''Long Player Late Bloomer'' is the 12th studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter

Ron Sexsmith Ronald Eldon Sexsmith (born January 8, 1964) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario. He was the songwriter of the year at the 2005 Juno Awards. He began releasing recordings of his own material in 1985 at age 21, and has ...

, released in 2011. On June 16, the album was named as a longlisted nominee (one of 40) for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize."2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced"
. aux.tv, June 16, 2011. On July 6, the album was named as a shortlisted (one of 10) nominee for the 2011 award. The album was subsequently nominated for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the 2012 Juno Awards."2012 Juno Award nominees"

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, February 7, 2011. The album is notable for being produced by heavy metal producer

Bob Rock Robert Jens Rock (born April 19, 1954) is a Canadian record producer, sound engineer and musician, best known for producing rock bands and music artists such as Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, The Tragically Hip, the Cult, 31 ...

, best known for his work with

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and

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. Sexsmith was followed by a camera crew for the recording of the album, which resulted in the film, '' Love Shines'' which documents Sexsmith's attempts to turn his niche following into mainstream success by recording the album with Rock. ''Long Player Late Bloomer'' spent a total of three weeks in the UK official album chart, peaking at no. 48

Track listing

All tracks written by Ron Sexsmith #"Get in Line" – 2:27 #"The Reason Why" – 3:14 #"Believe It When I See It" – 3:45 #"Miracles" – 2:31 #"No Help At All" – 3:30 #"Late Bloomer" – 4:08 #"Heavenly" – 2:32 #"Michael and His Dad" – 3:50 #"Middle of Love" – 3:05 #"Every Time I Follow" – 3:24 #"Eye Candy" – 3:45 #"Love Shines" – 4:29 #"Nowadays" – 3:00 # "Wooden Toys" (Japanese Bonus Track) # "Chambermaid" (Japanese Bonus Track) # "Next Time" (Japanese Bonus Track) # "Speaking With The Angel" (Acoustic) (Japanese Bonus Track) # "Love Shines" (Acoustic) (Japanese Bonus Track)

References

2011 albums Ron Sexsmith albums Albums produced by Bob Rock {{2010s-rock-album-stub