''Overnight'' is the third studio album by American pop band
Parachute. It was released on August 13, 2013, by
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it i ...
.
In this album, the band was pushed further into the pop music industry by creating a new, more upbeat sound that was not heard as much in their previous albums. Parachute immediately began touring upon the release of this album. They started the tour off by headlining with
Matt Hires
Matt Hires (born August 5, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter from Tampa, Florida. Drawing inspiration from influences as disparate as The Band, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco and Ryan Adams, Hires became the first artist to sign with F-Stop Musi ...
, followed by a tour with
Walk off the Earth and
Gavin DeGraw.
Reception
The album debuted at No. 15 on the
''Billboard'' 200, No. 7 on the Digital Albums chart, selling around 15,257 copies in total on its first week of release. The album has sold 40,000 copies in the United States as of February 2016.
Singles
The band released the first single, "Hearts Go Crazy", on February 26, 2013.
This song was eventually removed from the album's track listing. The release of their next single, "
Can't Help", followed on June 4, 2013. Parachute performed "Can't Help" live on
Leno and their track, "Higher", also from ''Overnight'', has been featured on
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). Th ...
numerous times.
Will Anderson, lead singer of Parachute, co-wrote the single "Can't Help" with
OneRepublic's
Ryan Tedder
Ryan Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. As well as being the lead vocalist of the pop rock band OneRepublic, he has an independent career as a songwriter and producer for various artists since th ...
.
(''Billboard'') Retrieved March 27, 2014.
Track listing
Personnel
* Will Anderson – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
* Alex Hargrave – bass, vocals
* Johnny Stubblefield – drums, percussion, vocals
* Kit French – saxophone, keyboards, vocals
* Nate McFarland – lead guitar, vocals
References
External links
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Parachute (band) albums
2013 albums
Mercury Records albums