The Rock is the tenth studio album by American

United States

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 country music artist Tracy Lawrence

Tracy Lawrence

Tracy Lawrence is an American country music artist. He started at a country music restaurant called "Live At Libby's" where owner Libby Knight would help local talent find their way into country music...

. His first album of Christian music

Christian music

Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely across the world....

, it was released on June 9, 2009 on his own Rocky Comfort label. Lead-off single "Up to Him" debuted at #57 on the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 chart, and reached #47 shortly after the albums release.

Track listing

1. "Dear Lord" (Flip Anderson, Tracy Lawrence) – 3:18
2. "Every Prayer" (Michael Dulaney, Greg Johnson) – 3:02
3. "I'm Done" (Steve Seskin
   Steve Seskin
   Steve Seskin is an American songwriter whose compositions have been recorded by Alabama, Kenny Chesney, Peter Frampton, Waylon Jennings, Brian McComas, Neal McCoy, Tim McGraw, John Michael Montgomery, Colin Raye, Tebey and Mark Wills...
   
   , Allen Shamblin
   Allen Shamblin
   Allen Shamblin is a country music songwriter who was born in Tennessee, and was brought up in Texas.After graduating from Sam Houston State University he worked in Austin as a real estate appraiser. In 1987, he quit his job and moved to Nashville to pursue a career as a song writer. He supported...
   
   ) – 3:29
4. "Book You Never Read" (Michael T. Post, Fred Wilhelm) – 3:57
5. "Rock" (Jeff Batson, Aaron Scherz, Thom Shepherd) – 4:03
6. "Somebody Who Would Die for You" (Mark Narmore, Adam Wheeler) – 3:47
7. "Jesus Come Talk to Your Children" (Rick Huckaby, Paul Nelson) – 2:45
8. "I Know Where Heaven Is" (Dave Berg
   Dave Berg (songwriter)
   Dave Berg is an American country music songwriter. His credits include the Number One country hits "Somebody" by Reba McEntire, "If You're Going Through Hell " and "These Are My People" by Rodney Atkins, and "Moments" by Emerson Drive...
   
   , Annie Tate, Sam Tate) – 3:37
9. "Up to Him" (Tim Johnson, David Kent) – 2:56
10. "Say a Prayer" (Jimmy Melton, Craig Morgan, Phil O'Donnell) – 3:22

Chart performance

Album
The album debuted at #20 on Billboards Top Country Albums chart, becoming Lawrence's lowest-peaking studio album. It also became his second album to not chart in the Top 100 of the Billboard 200 charts. While the album did not fare as well commercially as his other releases, it did garner Lawrence his first Grammy nomination, which was in the Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album category.

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	20
U.S. Billboard 200	104
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums	19
U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums	4

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
2009	"Up to Him"	47
	"Somebody Who Would Die for You"	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart