Under your own sun

Under your own sun
The Great Divide studio album
Publication (s)	May 10, 2005
admission	2005
Label (s)	Cbuj Distribution Records / Time Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Red dirt , country rock
Title (number)	11
running time	36:20
occupation	Micah Aills : vocals, guitar JJ Lester : vocals, drums Kelley Green : vocals, bass Scotte Lester : vocals, guitar Reese Wynans : Hammond Organ Mike Johnson : lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar Luke Wooten : Backing vocals
production	Luke Wooten
Studio (s)	West Station, Nashville , Tennessee
chronology Remain (2002) Under your own sun -
Single releases 2005 Crazy in California 2006 The plan

Under Your Own Sun is the seventh studio album by the US country band The Great Divide .

Track list

1. Crazy in California - 3:04
2. You're Not the Only One - 3:18
3. The Plan - 3:39
4. Just Another Day - 3:43
5. Scared Of Heights - 3:47
6. Cheatin ' - 3:22
7. She's Leavin 'This Town - 3:06
8. Love and Gasoline - 3:01
9. Better Place - 4:25
10. Cowboy Song (Intro) - 1:00
11. Cowboy Song - 3:55

background

Under Your Own Sun is the follow-up album to Remain, which was released in 2002, and is also the first and only album by the band without their longtime frontman Mike McClure , who has been working on projects with his own band since 2004 . The still inexperienced Micah Aills was hired as the new singer. Luke Wooten became the new producer and the songs were written by various songwriters. Micah Aills wrote a total of two of the eleven titles. The CD, like its predecessor, was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, although the band was originally from Oklahoma . Scotte Lester also returned as a singer with this album, having previously only appeared as a guitarist twice.

Crazy in California was released as the first single and received a music video that was shot in Stillwater . The follow-up single was The Plan .

After the album, there was no further studio collaboration between the band, which finally split two years later. A joint concert followed four years later, but without Micah Aills, who only worked on two albums by other bands (including the Red Dirt group No Justice ).

reception

About.com's Matt Bjorke praised the album and emphasized how well the band had managed to change front man. Furthermore, the single Crazy was mentioned in California . Four stars out of a possible five were awarded. There was also positive feedback from music critic Andrew West Griffin, who also awarded four out of five stars.

However, the band missed the genre charts with the album.

Web links

• Album information ( memento from November 20, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) on thegreatdivide.com (English)
• Under Your Own Sun at Allmusic (English)
• Under Your Own Sun at CD-Universe (English)
• Under Your Own Sun at Countrymusic.About.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Micah Aills at Allmusic (English)