''Release'' is Sister Hazel's seventh studio album. It was released on August 18, 2009 through Croakin' Poets/Rock Ridge. Unlike previous Sister Hazel albums, all of the band members contributed to the songwriting. According to Ryan Newell, the album got its name because they "Took a different approach on this record and 'released' the past method."

Track listing

#"Release" (Ryan Newell,

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, Pat McGee) - 3:51 #"Take a Bow" (Newell, Mike Daly, McGee) - 3:00 #"I Believe in You" (Andrew Copeland, Stan Lynch) - 2:51 #"Run for the Hills" (Copeland, Britton Cameron) - 3:41 #"Better Way" (Ken Kelly, Lindsey Kelly, Mark Trojanowski) - 3:56 #"Walls and Cannonballs" (

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) - 3:14 #"Vacation Rain" (Jett Beres) - 3:51 #"See Me Beautiful" (Block) - 4:06 #"One Life" (Cameron, Copeland, Lynch) - 5:13 #"Take It Back" (L. Kelly, K. Kelly, Trojanowski) - 3:49 #"Fade" (Newell, Chuck Carrier) - 3:29 #"Ghost in the Crowd" (Beres) - 5:07

Personnel

*Ken Block -

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acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

*Jett Beres - bass,

harmony vocals Vocal harmony is a style of vocal music in which a consonant note or notes are simultaneously sung as a main melody in a predominantly homophonic texture. Vocal harmonies are used in many subgenres of European art music, including Classical chora ...

*Andrew Copeland -

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

*Ryan Newell -

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

*Mark Trojanowski -

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References

2009 albums Sister Hazel albums {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub