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Welcome to Reality (album)

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Welcome to Reality
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 28, 2007
GenrePop rock
Length55:35
LabelRCA/Phonogenic
Ross Copperman chronology
Believe
(2003)
Welcome to Reality
(2007)
This Is Ross Copperman
(2009)

Welcome to Reality is the second album by American singer-songwriter Ross Copperman, and first on a major label. The singles released from the album were "As I Choke", "All She Wrote", and "Found You". Released in May 2007, the album reached the charts in Scotland and the United Kingdom.

Critical reception

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Allmusic's Sharon Mawer remarked that the album's commercial prospects suffered as the label appeared to favor "their reality TV produced singers than with a genuine rock singer/songwriter, especially one who sounded so much like many other major stars."[1] In a negative review, Dave Simpson of The Guardian wrote that the album consisted of "lowest-common-denominator songs could have been put together in a laboratory."[2] Nick Mitchell of The Skinny said that when listening to the songs on the album as a whole, "they all become one and the same: sickly, insipid twaddle that couldn't be fixed by all the session guitarists in the world."[3]

Track listing

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  1. All She Wrote
  2. Found You
  3. Guilty Pleasure
  4. Fly Away
  5. As I Choke
  6. I Get By
  7. Can’t Stop Loving You
  8. Believe
  9. I Don’t Wanna Let You Go
  10. Lucky Day
  11. Get Away
  12. Shout
  13. They’ll Never Know
  14. To Be (Hidden Track)

Charts

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Chart (2007) Peak
position
Scottish Albums Chart (Official Charts Company)[4] 63
UK Albums Chart (Official Charts Company)[5] 59

References

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  1. ^ Mawer, Sharon. "'Welcome to Reality' - Allmusic Review". Allmusic. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ Simpson, Dave (May 17, 2007). "Ross Copperman, 'Welcome to Reality'". The Guardian. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Nick (April 11, 2007). "Music Reviews - Ross Copperman - 'Welcome to Reality'". The Skinny. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  5. ^ "Official Charts - Ross Copperman". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
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