''Horizons'' is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter

Kris Allen Kristopher Neil Allen (born June 21, 1985) is an American singer and songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, and the winner of the eighth season of ''American Idol''. Prior to ''Idol'', he self-released a 2007 album, ''Brand New Shoes''. Allen's ' ...

. It was released on August 12, 2014, by Allen's independent label, DogBear Records. Allen also organized a Stageit show as a release party for the record where he performed the full album set and also a song called Unique. A portion of the proceeds from the album go to benefit Music Empowers Foundation.

Background

Allen was dropped by

RCA Records RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also A ...

in 2012, after releasing two albums - ''

'' (2009) and '' Thank You Camellia'' (2012) - through the label. He released ''Horizons'' independently through his own label, DogBear Records. As a result of an accident which broke his wrist, Allen had to change his approach to music making for this album, in particular he began to use a finger-picking style of guitar playing. According to Allen, "it’s a different way to play and some of those songs were written when my hand was in a cast so all I had was my fingers. I think it made me a bit more melodic than just strumming a bunch of chords." He sought out the producer

Charlie Peacock Charles William Ashworth (born August 10, 1956), known professionally as Charlie Peacock, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, and author. His albums include ''Love Press Ex-Curio'', ''Arc of the Circle'' and ''No Man's L ...

to produce his album. Peacock introduced Allen to a number of people, including Lenachka with whom he recorded "Prove It to You". "Prove It to You" was released as the lead single from the album on July 7, 2014.

Commercial performance

The album debuted on the ''Billboard'' 200 at No. 80 with 4,000 copies sold for the week in the US.

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

*Kris Allen — Acoustic guitar, beat box, electric guitar, primary artist, vocals *Sam Ashworth — Clapping, engineer, percussion, stomping, vocals *Richie Biggs — Engineer, mastering, mixing *CP — Engineer *Richard Dodd — Mastering *Cody Fry — Programming, vocals *Mark Hill — Bass *Evan Hutchings — Drums *Andy Leftwich — Fiddle, mandolin *Ken Lewis — Percussion *Brenton Little — Design, Photography *Andrew St. Marie — Piano *Jerry McPherson — Electric guitar *Charlie Peacock — Keyboards, percussion, piano, producer, programming *K.S. Rhoads — Piano *James Sweeting — Clapping, engineer, production coordination, programming, stomping

Release dates

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 2014 albums Albums produced by Charlie Peacock Kris Allen albums