City of Black & White
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| Studio album by Mat Kearney | ||||
| Released | May 19, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | Blackbird Studios Nashville, Tennessee |
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| Genre | Rock, Pop, Acoustic | |||
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50:02 63:45 (Bonus Track Version) |
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| Label | Aware / Columbia | |||
| Producer | Robert Marvin, Mat Kearney | |||
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| Singles from City of Black & White | ||||
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City of Black & White is the third studio album by Mat Kearney. Released on May 19, 2009, it follows his 2006 major-label debut Nothing Left to Lose. The first single "Closer to Love" was released on March 10, 2009 as a digital download. To promote the album, Kearney toured with Keane and The Helio Sequence. On the day of its release, the bonus track version peaked at #7 on the iTunes Top Albums, and the standard version peaked at #19. Kearney wrote the title track while traveling in Turkey. He explained that this song "was born on a ferry as I crossed the Bosphorus River, which splits Istanbul in two.". "Fire & Rain" was also released as a digital download to MySpace the week of the album release. Immediately after the album was released, "Lifeline" was used in commercial adverisment for season 3 of Lifetime Television's Army Wives. The commercial has been aired not only on Lifetime but ABC as well.
According to Soundscan, as of September 21, 2010, City of Black & White has sold 87,459 copies in the US.
All songs written by Mat Kearney unless stated otherwise.
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