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Horizons is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Kris Allen. It was released on August 12, 2014, by Allen's independent label, DogBear Records. Allen also organized a Stageit show as a release party for the record where he performed the full album set and also a song called Unique. A portion of the proceeds from the album go to benefit Music Empowers Foundation.[1][2]

Background

Allen was dropped by RCA Records in 2012, after releasing two albums - Kris Allen (2009) and Thank You Camellia (2012) - through the label.[3] He released Horizons independently through his own label, DogBear Records.[4]

As a result of an accident which broke his wrist, Allen had to change his approach to music making for this album, in particular he began to use a finger-picking style of guitar playing. According to Allen, "it’s a different way to play and some of those songs were written when my hand was in a cast so all I had was my fingers. I think it made me a bit more melodic than just strumming a bunch of chords."[4] He sought out the producer Charlie Peacock to produce his album. Peacock introduced Allen to a number of people, including Lenachka with whom he recorded "Prove It to You".[5] "Prove It to You" was released as the lead single from the album on July 7, 2014.[6]

Commercial performance

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 80 with 4,000 copies sold for the week in the US.[7]

Track listing

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Charts

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Chart (2014) Peak
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Personnel

  • Kris Allen – vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, beat boxing
  • Charlie Peacock – keyboards, acoustic piano, programming, percussion
  • K.S. Rhoads – acoustic piano
  • Andrew St. Marie – acoustic piano
  • Cody Fry – programming, backing vocals
  • James Sweeting – programming, handclaps
  • Jerry McPherson – electric guitars
  • Andy Leftwichmandolin, fiddle
  • Mark Hill – electric bass
  • Evan Hutchings – drums
  • Sam Ashworth – percussion, handclaps, sounds, backing vocals
  • Ken Lewis – percussion
  • Lenachka – vocals (2)

Production

  • Charlie Peacock – producer, additional engineer
  • Richie Biggs – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Sam Ashworth – additional engineer
  • James Sweeting – additional engineer, production coordinator
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • Brenton Little – design, photography
  • Lindsay McCall – management
  • Stirling McIIwaine – management

Release dates

Country Date Label Formats
United States[10] Шаблон:Start date DogBear Records Шаблон:Hlist
Germany[11]

References

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External links

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