''Anchor'' is the second studio album by Canadian

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duo

Autumn Hill Autumn Hill was a Canadian country music duo composed of Mike Robins (from Toronto, Ontario) and Tareya Green (from Calgary, Alberta). History Green studied multi-media at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary, Alberta and was dev ...

, released on June 16, 2015 via Wax Records and distributed by Universal Music Canada. Its lead single, "

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", became their first song to reach the top five on the ''Billboard''

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chart.

Background

Their debut studio album, '' Favourite Mistake'', was released in 2013 and produced four country airplay hits. With " Anything at All" charting at both the

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and country formats, the duo earned the distinction of being the first Canadian

act to

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to pop radio since

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. Produced by Dave Thomson, ''Anchor'' was co-written by Autumn Hill and songwriters from

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. After touring with

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in late 2014, the duo sought to move away from the ballad-heavy approach of their previous record and "focus on songs that would translate to our live shows," according to member Mike Robins.

Promotion

" was released on March 3, 2015 as the album's

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. The music video premiered the same date. It failed to enter the ''Billboard''

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, but reached a peak position of 4 on the

airplay chart, marking the duo's first top five hit. " Return Policy" was released to Canadian country radio on August 31, 2015 as the second official single. The album's third single, "

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", was serviced to radio on January 27, 2016. The album's fourth single, "Good Night for Going Nowhere" released to Canadian country radio on May 18, 2016.

Other songs

During the lead-up to the album's release, three tracks were released to

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s supporting pre-orders: "It Don't Get Better Than This" premiered June 3, 2015; "Summertime Free" premiered June 5, 2015; and "Return Policy" premiered June 8, 2015.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. ;Recorded and engineered at * Buffalo, New York * Nashville, Tennessee * Toronto, Ontario ;Performance credits * All vocals – Autumn Hill (Tareya Green, Mike Robins) **

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– Doug DeLuca, Nathan Meckel, Lindsay Rimes, Ethan Roberts, David Thomson ;Instruments *

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– Lindsay Rimes, Derek Wells * Bass – Luis Espaillat, Mike Rinney, David Thomson, Nolan Verner *

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– David Thomson * Cello – David Thomson * Drums – Matt King *

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– Zach Renquist * Guitars – Tim Galloway, Rob McNelley, Blue Miller, Justin Ostrander, Lindsay Rimes, Mike Robins, David Thomson, Derek Wells * Keyboards and piano – Jamie Appleby, Nathan Meckel, David Thomson, Chris Tuttle *

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and

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s – David Thomson, Derek Wells *

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– Tim Galloway, Lindsay Rimes * Percussion – Matt King ;Production *

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– Tareya Green *

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– Brad Hill, Brad Lauchert, Nathan Meckel, Mark Niemiec Lindsay Rimes, David Thomson ** Assistant engineers – Tom Freitag *

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– Alex Seif Union Entertainment Group * Mastering – Phil Demetro * Mixers – Jeff Dalziel, Billy Decker, David Thomson, Miles Walker ** Assistant mixer – Ryan Jumper * Packaging designer – Tareya Green * Photographer – Matt Barnes * Record producer – Tareya Green, Nathan Meckel, Lindsay Rimes, David Thomson * Programming – Nathan Meckel, Lindsay Rimes, David Thomson * Songwriters – Phil Barton, Kris Bergsnes, Stephanie Chapman, Todd Clark, Tareya Green, John King, Jason Massey, Nathan Meckel, Blue Miller, Christian Rada, Lindsay Rimes, Mike Robins, Matt Rogers, Gavin Slate, David Thomson

Chart performance

Singles

References

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