Wide Awake
Studio album by
Parachute
ReleasedMarch 11, 2016 (2016-03-11)
GenrePop rock
Length47:20
LabelVanguard Records
ProducerJohn Fields
Parachute chronology
Overnight
(2013)		 Wide Awake
(2016)		 Parachute
(2019)
Singles from Wide Awake
  1. "Without You"
    Released: January 15th, 2016
  2. "What Side of Love"
    Released: February 12th, 2016
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Alternative Addiction[1]
AllMusic[2]
Melodic[3]

Wide Awake is Parachute’s 4th full-length studio album, released on March 11th, 2016 by Vanguard Records. It contains 12 tracks, all except one produced by John Fields. The band had collaborated with Fields previously on their first two albums, Losing Sleep (2009) and The Way It Was (2011). On the day of its release, Wide Awake charted #1 for U.S. Pop Albums on iTunes.[4] The album debuted at No. 48 on the Billboard 200[5] and at No. 9 on Billboard's Digital Albums chart.[6]

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 48[7]
U.S. Digital Albums 9[8]

Singles

On May 12, 2015, a little less than a year before the album’s release, the band released a song from the record, “Crave,” produced by Matt Rad. The first official single, titled “Without You,” was released exclusively on Billboard's website on January 14, 2016.[9] It was then released to iTunes and Spotify the following day, January 15, 2016. The track currently has over 3 million plays on Spotify.[10] The album's second single, titled “What Side of Love,” was first released on Yahoo's website on February 11, 2016,[11] and was then released to iTunes and other platforms the following day. An acoustic version of “What Side of Love” has since also been released on Spotify, YouTube, iTunes, and Apple music.

Music videos

The official lyric video for “Without You” was released on June 21, 2016, to YouTube and Vevo. The video features hundreds of Parachute fans, each holding up a different word or phrase from the song along to the music, and currently has over 150,000 views. There has yet to be an official music video for "What Side of Love."

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Without You"Will Anderson3:48
2."What Side of Love"Anderson, James Flannigan, Sean Douglas3:46
3."Jennie"Anderson4:31
4."Everything"Anderson, Dave Barnes4:00
5."Lonely With Me"Anderson, Nathan Chapman3:39
6."Love Me Anyway"Anderson3:24
7."New Orleans"Anderson4:06
8."When You Move"Anderson, Courtney Kampa4:01
9."Getaway"Anderson4:46
10."Crave"Anderson, Gabe Dixon, Jamie Hartman2:45
11."What Breaks My Heart"Anderson4:33
12."Waking Up"Anderson4:09

Personnel

  • John Fields - guitar, bass, keyboards, programming
  • Will Anderson - lead vocals, guitar, piano, bass
  • Johnny Stubblefield - vocals, drums, percussion
  • Kit French - vocals, saxophone, keyboards, harmonica
  • Ken Chastain - percussion, programming on "Getaway," "Lonely With Me," "What Side of Love," and "Without You"
  • Stephen Lu - violin, viola, cello and string arrangements on "Everything" and "What Breaks My Heart"
  • Katelyn Tarver - background vocals on "When You Move"
  • Angela Fisher, Keith Allen, Jason Morales and Bridgette Bryant - background vocals on "Without You," "Lonely With Me," "What Side of Love," and "New Orleans"
  • Michael Reaves - additional production on "Love Me Anyway" and "What Side of Love"
  • Jay Barclay - electric guitar on "Love Me Anyway"
  • Ilya Toshinskiy - acoustic guitar on "When You Move"
  • Ben Burget - trumpet on "Without You" and "Lonely With Me"
  • Matt Rad - keyboards, percussion, background vocals on "Crave"
  • Curt Schneider - bass on "Crave"
  • Ruth Cunningham - background vocals on "Crave"
  • Sean Douglas, Steve Greenberg, and Jimmy Coup - additional production on "What Side of Love"

References

  1. ↑ "Album Review of Wide Awake". Alternative Addiction.
  2. ↑ "AllMusic Review by Timothy Monger". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ "Review: Parachute - Wide Awake". Melodic Net.
  4. ↑ "Parachute's 'Wide Awake' is #1 iTunes Pop Album Lead by Jamie Hartman Penned Single". Reservoir Media.
  5. ↑ "Billboard 200". billboard.com.
  6. ↑ "Digital Albums Chart". billboard.com.
  7. ↑ "Billboard 200". billboard.com.
  8. ↑ "Digital Albums Chart". billboard.com.
  9. ↑ "Hear Pop-Rockers Parachute's Gospel-Infused New Song 'Without You': Exclusive Premiere". billboard.com. Billboard.
  10. ↑ "Parachute". Spotify.
  11. ↑ "Song Premiere: Parachute Debuts 'What Side of Love'". Yahoo.
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