Background

David Cook began to concentrate working on this his second album after his first major tour, the Declaration Tour, concluded in December 2009. While on the tour, he put down some riffs and lyrical ideas, and started song-writing as a band towards the end of the tour. He collaborated with a number of song-writers, early collaborators on his song-writing included Matt Squire

Matt Squire

Matt Squire is an American multi-platinum music producer and writer. He has produced, engineered, or written tracks for One Direction, 3OH!3, Good Charlotte, New Boyz, Selena Gomez, David Archuleta, Taking Back Sunday, HIM, The Used, All Time Low, Panic! at the Disco, Boys Like Girls, The Cab,...

, Brian Howes

Brian Howes

Brian Howes is a Canadian rock producer, singer, and was a member of the band Closure. He has an exclusive partnership with EMI Music Publishing.-Biography:...

, Claude Kelly

Claude Kelly

Claude Kelly is an American singer-songwriter. He has a prolific discography, well known for writing for artists such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston, Jordin Sparks, Kelly Clarkson, Jay Sean, Adam Lambert, Jessie J and Charice.-Career:He began playing the piano...

, Max Martin

Max Martin

Martin Karl Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. Raised in Stenhamra, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, he broke through as a producer and songwriter in the mid to late 1990s after crafting a string of hits for pop artists like the Backstreet Boys,...

, Raine Maida

Raine Maida

Raine Maida , is a Canadian musician best known as being the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band Our Lady Peace. He has come to be known for his unique countertenor nasal falsetto singing voice, as well as his cryptic and poetry-influenced song lyrics...

 and John Rzeznik. More than 80 songs were written for the album, and 14 were tracked. He had hoped initially that a single would be ready for release in April 2010 and the album that summer. However, a producer for the album was not announced until May, and recording started in June that year with producer Matt Serletic at the helm.

Before recording, he said he has "lofty ideas" for his second album and described early songs written with Julian Emery

Julian Emery

Julian Emery is a British musician, producer and songwriter, best known for his work with McFly and Lissie.-Early life:Emery was raised and educated in Buckinghamshire, the son of classical musician Terry Emery, and brother of actor Tania Emery...

 and Jim Irvin

Jim Irvin

Jim Irvin is an English singer, songwriter and music journalist.Irvin was born and raised in West London. He was the singer in the British indie-band Furniture, who released singles and albums with Survival, Stiff and Arista Records between 1982 and 1990. He co-wrote their 1986 UK hit single,...

 as having "massive choruses" and "very U2

U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...

-esque". At the beginning his goal was to make an album that "really, really pushed the concept of dynamic".

Theme

Cook wanted the album to have a loose theme within the record that is open to interpretation by the listener. He described the opening song "Circadian" as being about "falling asleep and escaping the day, and using sleep as a reprieve", the middle of the album being "the gestation cycle of a relationship from start to finish", and the ending track "Rapid Eye Movement" being about waking up from a dream and having to face actual reality.

Cook revealed "Rapid Eye Movement" was written early on in the writing process, and the song "opened up [his] thought process to the rest of this record". On using sleep and dream as a narrative theme, he added, "I like that romantic idea of living an entire life for yourself while you’re asleep".

Album title

The title of the album is from a line in lyrics from a song on the album called "Rapid Eye Movement" – "Give me one more quiet night, 'fore this loud morning gets it right and does me in."

Reception

AllMusic gave the album 3 out of 5 stars satating that 'This Loud Morning winds up as an album that’s primarily textural mood music for the morning, and one that’s not all that loud either'. American Songwriter also gave the album 3 out of 5 stars stating that 'This Loud Morning has a much more artistic vibe combined with a rawness evident in Cook’s vocal performances not found on his previous Rob Cavallo produced release. This is refreshing considering Serletic’s meticulous production style often results in songs becoming trapped in immense layers of over produced schlock. The album includes balanced amounts of strings, piano, and crunchy guitar, which all suit this more mature sounding material. Cook’s more developed lyrics, melodic structures (he co-wrote all 12 tracks), and grittier vocal performances throughout the album abundantly display his overall growth as an artist'.Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

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 also gave the album a positive review. Entertainment Weekly stated that This Loud Morning, uses closing-credits-of-a-Michael-Bay-movie bombast too often to suffocate otherwise sweet, sometimes whimsical experiments like the album-opening Circadian.

Singles

"The Last Goodbye

The Last Goodbye (David Cook song)

"The Last Goodbye" is the first single for American Idol winner David Cook's sophomore album This Loud Morning. It was released on April 19, 2011.-Song information:...

" was the first official single from the album and was released on April 19, 2011.
The song made its debut live on the American Idol (season 10)

American Idol (season 10)

The tenth season of American Idol premiered on January 19, 2011 and concluded on May 25, 2011, on Fox. The show underwent a number of changes from season nine, including the reduction of the judging panel to its original number of just three judges , a returning executive producer, a new music...

 top 7 results show on April 21, 2011. "The Last Goodbye "sold 22,000 copies in it's first week and entered the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at #5.

"Fade into Me

Fade into Me

Fade Into Me will be the second single for American Idol winner David Cook's sophomore album This Loud Morning. -Song Information:...

" is the second single from the album. It was released on October 10, 2011.

