''Hedley'' is the debut studio album recorded by Canadian

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band Hedley, released in Canada on September 6, 2005, through

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. The album reached the top 3 on the

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and has been certified double platinum by

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. It garnered a nomination for Rock Album of the Year at the 2006 Juno Awards. Six tracks were released as

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: " On My Own", "Villain", "

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", "321", "

Gunnin' "Gunnin'" is the fifth single by Canadian pop punk band Hedley off their debut self-titled album. The song was also included on the American release version of '' Never Too Late''. The song was written by the members of the band and by Dave Ge ...

", and "Street Fight". The

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s for all of these songs, except "Villain" and "Street Fight", reached #1 on the

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countdown. Following Hedley signing a US record deal with

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in the summer of 2006, the album was released in the US on September 26, 2006. In Canada, a "Platinum edition" of the album was released on November 21, 2006, with four bonus tracks and the updated album cover. Seven of the songs are featured on the 2009 US version of their next album ''

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'', released under the title ''Never Too Late''.

Singles

" On My Own" is the first single released from the album on July 18, 2005. The music video premiered on

on August 2. The song peaked at number one on the

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and earned a nomination for "Best Rock Video" at the MuchMusic Video Awards in 2006. "Villain" was released on July 26, 2005 as the second single. The song peaked at number 18 on the

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chart. "

" was released on October 4, 2005 as the third single. The song peaked at number 11 on the

and won a

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in 2007 for "

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". "321" is the fourth single released on March 14, 2006. The song peaked at number 21 on the Canada CHR/Top 30. "

" was released on September 12, 2006 as the fifth single. The song won two MuchMusic Video Awards in 2007 for "Best Pop Video of the Year" and "Best Post-Production of the Year". "Street Fight" was released on December 2006 as the sixth and final single from the album.

Critical reception

Corey Apar of

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rated the album two stars out of five and described it as "competent though largely uninteresting." In particular, he criticized the lyrics and the lack of engagement ("Even the... standout tracks... aren't that memorable," writes Apar, "taking a couple spins to really grab listeners at all.") Starpulse gave the album one-and-a-half stars out of five. Despite the album receiving negative reviews, it was nominated at the 2006

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for "Rock Album of the Year". In 2007, it was nominated for "Album of the Year" at the

. The album went platinum in Canada in December 2005 selling over 100,000 units. In 2008, the album was certified 2× platinum.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits for ''Hedley'' adapted from

. ;Hedley *

Jacob Hoggard Jacob William Hoggard (born July 9, 1984) is a Canadian convicted sex offender and former singer-songwriter who was the lead singer for the pop-rock band Hedley. Before Hedley was formed, Hoggard competed on the second season of ''Canadian Ido ...

– lead vocals *

Dave Rosin Dave Cameron Rosin (born July 28, 1981) is a Canadian guitarist and singer. Rosin was the lead guitarist of the rock band Hedley. Career Dave Cameron Rosin was part of a band named ''Day Theory'' in 2003. Rosin, Tommy Mac and Chris Crippin were ...

– guitar, backing vocals * Tommy Mac – bass guitar, backing vocals *

Chris Crippin Chris Crippin (born August 4, 1974) is a Canadian musician. He is best known as the former drummer of the rock band Hedley. Crippin departed the band in 2017. Outside of Hedley, he was the drum technician on the 2000 album '' Drawing Black Lines ...

– drums, backing vocals ;Additional musicians *

Dave Genn David Robert Madison Genn is a Canadian musician, producer, and songwriter. He is a member of the rock group 54-40, and a former member of the Matthew Good Band. Early life Genn was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on 2 March 1969. He is the ...

– guitar * Brian Howes – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals * Ben Kaplan - guitar ;Production * Garnet Armstrong – art direction, design * Zach Blackstone – assistant * Mike Cashin – assistant * Paul Forgues – guitar engineer * Mike Fraser – mixing *

GGGarth Garth "GGGarth" Richardson is a Canadian record producer and music engineer. He is the son of music producer Jack Richardson (Alice Cooper, The Guess Who, Badfinger, Poco), a pioneer of the music recording industry in the 1960s and 1970s. Gart ...

– producer * Darren Gilmore – management * Brian Howes - producer * Ben Kaplan - digital editing, programming * Dean Maher - engineer *

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- mastering * Adam McGhie - assistant engineer * James Morin - assistant * Ivan Otis - photography * Shawn Penner - assistant * Misha Rajaratnam - digital editing * Randy Staub - mixing * Rob Stephanson - assistant engineer * Jim Vallance - composer

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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