Run wild. Live Free. Love Strong.

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Run wild. Live Free. Love Strong.
For King & Country studio album
Publication ; (s)	16th September 2014
Label (s)	Curb Records , Word Records
Format (s)	CD, download
Genre (s)	Alternative rock , Christian pop music , pop rock
Title (number)	14th
running time	55:24
production	For King & Country; Ben Glover; Matt Hales; Seth Mosley; Tedd T.;

Run wild. Live Free. Love Strong. is the second studio album by the American Christian alternative rock band For King & Country . It was released on September 16, 2014.

background

The album was produced by For King & Country themselves, as well as Ben Glover, Matt Hales, Seth Mosley and Tedd T. The lyrics cover topics such as love, suffering, doubt, and helplessness. The song Fix My Eyes was released as a single on May 5, 2014 .

Track list

Run Wild - 4:00
Prelude (Fix My Eyes) - 0:38
Fix My Eyes - 3:35
To the Dreamers - 3:34
Shoulders - 5:04
No Turning Back - 4:04
Without You - 4:52
Long Live - 3:52
Steady - 3:27
Already Home - 4:18
This Is Love - 4:22
Matter - 3:51
It's Not Over Yet - 3:58
O God Forgive Us - 5:49

reception

criticism

Run wild. Live Free. Love Strong. received mostly positive criticism. Allmusic's Steve Leggett gave the album three stars out of five. He described the album as "impressive alternative Christian rock," anthemic and spiritually personal. At CCM Magazine , the critic awarded four out of five stars, the band would have reached a "new level" with the album. Stephen Curry of Cross Rhythms gave the album the maximum score. According to him, the themes of the album are delivered with "overwhelming energy" and "catchy melodies". In conclusion, he described the work as a “masterful pop album”.

Awards

The album won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album . It also received a Dove Award in the Pop / Contemporary Album of the Year category .

Chart placements

album

Run wild. Live Free. Love Strong. entered the Billboard 200 at number 13 on October 4, 2014 . In total, the album stayed in the charts for 35 weeks. In the Top Christian Albums, the album entered number two on the same day. In these charts, the album was the eighth most successful album of the decade. With a chart stay of almost 300 weeks, it is one of the longest-placed albums of all.

Chart placements
Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
United States (Billboard)	13 (35 weeks)	35

Singles

The singles Fix My Eyes , Shoulders , It's Not Over Yet and Priceless were able to place in the top five of the Hot Christian Songs. The first two singles in the United States were each awarded a gold record. In 2017, a version of the song O God Forgive Us with rapper KB was placed in the Hot Christian Songs.

Awards for music sales

In the United States, Run became wild. Live Free. Love Strong. Awarded a gold record in 2017 .

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
All in all	1 × gold	500,000

Web links

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[1] Credits from Allmusic

[2] Album Review: for KING & COUNTRY - Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. , reel-gospel.com

[3] Fix My Eyes , genius.com

[4] Criticism at Allmusic

[5] Criticism at CCM Magazine

[6] Criticism at Cross Rhythms

[7] For King & Country , grammy.com

[8] Past Winners , doveawards.com

[9] Billboard 200, October 4, 2014

[10] Billboard Top Christian Albums, October 4, 2014

[11] Decade-End Charts: Top Christian Albums , Billboard

[12] Placement in the Top Christian Albums

[13] Chart placement in the United States

[14] Placements in the Hot Christian Songs

[15] Awards in the United States

[16] Distinction in the United States