City and Colour, acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Dallas Green, recently releases his very special live album, Guide Me Back Home. The album is the first official release on Still Records, the new label Green recently launched as an imprint of Dine Alone Records. The 3xLP vinyl set, housed in a triple gatefold jacket is available in 4 colour variants: standard black edition, limited Orange exclusive to retail outlets, a black-inside-yellow exclusive to Dine Alone Records Store (limited to 100 units) and a Bone and Orange Swirl, exclusive as a pre-order in the City and Colour webstore (limited to 1800 units) which is has already sold-out.
Guide Me Back Home is a beautifully recorded and meticulously curated 21-song album, produced by long-time friend Karl Bareham. The album was recorded during 2017’s sold-out “An Evening with City and Colour – Solo” Canadian tour where Green performed serene, stripped-down iterations of songs spanning his award-winning catalogue in an intimate theatre environment. The tour covered 25 cities from coast-to-coast. $1 from the sale of each Guide Me Back Home album worldwide will be donated to MusiCounts. The special 3xLP vinyl set features the photography of Vanessa Heins and a handwritten note from Dallas about this special tour.
Of the album, Green says, “It’s more than just a live record to me. It is my love letter to Canada.”
In 2016, as the support cycle for 2015’s #1 album If I Should Go Before You was winding down, a mentally and physically exhausted Green was watching the “madness” surrounding the U.S. presidential election unfold from his home in Nashville. That’s when the highways of his homeland started calling out to him. “I felt like I needed to go see more of the country I’m from – to explore it more deeply and play for people who’ve travelled to see me over the years a little closer to where they might be from, and maybe find some new people that might be willing to listen, too.”
City and Colour is undeniably one of the biggest groundswell stories to emerge from Canada. Over the course of five studio albums, Green has compiled a canon ripe with songs born of adoration and devotion amassing a legion of fans worldwide and garnering him 3 JUNOs, including two SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR awards, plus 3 Double Platinum, 1 Platinum, and 1 Gold certification at home in Canada. Alongside these accomplishments, Green has been awarded four Platinum-certified studio albums as a member of Alexisonfire. City and Colour’s last studio album If I Should Go Before You debuted at #1, his third consecutive chart-topper in Canada. The LP also made serious waves internationally debuting at #16 on the U.S. Billboard 200 Chart and #5 in Australia where Green’s LP Little Hell was certified GOLD. In 2014, Green collaborated with international superstar Alecia Moore (aka P!nk) on a new project titled You+Me. The duo’s acclaimed Platinum-certified first record, rose ave., debuted at #4 on the U.S. Top 200 Chart, #1 in Canada, #2 in Australia culminating in memorable performances on The Ellen Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live. In addition to widespread commercial success, If I Should Go Before You received critical acclaim from notable international media.
City and Colour has performed to sold-out crowds across the U.S. and has headlined arena tours across Canada, including a sold-out concert at the Air Canada Centre (now Scotiabank Arena) followed by 2 back to back sold-out shows at Molson Canadian Amphitheatre (now Budweiser Stage) in Toronto.
Wow, they’re really maximising the quality of the groovy medium (vinyl)! 21 songs divided by 3 records = 7, divided by 2 sides = 3.5 songs per side, so: 3 or 4. They’re fairly long tunes, but still, it seems to me they’ve generously stretched them out in the vinyl. Fat, hifi grooves.
And good morning!
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‘Morning, garf’! We are expecting a bit more rain turning into perhaps 3, perhaps more inches of snow by tomorrow. I’ve got that Richard Reed Parry thing* tonight at St Albans Church, it’s an early one; I expect it may be real purty out, with snow falling and everything.
*Quiet River
we’ve had rain on and off most of the day here
Hello!!
That sounds lovely Benoit. I met a man from Ottawa at the Smugglers show. Cool barber to the stars kind of guy whose name I forget. He was talking about how he skates to work and baffles Americans when he tells them that. haha
I am in show week for the play and am not sure about time to do a review post of the show, but I will if I get a chance. To sum it all up, I had a great time!
Hello Everybody,
I guess I’m still celebrating thanksgiving, I just started your playlist DarBar.
Enjoy your day.
Enjoy Scott!
Happy Thanksgiving. 😀
I have a few 2LP albums. CDs hold more tracks on them than you can fit on vinyl sometimes so you get 3 sides and a blank. I have a 3LP of Radiohead’s OK Computer that was just released on blue vinyl recently. I don’t think I have any others right now.
City and Colour is lovely and all, but I don’t think I need a 3LP of it.
Hi kids, late to the party after 11 hours sleep and then catching up on the days stuff.
I was up late baking last night. Half way through the Christmas cookie production. The weekend involved finishing up the gift shopping with my kid. I was so done after just a few hours of retail. It was pretty mellow out there but it still did me in. NAP!
I did not go to Carmanah and Hey Ocean last Friday. I had a quite evening crafting with a friend. I got a message yesterday to let me know that there were only 20 tickets left for the Matthew Good solo show in February ….
I have no current LP’s.
I have a good if incomplete record player waiting for repairs/parts then the fun will begin:)