''Farmer's Daughter'' is the debut album of ''

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'' season nine runner-up Crystal Bowersox. It was released on December 14, 2010, through

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Background

After placing second on ''Idol,'' Crystal was signed to a deal with

and

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's former sister record company

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. Originally, Crystal wanted to delay the release of the album until early 2011, but ended up moving the release date to December 14. She is also to cover the

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song "For What It's Worth," stating "its lyrics are relevant no matter what era it is, whatever war we're in and issues in the world," she said. "The song is always relevant." It was revealed that

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, who is well known for his drumming for bands such as

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and OurAfter, has contributed drum tracks to the songs "Arlene", "Finally Got It Right" and "Hold On" which was written by

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The second single from the album was "Ridin' with the Radio" and was performed on ''American Idol''. The song "Holy Toledo" was played during ''Idol'' when she returned home. This is the first time an ''Idol'' contestant's own song was played during the show before their departure.

Singles

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" was released as the first single on December 13, 2010. "Hold On" was supposed to be the first single, but was switched to "Farmer's Daughter." The music video for "Farmer's Daughter" premiered on her website on December 16, 2010.

Reception

Critical reception

The album received mixed to positive reviews.

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gave the album 2.5 stars out of 5. Joey Guerra of the ''

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'' said the album "failed to live up to ''Idol'' hype."

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gave the album 63 out of 100 based on six critical reviews.

Commercial success

In the United States, the album debuted at number 28 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 58,000 copies and as of October 2011 has sold 205,000 copies. In Canada, the album debuted at number 90 on the

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Track listing

Personnel

As noted at AllMusic:Personnel at allmusic
/ref> *Crystal Bowersox: Vocals,

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*David Bendeth, Tommy Byrnes, David Ryan Harris, Nick Moroch: Guitars *John Widgren:

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*Jeff Kazee: Acoustic and electric piano, organ, keyboards,

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*Zac Rae: Keyboards *Geoff Rockwell: Keyboards, programming *Ryan Suzuka:

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*Sean Hurley, Frankie May, Greg Smith: Bass *

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, Dorian Crozier, Dan Korneff: Drums *Chad Szeliga: Drums, percussion *Memo Acevedo: Percussion

Charts and sales

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Sales

References

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