Another Country is a studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

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Singer-songwriter

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 Tift Merritt

Tift Merritt

Catherine Tift Merritt is an American singer-songwriter, musician and North Carolina native. With her longtime band, she has built what has been called a "unique" and critically acclaimed body of work of "sonic short stories and poignant performances." She has been compared to songwriters like...

. It was recorded in the summer of 2007, produced in L.A. by George Drakoulias

George Drakoulias

George Drakoulias is a Greek-American music producer and A&R executive at the American Recordings label. He is often considered a protege of Rick Rubin....

, and released on February 26, 2008 by Fantasy Records

Fantasy Records

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Track listing

All songs written by Tift Merritt.

1. "Something to Me" - 4:11
2. "Broken" - 3:45
3. "Another Country" - 4:44 (soundtrack in New in Town, 2009
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4. "Hopes Too High" - 3:34
5. "Morning Is My Destination" - 3:19
6. "Keep You Happy" - 5:08
7. "I Know What I'm Looking for Now" - 3:59
8. "Tell Me Something True" - 3:01
9. "My Heart Is Free" - 3:32
10. "Tender Branch" - 3:34
11. "Mille Tendresses" - 3:10

For her third album, Tift Merritt took hiatus with a piano in Paris and came home with her most personal and powerful songs to date. Merritt has described the writing as a plainspoken look at the distance we all attempt to cross: between two people, between one heart and the rest of the world.

In its first week of release, the album's first single "Broken" reached #1 on the Americana Radio Chart compiled by the Americana Music Association

Americana Music Association

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