Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is the eponymous third studio album by American

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 band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is an American rock band from Waitsfield, Vermont.-Career:Grace Potter and the Nocturnals' lead vocalist is multi-instrumentalist Grace Potter, who attended St. Lawrence University for two years before pursuing music professionally...

, released on June 8, 2010. The album is the band's first release since the inclusion of two new members, rhythm guitarist Benny Yurco and bassist Catherine Popper. The album was originally titled "Medicine

Medicine (Grace Potter and the Nocturnals song)

"Medicine" is a song by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, released on their eponymous album . It is the lead single, was originally intended as the name of the album, and was promoted as such in numerous interviews and early reviews, but the album title was changed shortly after the replacement of...

" after the third track on the album, and was promoted as such in numerous interviews and early reviews, but was changed shortly after the replacement of producer T-Bone Burnett

T-Bone Burnett

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 in favor of The Dave Matthews Band producer, Mark Batson

Mark Batson

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The album debuted at #19 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums for the week ending June 13, 2010, easily their career high debut.

Track listing

1. "Paris (Ooh La La)" - 3:15
2. "Oasis" - 4:41
3. "Medicine
   Medicine (Grace Potter and the Nocturnals song)
   "Medicine" is a song by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, released on their eponymous album . It is the lead single, was originally intended as the name of the album, and was promoted as such in numerous interviews and early reviews, but the album title was changed shortly after the replacement of...
   
   " - 4:06
4. "Goodbye Kiss" - 3:33
5. "Tiny Light" - 4:43
6. "Colors" - 5:15
7. "Only Love" - 3:22
8. "Money" - 2:54
9. "One Short Night" - 3:50
10. "Low Road" - 4:39
11. "That Phone" - 3:18
12. "Hot Summer Night" - 3:22
13. "Things I Never Needed" - 4:11
14. "Fooling Myself" (iTunes Bonus Track) - 5:25

Critical reception

The album was released to generally favorable reviews, scoring a 63 on metacritic. Billboard

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magazine gave the album a positive review, stating that "Grace Potter & the Nocturnals' new self-titled release finds frontwoman Potter and her band in full bloom, hammering out hook-heavy rock tracks with a confident, natural sound." Giving the album three out of four stars, Rolling Stone magazine comments, "Potter's youthfulness can make for flower-soup lyrics but backlit by a no-nonsense band that massages Memphis grooves, light rock and pinot-noir reggae, it all bursts with promise." The Guardian" enjoyed the band's harder rocking songs while criticizing some of the slower ones. The Guardian remarks that "[g]enerally, the bluesy, Southernised rockers (Medicine, Only Love) make more of an impression than the power balladry (Colors), while an anomalous wallow in country-rock sentimentality (Things I Never Needed) feels like it was tacked on because they realised they needed a slow one."

Charts

Chart	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	19
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums	3