Never Going Back to OK is the second album by Christian rock

Christian rock

Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...

 group The Afters

The Afters

The Afters are a Christian rock band founded by Joshua Havens and Matt Fuqua. Havens and Fuqua first worked together in a Starbucks coffee shop in Mesquite, Texas, where they played for customers, before deciding to form a band. They added Brad Wigg and Marc Dodd, who were also employed at the same...

, released on February 26, 2008.

The first single from the album is the title track, "Never Going Back to OK". The track has been released as a streaming

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 file on their MySpace website and for purchase on iTunes

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. Since the album's release, "Keeping Me Alive" and "We Are the Sound" have both been played as singles on Christian radio. "We Are the Sound" was used in commercials and promotion of the reality

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/talent competition show American Idol

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.

Following its release, it debuted at #41 on the Billboard 200

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 chart, selling about 16,000 units in its first week.

Track listing

1. "The Secret Parade" - 1:40
2. "Never Going Back to OK" - 2:37
3. "Keeping Me Alive" - 3:55
4. "Tonight" - 3:26
5. "Ocean Wide" - 4:24
6. "MySpace Girl" - 3:04
7. "We Are the Sound" - 3:03
8. "Falling Into Place" - 3:28
9. "Beautiful Words" - 3:24
10. "Forty-Two" - 4:00
11. "Summer Again" - 4:42
12. "One Moment Away" - 4:14

Never Going Back to OK - EP

An EP of this album has also been released exclusively to iTunes, containing three tracks:

1. "Never Going Back to OK"
2. "Keeping Me Alive"
3. "Tonight"

Awards

The album won a Dove Award for Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards. The title song was also nominated for Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year.

External links

• The Afters Official Site
• Never Going Back To OK at JesusFreakHideout.com
  Jesus Freak Hideout
  Jesus Freak Hideout is a Christian music website. The website specializes in reviewing, previewing, and selling Christian albums. The website is known for its album reviews, independent music, artist interviews, concert dates and ministry through devotionals and prayer...