Jump to content

Greetings from California

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Greetings from California
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2014
Genre
Length51:05
LabelCapitol
Producer
The Madden Brothers chronology
Before – Volume One
(2011)
Greetings from California
(2014)
Singles from Greetings from California
  1. "We Are Done"
    Released: May 30, 2014
  2. "Dear Jane"
    Released: September 2, 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic63/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

Greetings from California is the debut studio album by The Madden Brothers, whose members consist of Joel and Benji Madden from pop punk band Good Charlotte, which was released on September 16, 2014, in the United States. The album's first single, "We Are Done", premiered on May 30, 2014, on 102.7 KIIS FM. The music video for the single premiered on June 30, 2014.[1] The album was made available for pre-ordering on the iTunes Store on July 4, 2014, with "California Rain" made available for immediate download.

The album is split into two "sides". The first filled with upbeat, sunny pop rock produced by their long-time collaborator Eric Valentine, who also produced Good Charlotte's The Young and the Hopeless and The Chronicles of Life and Death. Side two is produced by Joe Chiccarelli, is inspired by "70s-era FM pop".[2]

Track listing

[edit]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Dear Jane (Intro)"  0:21
2."Dear Jane"
  • Valentine
3:37
3."Brixton"
  • Valentine
  • B. Madden
  • J. Madden
  • Valentine
4:08
4."Out of My Mind"
  • Valentine
  • B. Madden
  • J. Madden
  • Valentine
3:13
5."We Are Done"
  • Valentine
  • B. Madden
  • J. Madden
  • Valentine
3:36
6."U R"
  • Valentine
3:56
7."Jealousy (All Your Friends in Silverlake)"
  • Valentine
  • B. Madden
  • J. Madden
  • Jared Poythress
  • Valentine
3:33
8."Love Pretenders"
  • Valentine
3:09
9."California Rain (Intro)"  0:11
10."California Rain"
4:40
11."Brother"
  • B. Madden
  • J. Madden
  • Chiccarelli
  • The Madden Brothers
5:00
12."Bad"
  • B. Madden
  • J. Madden
  • Chiccarelli
  • The Madden Brothers
3:40
13."Good Gracious Abbey"
  • Williams
  • B. Madden
  • J. Madden
  • Chiccarelli
  • The Madden Brothers
4:02
14."Suddenly"
  • B. Madden
  • J. Madden
  • Dan Keyes
  • Chiccarelli
  • The Madden Brothers
3:28
15."Empty Spirits"
  • B. Madden
  • J. Madden
  • Golan
  • Wes Lang
  • Chiccarelli
  • The Madden Brothers
4:22
Total length:51:05

Charts

[edit]

Weekly charts

[edit]
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[4] 2

Year-end charts

[edit]
Chart (2014) Position
Australian Albums Chart[5] 65

Release history

[edit]
Region Date Format(s) Label
Australia[6][7] September 12, 2014 CD, LP, digital download Capitol
New Zealand[8]
United States[9] September 16, 2014

References

[edit]
  1. ^ The Madden Brothers - We Are Done (Official). YouTube. June 30, 2014.
  2. ^ "The Madden Brothers". Archived from the original on 2014-07-10. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  3. ^ "Australiancharts.com – The Madden Brothers – Greetings from California". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "Charts.nz – The Madden Brothers – Greetings from California". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  5. ^ "End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2014". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  6. ^ "Greetings From California by The Madden Brothers". iTunes Store. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  7. ^ "Greetings From California (ONLINE COMP)". Sanity. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  8. ^ "Greetings From California by The Madden Brothers". iTunes Store. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  9. ^ "Greetings From California by The Madden Brothers". iTunes Store. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
[edit]