''Grace Potter and the Nocturnals'' is the third studio album by

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band

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are an American rock band from Vermont, formed in 2002 in Waitsfield by drummer Matt Burr, guitarist Scott Tournet, and singer Grace Potter. They began their career as an indie band, self-producing their albums an ...

, released on June 8, 2010. The album is the band's first release since the inclusion of two new members, rhythm guitarist Benny Yurco and bassist

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. The album was originally titled "

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" after the third track on the album, and was promoted as such in numerous interviews and early reviews, but was changed shortly after the replacement of producer

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in favor of

Mark Batson Mark Batson is an American producer, musician and songwriter. He has worked on albums by artists including Alicia Keys, Dave Matthews Band, LeAnn Rimes, Anthony Hamilton, Eminem, India Arie, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Maroon 5, Skylar Grey, Grace Pott ...

. The album debuted at #19 on the ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums for the week ending June 13, 2010.

Critical reception

The album was released to generally favorable reviews, scoring a 63 on

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'' magazine gave the album a positive review, stating that "Grace Potter & the Nocturnals' new self-titled release finds frontwoman Potter and her band in full bloom, hammering out hook-heavy rock tracks with a confident, natural sound." Giving the album three out of five stars, ''

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'' magazine comments, "Potter's youthfulness can make for flower-soup lyrics but backlit by a no-nonsense band that massages Memphis grooves, light rock and pinot-noir reggae, it all bursts with promise." ''

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'' enjoyed the band's harder rocking songs while criticizing some of the slower ones. ''The Guardian'' remarks that " nerally, the bluesy, Southernised rockers (Medicine, Only Love) make more of an impression than the power balladry (Colors), while an anomalous wallow in country-rock sentimentality (Things I Never Needed) feels like it was tacked on because they realised they needed a slow one."

Track listing

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'' commercial.

Personnel

Adapted credits from the booklet. ;The Nocturnals *

Grace Potter Grace Evelyn Potter (born June 20, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who formed Grace Potter and the Nocturnals in 2002. Potter released her debut solo record ''Original Soul'' on 2004 via Grace Potter Music. Potter and her b ...

– lead vocals, electric guitar (track 1), acoustic guitar (track 9), piano (tracks 6, 8 and 13),

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(tracks 2–12) *Scott Tournet – lead guitar (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 10–12), backwards guitar (track 5),

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(tracks 4, 8-9 and 13), loops (track 3), harmonica (track 4), vocals (track 3) *Benny Yurco – rhythm guitar *

– bass guitar *Matt Burr – drums, percussion (track 3) ;Additional musicians *

– piano (tracks 5 and 11), drum machine (track 8),

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(track 12), string arrangement (track 6) *Janna Jacoby – violin (track 6) *Kathleen Robertson – violin (track 6) *Thomas Tally – viola (track 6) *Peggy Baldwin – cello (track 6) ;Production *Aaron Fessel – engineer, mixing (tracks 2 and 7) *Brian Warwick – assistant engineer *Bobby Campbell – assistant mixer *Michael Parnin –

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engineer *

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– mixing *

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– mastering ;Artwork *GraphicTherapy – art direction and design *

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– photography

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2010 albums Grace Potter and the Nocturnals albums Hollywood Records albums Albums produced by Mark Batson Albums recorded at Westlake Recording Studios