Gloriana (album)
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Critical reception

The album has received mixed reviews, with the main point of criticism being over-production. Chris Neal of Country Weekly
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magazine gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five. He noted the vocal harmonies and the shared lead vocals among all four members, and added "[Serletic] sometimes obscures the songs with sonic knickknacks they don't need." Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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 rated the album three stars out of five, saying that the band's sound was "stylized synthesis of Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
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 and '70s Californian country rock
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Country rock is sub-genre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock with country. The term is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s, beginning with Bob Dylan and The Byrds; reaching its greatest...

" and "country in name only." He also said that the sound was "entirely too slick" on some tracks but reminiscent of "prime Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield is an Australian-born singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He was a member of pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971 and then started his solo career with his début single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia. In mid-1972, he relocated to the United States...

" on others. Jim Malec of The 9513 also gave a three-star review, saying the songs were well-written and performed, but lacked a sense of personality. Country Standard Time
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writer Jessica Phillips considered the album overproduced as well, but added that the band "seem[s] to have found a comfortable niche" and noted a theme of relationships among each song. Whitney Pastorek of Entertainment Weekly
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gave a C rating, saying that the band "falls somewhere between maudlin boy band
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 songwriting cliché
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s and a particularly melodramatic Six Flags
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 country revue." She cited "Come and Save Me" and "Time to Let Me Go" as the strongest tracks due to their simpler production.

Album

As of April 2010, the album has sold just over 200,000 copies.
Chart (2009) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 3
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 2
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 43
Australian Top Country Albums 3

End of year charts

Chart (2010) Year-end
2010
US Billboard Top Country Albums 62

Singles

Year Single Peak chart
positions
US Country
Hot Country Songs
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US
Billboard Hot 100
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2009 "Wild at Heart
Wild at Heart (song)
"Wild at Heart" is the title of a song recorded by American country group Gloriana. In early 2009, the song was released as the group's debut single, and was available as a digital download on May 8, 2009. It served as the lead-off single to Gloriana's self-titled debut album that was released...

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"How Far Do You Wanna Go?
How Far Do You Wanna Go?
"How Far Do You Wanna Go?" is the title of a song recorded by American country music group Gloriana, written by Danny Myrick, Jeffrey Steele and Matt Serletic...

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2010 "The World Is Ours Tonight
The World Is Ours Tonight
"The World Is Ours Tonight" is a song recorded by country music group Gloriana for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Written by Jess Cates, Lindy Robbins and the band's producer, Matt Serletic, it was issued as a single in March 2010. All proceeds from the single went to Team USA.The song debuted on the...

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37
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
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