The Rock (Tracy Lawrence album)

The Rock

Studio album by Tracy Lawrence

Released

June 9, 2009

Genre

Country/Christian

Length

34:16

Label

Rocky Comfort/CO5

Producer

Julian King, Tracy Lawrence

Tracy Lawrence chronology

All Wrapped Up in Christmas
(2007)

The Rock
(2009)

The Singer
(2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Country Weekly	^[1]

The Rock is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. His first album of Christian music, it was released on June 9, 2009 on his own Rocky Comfort label. Lead-off single "Up to Him" debuted at number 57 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and reached 47 shortly after the album's release.

Country Weekly gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying that it "emphasizes at all turns the shared imperfections that we all strive to overcome in order to be good people".^[1]

Track listing

"Dear Lord" (Flip Anderson, Tracy Lawrence) – 3:18
"Every Prayer" (Michael Dulaney, Greg Johnson) – 3:02
"I'm Done" (Steve Seskin, Allen Shamblin) – 3:29
"The Book You Never Read" (Michael T. Post, Fred Wilhelm) – 3:57
"The Rock" (Jeff Batson, Aaron Scherz, Thom Shepherd) – 4:03
"Somebody Who Would Die for You" (Mark Narmore, Adam Wheeler) – 3:47
"Jesus Come Talk to Your Children" (Rick Huckaby, Paul Nelson) – 2:45
"I Know Where Heaven Is" (Dave Berg, Annie Tate, Sam Tate) – 3:37
"Up to Him" (Tim Johnson, David Kent) – 2:56
"Say a Prayer" (Jimmy Melton, Craig Morgan, Phil O'Donnell) – 3:22

Personnel

Eddie Bayers- drums
Joe Caverlee- fiddle, mandolin
Melodie Crittenden- background vocals
Wes Hightower- background vocals
Patrick Lassiter- bass guitar
Tracy Lawrence- lead vocals
B. James Lowry- acoustic guitar
Brent Mason- electric guitar
Kim Parent- background vocals
Steve Poole- keyboards

Chart performance

Album

The album debuted at number 20 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, becoming Lawrence's lowest-peaking studio album. It also became his second album to not chart in the Top 100 of the Billboard 200 charts. While the album did not fare as well commercially as his other releases, it did garner Lawrence his first Grammy nomination, which was in the Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album category.

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	20
U.S. Billboard 200	104
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums	19
U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums	4

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
Year	Single	US Country
2009	"Up to Him"	47
2009	"Somebody Who Would Die for You"	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

1 2 "The Rock review". Country Weekly: 50. 16 June 2009. ISSN 1074-3235.

Tracy Lawrence

Studio albums	Sticks and Stones Alibis I See It Now Time Marches On The Coast Is Clear Lessons Learned Tracy Lawrence Strong For the Love All Wrapped Up in Christmas The Rock

Compilation albums	Tracy Lawrence Live and Unplugged The Best of Tracy Lawrence Then & Now: The Hits Collection The Very Best of Tracy Lawrence

Notable singles	"Sticks and Stones" "Today's Lonely Fool" "Runnin' Behind" "Somebody Paints the Wall" "Alibis" "Can't Break It to My Heart" "My Second Home" "If the Good Die Young" "Renegades, Rebels and Rogues" "I See It Now" "As Any Fool Can See" "Texas Tornado" "If the World Had a Front Porch" "If You Loved Me" "Time Marches On" "Stars over Texas" "Is That a Tear" "Better Man, Better Off" "How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye" "The Coast Is Clear" "Lessons Learned" "Lonely" "Unforgiven" "Life Don't Have to Be So Hard" "Paint Me a Birmingham" "It's All How You Look at It" "Used to the Pain" "Find Out Who Your Friends Are"

Related articles	Discography Atlantic Records Warner Bros. Records Rocky Comfort Records

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