Genre Country Label Broken Bow Dean Brody
(2009) Trail in Life
(2010) | Length 41:28 Producer Matt Rovey | |
Released April 28, 2009 (2009-04-28) | ||
Dean Brody is the self-titled debut album of Canadian country music singer Dean Brody. It was released on April 28, 2009 via Broken Bow Records under the production of Matt Rovey. The album includes the single "Brothers", his only country hit in the United States. Brody wrote or co-wrote nine of the album's eleven songs.
Contents
Content
Dean Brody comprises eleven tracks, nine of which were written or co-written by Brody. The album's lead-off single is "Brothers" It made the number 26 position on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.
Critical reception
Chris Neal of Country Weekly magazine gave the album a three-and-a-half star rating out of five. He said that the album contained well-written lyrics with a strong sense of individuality. He also said that Brody "doesn't reinvent current Music Row formulas — he just does them a little smarter and sharper than some do."
Matt Bjorke of Roughstock called the album a "fantastic collection of traditionalist modern country music," that wasn't the hit it should have been. He noted that only one single, the hit "Brothers" was the only track to make it to the charts in the U.S. While Brody's debut album was clearly not a breakout in the United States, it fared better in the artist's homeland of Canada where three singles earned top 10 rankings. The three hit singles were, "Brothers," "Dirt Road Scholar" and "Undone."
The single "Brothers" won the Canadian Country Music Association "Song of the Year" for 2009. "Dirt Road Scholar" was 2009's most-played music video for a new artist in Canada.