Track listing

Chart performance and sales

This Loud Morning debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 selling 46,000 copies in the United States

United States

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. and at number 23 on the Canadian Albums Chart

Canadian Albums Chart

The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...

. As of November 31, 2011 the album has sold 103,000 copies.

Chart (2011)	Peak Position
US 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...	7
US Billboard Top Digital Albums	6
US Billboard Top Internet Albums	1
Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	23
South Korean International Albums Chart Gaon Chart The Gaon Chart is a national record chart of South Korea. It is complied by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism; with an aim to create a national chart for Korea similar to the Billboard charts and Oricon charts...	22

This Quiet Night EP

An EP, This Quiet Night, is packaged with This Loud Morning fan editions available exclusively via Cook's official music store and consists of acoustic performances of select album tracks.

Track listing

Personnel

Band members

• David Cook – Composer, Vocals, Background Vocals, Electric Guitar
• Neal Tiemann
  Neal Tiemann
  Neal Tiemann is the lead guitarist and songwriter of the rock band the Midwest Kings and the lead guitarist for David Cook's band The Anthemic. He spent most of 2009 on the Declaration Tour with Cook and served as the tour's music director...
  
   – Acoustic baritone guitar, composer, electric guitars
• Andy Skib
  Andy Skib
  Andy Skib is the lead singer of the rock band Midwest Kings . He spent most of 2009 on the Declaration Tour with American Idol season seven winner David Cook. Skib has previously co-written songs with current David Cook bandmate Neal Tiemann, who also served as lead guitarist for their band,...
  
   – Background vocals, composer, electric guitar, piano
• Monty Anderson – Bass
• Kyle Peek – Background vocals, drums

Musicians

• Jamie Muhoberac – Keyboards
• Kaare Kabel Mai - Drums
• Chris Chaney – Bass
• Dorian Crozier – Drums
• Tim Pierce – Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
• Joel Shearer – Acoustic Guitar, Electric guitar
• Phil X
  Phil X
  Philip Xenidis, better known as Phil X , is a Greek-born guitarist and co-founder of the Los Angeles-based turbo pop band Powder. He also has a second band, the Drills. He is best known as the guitarist who replaced Rik Emmett in the Canadian rock band Triumph, for the Edge of Excess album and tour...
  
   – Acoustic Guitar, Electric guitar
• Mark Castrillon – Background vocals

German Pops Orchestra

• Bernd Ruf - Orchestra music director
• Ulrich Zimmer - Orchestra contractor & Leader
• Johannes Krampen – Violin 1
• Lisa Barry – Violin 1
• Michael Speth - Violin 1
• Klaus Kulling – Violin 1
• Klaus Marquardt – Violin 2
• Ariane Volm – Violin 2
• Monika Beck – Violin 2
• Kathrin Bscheidl – Violin 2
• Claudiu Rupa – Violin 2
• Alexander Brutsch – Viola
• Natascha Klotschkoff – Viola
• Friederike Faust – Viola
• Marcin Niziol – Viola
• Betty Bachofer – Viola
• Christiane Alber – Violoncello
• Constantin Meier – Violoncello
• Felix Brade – Violoncello
• Alex Uhl – Double Bass

Children Choir

• Jasper Randall - Choir Contractor
• Julian Babad
• Christopher James
• Michael O'Brien
• Victor Pineschi
• Hale Thornhill-Wilson

Production

• Matt Serletic
  Matt Serletic
  Matt Serletic is a record producer who has worked with several popular bands and artists for Atlantic Records, including Collective Soul, Matchbox Twenty, Blessid Union of Souls, Edwin McCain, Stacie Orrico, Taylor Hicks, Rob Thomas, and singer/songwriter Angie Aparo. Serletic will be working with...
  
  – Arranger, keyboards, piano, producer, programmer
• Mark Dobson – Pro Tools Editor, recording engineer
• Doug Trantow – Pro Tools Editor, programmer, recording engineer
• Alex Arias – 2nd Engineer, engineer
• Kevin Estrada – 2nd Engineer
• Ryan Kern – 2nd Engineer
• Mike Leisz – 2nd Engineer, engineer
• Kelle Musgrove - Production Coordinator
• Justin Niebank – Mixing Engineer
• Andrew Bollman – Assistant mixing engineer
• Seth Morton - Assistant mixing engineer
• Tim Palmer – Mixing engineer
• Travis Kennedy – Assistant mixing engineer
• Cindi Peters - Mix Coordinator
• Rune Westberg - Composer, Guitar, Producer (bonus track 14), Recording Engineer
• Bob Ludwig - Mastering
• Adrian von Ripka - Tonmeister
• Bettina Bertok - Assistant

Rokulus Strings

• Rok Golob - Conductor and Orchestrator
• Mojca Arnold – Violin
• Ziga Cerar - Violin
• Marija Naversnik – Violin
• Nastja Znideric – Violin
• Marijana Gregoric – Violin
• Andreja Zupanc – Violin
• Ajda Kralj – Violin
• Tamar Tasev - Viola
• Marjeta Skrjanc – Viola
• Pavel Rakar – Acoustic Cello
• Ursula Ivanus – Acoustic Cello
• Tomaz Stular – Contrabass