Baptized (album)

Baptized
Studio album by Daughtry
Released November 19, 2013 (2013-11-19)
Recorded March–September 2013, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length 44:54
Label
Producer
Daughtry chronology
Break the Spell
(2011)		 Baptized
(2013)		 It's Not Over...The Hits So Far
(2016)
Singles from Baptized
  1. "Waiting for Superman"
    Released: September 17, 2013
  2. "Battleships"
    Released: May 12, 2014[1]

Baptized is the fourth studio album by American rock band Daughtry, released on November 19, 2013, by RCA Records.[2] It was preceded in September by electropop-influenced lead single "Waiting for Superman".[3]

Background

The band worked with many other songwriters and musicians on the album. Some that they worked with include Martin Johnson of Boys Like Girls,[4] Sam Hollander,[4] Blair Daly, Espionage, Rock Mafia, Ali Tamposi, The Monsters and the Strangerz, Scott Stevens,[5] Kara DioGuardi, Jake Sinclair,[6] Claude Kelly,[4] Johnny Black,[7] and Matthew Thiessen.[8] Daughtry stated that he worked without his bandmates and instead went with the new producers.[9] Daughtry has stated that the album features a new, poppier sound and would also include folk influences.[4]

Singles

The first single from the album is "Waiting for Superman", written by Chris Daughtry, Sam Hollander, and Martin Johnson. The song was released on iTunes on September 17, 2013.

"Battleships" impacted hot adult contemporary radio on May 12, 2014 as the second official single off the album.[1]

Other songs

"Long Live Rock & Roll" was released digitally on October 22, 2013 as the first and only promotional single off the album.[10] It was also released as the lead single in the UK market on February 24, 2014[11]

A new "stripped" version of "Witness" was released to digital retailers February 20, 2015.[12]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic53/100[13]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[14]
NewsdayB-[15]
Rolling Stone[16]
Ultimate Guitar[17]
Slant Magazine[18]

Critical

The album has been met with mixed reviews from most critics. Chuck Eddy of Rolling Stone gave the album a 2.5 out 5, saying "Seven years after he placed on American Idol, Chris Daughtry and his band are opening up their would-be grunge to more nuance: folk instruments and synths, smoother high notes tempering Daughtry's bellow, "boom-b'boom" vocal-bass hook lightening the gender war in "Battleships." The sound on Baptized somehow links U2 to Rascal Flatts, adding Springsteen stances in "Wild Heart." More unexpectedly, there's also a banjo shuffle where Daughtry chooses Van Halen over Van Hagar, catalogs some of his other heroes and wonders who wrote Hole's songs. "Long Live Rock & Roll," it's called – a defense, perhaps, against anybody claiming guys like him helped kill it."[16]

Glenn Gamboa of Newsday gave the album a grading of B-, saying "Daughtry takes some cool chances on his fourth album." He then commented positively on "Waiting for Superman," calling it "a sleek change of pace, rolling together bits of The Fray and Bon Jovi into the patented Daughtry sound;" and gave "Long Live Rock & Roll" a positive review, saying "he cleverly reminisces about Billy Joel and grunge in a country-style rave-up."[15] However, he commented negatively on "Battleships" "with the stunningly weird chorus of "We love like battleships ... And the cannon goes, 'Boom boo-boom boom boo-boom boom boom,'" which is, well, crazy, and you wonder if he's gone too far."[15] He then concluded by saying "Daughtry broadens his sound with mixed results."[15]

Ken Capobianco of the Boston Globe also gave the album a mixed review, saying "Daughtry strips his sound to more acoustic textures and even ventures into electro-pop. At times, the change is refreshing, yet too often he seems to think the world needs more songs evoking Train or Lifehouse. Only the powder keg rocker “Traitor” diverges from the new approach. Luckily, Daughtry has one of the more expressive voices in rock, so he still breathes some life into the overload of corny lyrics."[19]

Jon Caramanica of the New York Times delivered a more negative review for the album, saying that he felt Daughtry felt limited with the stripped-down music. "But even though Daughtry’s music has softened, there’s not much Mr. Daughtry can do with his voice, which has an appealing, powerful growl with no sultriness to it. It wants badly to roar but is given almost no opportunity."[20]

Commercial

The album debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, No. 1 on Top Internet Albums,[21] and No. 3 on Top Rock Albums,[22] selling 55,000 copies in its first week.[23] It has sold 270,000 copies in the United States as of January 2016.[24] In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at No. 42, selling 4,978 copies in its first week.[25]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Chris Daughtry. 

