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Need You Now is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Plumb released on February 26, 2013. The album was preceded by the singles "Drifting", with Dan Haseltine of Jars of Clay making a guest appearance, and "Need You Now (How Many Times)". A deluxe edition of the album was released on September 16, 2014 with six additional tracks.

The album was originally titled Faster Than a Bullet. On December 20, 2012, she stated she was renaming her upcoming album to Need You Now in honor of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

"Drifting" was released as the lead single on August 30, 2011 and charted on five different minor charts. The song was co-written by Matt Bronleewe of Jars of Clay who also produced Plumb's debut, self-titled album. Dan Haseltine, also of Jars of Clay, was featured on the song. Plumb uploaded a lyric video to her YouTube channel the same day of the official release of the single.

"Need You Now (How Many Times)" was released on July 17, 2012 and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Christian Songs chart.

On February 5, 2013, the single "One Drop" was released on iTunes. Plumb also uploaded a music video she made in collaboration with Blood:Water Mission for the song.

The album was the No. 56 and No. 2 album on the Billboard 200 and the Christian Albums charts respectively, selling 10,000 copies for the week of March 16, 2013. The album has sold 69,000 copies in the US as of April 2015.

Plumb's Need You Now has only received positive reviews from the critics, and has achieved "universal acclaim" by the eleven reviews, so far. The album got one lone five-star pefect rating from Kevin Davis of New Release Tuesday. Davis wrote that "Plumb presents yet again another brilliant studio collection." Davis closed with "Need You Now has been one of my favorite albums to savor in many years, as the combination of Tiffany Arbuckle-Lee's incredible vocal range and her compelling and relevant lyrics have never been more perfectly combined than with this stellar and flawless masterpiece. Plumb’s longtime producer Matt Bronleewe perfectly describes her unique sound as 'raw, lyrically introspective vocals floating across an epic soundscape.' Every Plumb album is an immersion into her life. Each is unique, tied to the emotions and circumstances that inspired it, and yet each is timeless, identifiable as the outpouring of a singular artistic vision. Every song on this album is excellent, and Need You Now is the album of the year." In addition, the album got a perfect ten-star rating from Tony Cummings of Cross Rhythms, who praised her for being "one of the finest singer/songwriters in Christendom, possessing a beautiful soprano voice which is both wistfully poignant and passionately expressive. In recent years Plumb has been discovered by the EDM community and no doubt in the coming months there will be tracks from this stunning set remixed to feature in the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play charts. But above all it is Tiffany the lyricist who keeps the listener coming back to these honest and eloquent songs."

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