A Place Called Love is the sixth studio album by Canadian country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Johnny Reid

Johnny Reid

Johnny Reid is a country music artist who has charted several hit singles in Canada. Reid moved to Canada in July, 1988 when he was 13. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he did not think they would have in Scotland...

. It was released on August 31, 2010 by EMI Records

EMI Records

EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...

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Background

The first single, "Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World," peaked at number 41 on the Canadian Hot 100

Canadian Hot 100

The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...

. This is Johnny's highest single peak. His second single, "Let's Go Higher," peaked at #66.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart

Canadian Albums Chart

The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...

 and stayed at #1 for four weeks, the second longest streak for 2010, with Eminem

Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III , better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition...

's album Recovery being the longest staying at six weeks at number 1. The album sold 31,000 copies in its first week, and has since sold 96,700 copies. The album was certified double platinum by the CRIA

Cria

A cria is the name for a baby camelid such as a llama, alpaca, vicuña, or guanaco. It comes from the Spanish word cría, meaning "baby". Its false cognate in English, crya , was coined by British sailors who explored Chile in the 18th century and were quick to describe the camelids onomatopoeically...

 on November 2010 with an excess of 160,000 copies.

Track listing

Personnel

• Roy Agee – trombone
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Richard Bennett – bouzouki, electric guitar
• Kevin Dailey – assistant, engineer
• Derrik Lee – backing vocals
• Everett Drake – backing vocals
• Jim Drury – bagpipes
• Dan Dugmore – pedal steel
• Gareth Dunlop – vocal group
• Steve Fischel – trumpet
• Vicki Hampton – vocal group, backing vocals
• Kyle Harris – backing vocals
• Steve Herman – trumpet
• John Hinchey – trombone
• Jim Hoke – horn arrangements, baritone sax
• John Barlow Jarvis – fender rhodes, organ, piano, vocal group
• Sam Levine – horn arrangements, alto sax, baritone sax, tenor sax
• Ken Love – mastering
• Brent Maher – engineer, horn arrangements, mixing, producer, vocal group
• Brian Maher – vocal group
• Margaret Malandruccolo – photography
• Brent Mason – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Antoine Moonen – graphic design
• Gordon Mote – organ
• The Nashville String Machine – Strings
• Sierra Noble – vocal group
• Steve Patrick – trumpet
• Chris Patterson – Steel drums
• Shandra Penix – backing vocals
• Michael Rhodes – bass
• Tammy Rogers – fiddle
• Mark Selby – acoustic guitar, classical guitar, electric guitar
• Steven Sheehan – acoustic guitar
• Troy Taylor – backing vocals
• Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ukulele
• D. Bergen White – string arrangements
• Glenn Worf – bass
• Charles Yingling – engineer, mixing
• Nir Z. – drums, percussion, programming

Chart positions

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	1

Sales

{|class="wikitable"
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!Country
!Sales
!Certification(s)
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| Canada
| style="text-align:center;"|160,000
| style="text-align:center;"|2x Platinum