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Baptized"  Daughtry, Martin Johnson, John Lardieri, Claude KellyJohnson, Johnny Blk 3:11
2. "Waiting for Superman"  Daughtry, Johnson, Sam HollanderJohnson 4:26
3. "Battleships"  Daughtry, Johnson, HollanderJohnson 3:52
4. "I'll Fight"  Daughtry, busbeebusbee, DreZa 3:00
5. "Wild Heart"  Daughtry, Johnson, HollanderJohnson 3:50
6. "Long Live Rock & Roll"  Daughtry, Johnson, HollanderJohnson 3:36
7. "The World We Knew"  Daughtry, Antonina Armato, Tim JamesRock Mafia 3:35
8. "High Above the Ground"  Daughtry, busbeebusbee, Mason "MdL" Levy 3:11
9. "Broken Arrows"  Daughtry, Lardieri, KellyJohnny BLK, Kelly 4:08
10. "Witness"  Daughtry, Elvio Fernandes, Kelly, LardieriFernandes 4:11
11. "Traitor"  Daughtry, Kara DioGuardi, Jake SinclairSinclair 3:03
12. "18 Years"  Daughtry, Johnson, HollanderJohnson 4:51
Total length:
 43:34

Personnel

[28]

Performance credits
Instruments
  • Bass – Martin Johnson, Brian Paddock, Tim Pierce, Jake Sinclair
  • Cello – Glenn Fischbach, Jennie Lardieri
  • Drums – Robin Diaz, Victor Indrizzo, John Keefe, Jack Sinclair
  • Guitars – Chris Daughtry, Martin Johnson, Brian Paddock, Tim Pierce, Jake Sinclair
    • Lead guitar – Josh Steely
    • Rhythm guitar – Brian Craddock
  • Keyboard – Elivo Fernandes, Jake Sinclair
  • Mandolin – Tim James, Martin Johnson
  • Musician – Johnny Blk
  • Percussion – Victor Indrizzo, Martin Johnson
  • Piano – Elivo Fernandes, Chuck Harmony, Martin Johnson
  • Ukulele – Martin Johnson
  • Viola – Davis Barnett. Jonathan Kim
  • Violin – Dayna Anderson, Eliza Cho, Emma Kimmrow, Olga Konopelsky, Luigi Mazzocchi, Charles Parker
Production
  • A&R – Rani Hancock
  • Arrangement:
    • String arrangements – Larry Gold
  • Assistant – Karl Peterson
  • Coordination:
    • Production coordination – Christopher Hunte, Kayla Lee
  • Editing:
  • Drum technician – Chris Bernard, Gersh
  • Engineer – busbee, Adam Comstock, Elivo Fernandes, Steve Hammons, Martin Johnson, Kyle Moorman, Brian Paddock, Mike Piazza, Steve Shebby, SmH, Speed Ninja
    • Assistant engineer – Marcus Johnson
    • Mixing engineer – John Hanes
    • String engineer – Jeff Chestak
  • Instrumentation – Martin Johnson
  • Mastering – Chris Gehringer
  • Mixing – Serban Ghenea
  • Producer – Chris Daughtry, Martin Johnson, Johnny Blk, busbee, DreZa, Elivo Fernandes, Toby Gad, Onree Gill, Martin Johnson, Claude Kelly, MDL, Rock Mafia, Jake Sinclair
  • Programming – Martin Johnson, Kyle Moorman, Brian Paddock, Steve Shebby, Jake Sinclair
    • Additional production – Johnny Blk, Aaron Dudley, Kyle Moorman, Brian Paddock, David Schuler
    • String conduction – Larry Gold
Imagery

Charts and sales

Weekly charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[29] 56
scope="row" Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[30] 39
scope="row" Canadian Albums (Billboard)[31] 16
scope="row" German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[32] 43
scope="row" Irish Albums (IRMA)[33] 100
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[34] 102
scope="row" Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[35] 38
scope="row" Scottish Albums (OCC)[36] 28
scope="row" Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[37] 24
scope="row" UK Albums (OCC)[38] 42
scope="row" US Billboard 200[39] 6
scope="row" US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[40] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
US Billboard 200[41] 86
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[42] 16

Sales

Region Sales
United Kingdom 4,978[25]
United States 270,000[24]

Release history

Region Date Label Format Edition(s) Catalog
Germany November 15, 2013 Sony Music Entertainment Deluxe 88883-79665-2
United States November 19, 2013 Standard
South Korea[43] Sony Music Entertainment Deluxe S20126C
Japan[44] December 25, 2013 SICP-3941
United Kingdom[45] February 17, 2014 Deluxe re-release 88883-79665-2-RE1

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 "R&R :: Going for Adds :: Hot AC". Radio & Records. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
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    3. ↑ "SINGLE PREMIERE: Daughtry - "Waiting for Superman" (+ Lyrics)". POP! Goes The Charts. WordPress.com. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
    4. 1 2 3 4 Parker, Lyndsey. "Chris Daughtry Talks Beatles vs. Stones and Daughtry vs. the Haters". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
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    6. ↑ https://twitter.com/CHRIS_Daughtry/status/347867885307310080
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    8. ↑ https://twitter.com/CHRIS_Daughtry/status/296016095775686656
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    10. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Long-Live-Rock-Roll/dp/B00FSUC94M
    11. ↑ http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/musicnews/daughtry-unveil-lyric-video-change-uk-tour-dates-413267.html?utm_source=ff&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=siteFeed
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    14. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/baptized-mw0002583646
    15. 1 2 3 4 Gamboa, Glenn (18 November 2013). "Daughtry's 'Baptized' review: Broader sound". Newsday. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
    16. 1 2 Eddy, Chuck (19 November 2013). "Daughtry 'Baptized' Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
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    18. ↑ http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/daughtry-baptized
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    20. ↑ Caramanica, Jon (18 November 2013). "Crossing the Ocean to Discover the Personal". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
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    23. ↑ Gil Kaufman (November 27, 2013). "Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP Suffers Second-Week Chart Drop, Eminem Back On Top". MTV.
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