josh Freese – drums
  • Howard Benson – keyboards
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards on "What About Now" and "Feels Like Tonight"
  • Samuel Formicola – viola
  • Grace Oh – viola
  • Dave Walther – viola
  • Endre Granat – violin
  • Victor Lawrence – violin
  • Songa Lee – violin
  • Cheryl Norman – violin
  • Alyssa Park – violin
  • Mike Robertson – violin
  • Josefina Vergara – violin
  • Jonathan Karoly – cello
  • Jason Lippman – cello

Production

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Images

  • Frank Hawkins – art direction
  • Frank W.3 Ockenfels – photography

Deluxe edition DVD

  • Doug Armstrong – director (live songs)
  • Rob Dipple – editor (interview)
  • Scott Fritz – audio mixing and recording (live songs)
  • Samantha Lecca – producer (interview)
  • Shauna O'Brien – producer (live songs)
  • Raj Ramnath – video editor (live songs)
  • Red Rocks Casino and Resort (Las Vegas, Nevada) – recording location (live songs; recorded August 23, 2007)

Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States November 21, 2006 Template:Hlist CD
Philippines January 12, 2007 RCA CD
Australia April 7, 2007 SBME CD
Sweden June 6, 2007 RCA CD
Brazil June 2007 BMI CD
United Kingdom August 20, 2007 BMG CD
United States Deluxe Edition September 9, 2008 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist

Notes

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References

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  15. ↑ Jonathan Cohen, "Better 'Late' Than Never: Jones Debuts At No. 1", Billboard.com, February 7, 2007.
  16. ↑ Katie Hasty, "Fall Out Boy Hits 'High' Note With No. 1 Debut", Billboard.com, February 14, 2007.
  17. ↑ "Norah Rebounds To No. 1 In Post-Grammy Week", Billboard.com, February 21, 2007.
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