''Brand New'' is the sixth

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

Ben Rector Benjamin Evans Rector (born November 6, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has released seven studio albums, including '' Brand New'' (2015), which peaked at No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' ...

. It was released on August 28, 2015. It is the second album he has released under his own

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, Aptly Named Recordings. The first single "Brand New" which was produced by

Ed Cash Edmond Martin Cash (born August 6, 1971) is a producer, songwriter, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist. AllMusic/ref> He was named the "Producer of the Year" at the Gospel Music Awards for four consecutive years (2004–2007) and gains recogn ...

David Hodges David Hall Hodges (born December 5, 1978) is an American songwriter and record producer from Little Rock, Arkansas. He was a studio contributor to the rock band Evanescence from 2000–2002. He has since had success co-writing and co–produci ...

, debuted at number 94 on the

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and then peaked at number 9.

Track listing

Personnel

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s, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, classical guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards,

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, piano, programming, string arrangements, synthesizer bass, lead vocals, background vocals * Hank Bentley – electric guitar * Avery Bright – violin * Zach Casebolt – violin * Ed Cash – acoustic guitar, keyboards, programming, background vocals * Cason Cooley – keyboards, programming * Chad Copelin – bass guitar,

Hammond B-3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

, programming * Nathan Dugger – 12-string electric guitar, electric guitar * Cara Fox – cello * Cody Fry – string arrangements, conductor *

– bass guitar, programming * Jeremy Lutito – drums, programming * Melodie Morris – cello * Michael O'Gieblyn – violin * Matt Pierson – bass guitar * Kyle Pudenz – violin * Rose Rodgers –

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* Will Sayles – drums * Jacob Schrodt – drums *

Marc Scibilia Marc Scibilia is an American singer-songwriter born and raised in Buffalo, New York, currently based in East Nashville, Tennessee. His self-titled EP released in 2012 included the song "How Bad We Need Each Other" which was featured in the hit ...

– synthesizer bass * Ben Shive – keyboards, programming,

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, synthesizer bass * Matt Stanfield – keyboards, piano, programming * Aaron Sterling – drums, programming * Kevin Sweers – cello

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2015 albums Ben Rector albums Self-released albums Albums produced by Ed Cash Albums produced by Cason Cooley Albums produced by David Hodges