Circles Around the Sun

Circles Around the Sun
Studio album by Dispatch
Released	August 21, 2012
Genre	Rock
Label	Bomber Records
Producer	Peter Katis, Dispatch
Dispatch chronology
Dispatch EP (2011) Circles Around the Sun (2012)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Consequence of Sound	[1]

Circles Around the Sun is a 2012 album by United States indie/roots folk band Dispatch. It is their fifth full-length studio album, the first recorded in over a decade.^[2] Speaking with Songfacts.com, the band's vocalist and guitarist Chad Urmston said how it felt recording with Dispatch after all that time: "It's always challenging to put an album together with three different song writers. But being 12 years older and taking all that time away helped as we had a better appreciation for each other."^[3] The pre-order was made available on June 5, 2012. The pre-order included various bundle packages, and a download of the track "Josaphine".^[4] Synthpop artist Adam Young of Owl City did additional programming on the album.^[5]

Track listing

1. "Circles Around The Sun" (Urmston) - 3:35
2. "Not Messin'" (Urmston) - 3:45
3. "Get Ready Boy" (Urmston) - 2:31
4. "Sign Of The Times" (Heimbold/Corrigan/Urmston) - 2:51
5. "Josaphine" (Urmston) - 5:53
6. "Flag" (Corrigan) - 3:34
7. "Come To Me" (Heimbold) - 4:43
8. "Never Or Now" (Urmston) - 3:31
9. "We Hold A Gun" (Corrigan) - 4:17
10. "Feels So Good" (Heimbold) - 3:56 ^[6]

Personnel

• Brad Corrigan - vocals, drums, rhythm & lead guitar, ukulele, charango, keyboards, harmonica, percussion
• Pete Francis - vocals, bass guitar, rhythm & lead guitar, keyboards, drums
• Chadwick Stokes Urmston - vocals, rhythm & lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion

Additional musicians

• Craig Dreyer - keyboards, tenor saxophone, flute - all tracks
• Reinaldo DeJesus - percussion - all tracks except track 5
• Boo Reiners - banjo, mandolin - 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
• Kenny Shaw - drums - 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
• Background vocals on Feels So Good - Paul Maddison, Kenny Shaw, Rey DeJesus
• Hand Claps on Circles Around The Sun - Jen Bruecker, Jeff Breucker and Kirk Leftwich
• Adam Young - additional drum programming, mixing, production
• Peter Katis, Greg Giorgio - production, engineering

Charts

Peak positions

Chart	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart[7]	58
US Billboard 200[8]	24
US Rock Albums[8]	7
US Digital Albums[8]	10

References

1. Brennan, Collin (2012-08-20). "Dispatch – Circles Around The Sun | Album Reviews". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
2. Carly Costello (2012-04-19). "Dispatch to Release "Circles Around the Sun" on Aug. 21 - Music". Artist Direct.
3. "Circles Around the Sun by Dispatch Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
4. "Dispatch | News". Dispatchmusic.com. 2012-06-05. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
5. "Adam Young". Ayoungmusic.com. 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
6. "Shop Dispatch Merch, T-Shirts, Hoodies, CDs". District Lines. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
7. "Austria Top 75 - Dispatch - CIRCLES AROUND THE SUN (album)" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
8. "Circles Around the Sun - Dispatch (album)". Bbillboard.com. Retrieved 30 August 2012.