Rise and Shine (Cassadee Pope EP)

2020 EP by Cassadee Pope

Rise and Shine

EP by

Cassadee Pope

Released| August 7, 2020 (2020-08-07)
Genre| Country pop
Length| 27:12
Label| Awake Music
Producer|

* Todd Lombardo
* Cassadee Pope

Cassadee Pope chronology
| Stages
(2019)  | Rise and Shine
(2020)  | Thrive
(2021)

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Rise and Shine is the third EP by American singer and songwriter Cassadee Pope, released on August 7, 2020 through Awake Music. Pope co-wrote all eight of the tracks and also co-produced the record with Todd Lombardo, both firsts in her solo career.[1][2]

## Recording[edit]

Rise and Shine includes a cover of "Hangover", originally recorded by Pope's band Hey Monday on their 2010 extended play, Beneath It All.[1] The other seven songs were written in 2017 but were not recorded in full until 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Pope's boyfriend, actor and musician Sam Palladio, is featured as a backing vocalist on "California Dreaming".[1] The album is recorded acoustically to showcase the song's messages. "I wanted people to hear these in their purest form so I went with a more stripped back sound that really lets the lyrics stand out," Pope told MusicRow.[2]

## Promotion[edit]

Pope announced the release of the album on June 22, 2020.[2] "Let Me Go" and "Built This House" were released to online music stores and music streaming services on June 26.[4] Two more songs - "Hoodie" and "Counting on the Weather" - were then released July 17, 2020.[5] Pope hosted virtual release parties for the lyric video of "Let Me Go" and "Hoodie", respectively, on June 25 and July 16.[5] A lyric video for the title track premiered August 6, 2020 one day ahead of the album's release.[6]

## Critical reception[edit]

Rianna Turner of Forbes wrote that the acoustic format "puts [Pope's] flexible voice front-and-center," and that Pope's vocal performance is "marked by its clarity."[3] Markos Papadatos of Digital Journal gave the song an "A" rating and wrote that Pope's "voice is crystalline and heavenly on this organic record."[7]

## Track listing[edit]

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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|
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1.| "Let Me Go"|

* Cassadee Pope
* Tina Parol
* Kevin Rudolph

| 3:26
2.| "Hoodie"|

* Pope
* Johan Fransson
* Emily Weisband

| 3:01
3.| "California Dreaming" (featuring Sam Palladio)|

* Pope
* Alex Kline
* Shane Stevens

| 3:39
4.| "Counting on the Weather"|

* Pope
* Bobby Huff
* Blair Daly

| 3:30
5.| "Hangover"|

* Pope
* Butch Walker

| 3:09
6.| "Rise and Shine"|

* Pope
* Danny Orton
* Matt Scannell

| 3:40
7.| "Sand Paper"|

* Pope
* Kline
* Stevens

| 3:33
8.| "Built This House"|

* Pope
* Forest Glen Whitehead
* Kelly Archer

| 3:14
Total length:| 27:12

## Chart performance[edit]

Chart (2020)  | Peak
position

|

UK Country Albums (OCC)[8] | 13
US Current Album Sales (Billboard)[9] | 82

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c Leimkuehler, Matthew (August 6, 2020). "'Rise and Shine' with a pandemic-produced acoustic album from Cassadee Pope". The Tennessean. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
2. ^ a b c Hollabaugh, Lorie (June 22, 2020). "Cassadee Pope Announces New Acoustic Album 'Rise And Shine'". MusicRow. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
3. ^ a b Turner, Rianna (August 6, 2020). "Time For An Acoustic Album: How Cassadee Pope's 'Rise And Shine' Is A Product Of the Pandemic". Forbes. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
4. ^ CMT.com Staff (June 26, 2020). "Cassadee Pope Greets a New Day With Rise and Shine". CMT. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
5. ^ a b "Cassadee Pope Releases Two Additional Tracks From Her Upcoming Acoustic Album Rise and Shine" (Press Release). The Country Note. July 17, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
6. ^ Mauch, Ally (August 6, 2020). "Cassadee Pope Urges Fans to 'Push Through Whatever They're Facing' with New Song 'Rise and Shine'". People. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
7. ^ Papadatos, Markos (August 7, 2020). "Review: Cassadee Pope releases amazing acoustic album 'Rise and Shine'". Digital Journal. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
8. ^ "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
9. ^ "Cassadee Pope Chart History – Current Album Sales". Billboard. Retrieved August 18, 2020.

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Cassadee Pope

Studio albums|

* Frame by Frame
* Stages
* Thrive

EPs|

* Cassadee Pope
* Summer
* Rise and Shine

Singles|

* "Wasting All These Tears"
* "I Wish I Could Break Your Heart"
* "Summer"

Other songs|

* "11"

Related articles|

* Hey Monday

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