The Rock (Tracy Lawrence album)

2009 studio album by Tracy Lawrence

The Rock

Studio album by

Tracy Lawrence

Released| June 9, 2009
Genre| Country/Christian
Length| 34:16
Label| Rocky Comfort/CO5
Producer| Julian King, Tracy Lawrence
Tracy Lawrence chronology
| All Wrapped Up in Christmas
(2007)  | The Rock
(2009)  | The Singer
(2011)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Country Weekly| [1]

The Rock is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. His first album of Christian music, it was released on June 9, 2009, on his own Rocky Comfort label. Lead-off single "Up to Him" debuted at number 57 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and reached 47 shortly after the album's release.

Country Weekly gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying that it "emphasizes at all turns the shared imperfections that we all strive to overcome in order to be good people".[1]

## Track listing

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1. "Dear Lord" (Flip Anderson, Tracy Lawrence) – 3:18
2. "Every Prayer" (Michael Dulaney, Greg Johnson) – 3:02
3. "I'm Done" (Steve Seskin, Allen Shamblin) – 3:29
4. "The Book You Never Read" (Michael T. Post, Fred Wilhelm) – 3:57
5. "The Rock" (Jeff Batson, Aaron Scherz, Thom Shepherd) – 4:03
6. "Somebody Who Would Die for You" (Mark Narmore, Adam Wheeler) – 3:47
7. "Jesus Come Talk to Your Children" (Rick Huckaby, Paul Nelson) – 2:45
8. "I Know Where Heaven Is" (Dave Berg, Annie Tate, Sam Tate) – 3:37
9. "Up to Him" (Tim Johnson, David Kent) – 2:56
10. "Say a Prayer" (Jimmy Melton, Craig Morgan, Phil O'Donnell) – 3:22

## Personnel

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* Gregg Stocki- drums
* Joe Caverlee- fiddle, mandolin
* Melodie Crittenden\- background vocals
* Wes Hightower- background vocals
* Patrick Lassiter- bass guitar
* Tracy Lawrence\- lead vocals
* B. James Lowry- acoustic guitar
* Brent Mason\- electric guitar
* Kim Parent- background vocals
* Steve Poole- keyboards

## Chart performance

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Album

The album debuted at number 20 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, becoming Lawrence's lowest-peaking studio album. It also became his second album to not chart in the Top 100 of the Billboard 200 charts. While the album did not fare as well commercially as his other releases, it did garner Lawrence his first Grammy nomination, which was in the Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album category.

Chart (2009)  | Peak
position

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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums  | 20
U.S. Billboard 200  | 104
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums  | 19
U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums  | 4

Singles
Year  | Single  | Peak positions

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US Country
2009  | "Up to Him"  | 47
"Somebody Who Would Die for You"  | —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

## References

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1. ^ a b "The Rock review". Country Weekly: 50. 16 June 2009. ISSN 1074-3235.

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Tracy Lawrence

Studio albums|

* Sticks and Stones
* Alibis
* I See It Now
* Time Marches On
* The Coast Is Clear
* Lessons Learned
* Tracy Lawrence
* Strong
* For the Love
* All Wrapped Up in Christmas
* The Rock

Compilation albums|

* Tracy Lawrence Live
* The Best of Tracy Lawrence
* Then & Now: The Hits Collection
* The Very Best of Tracy Lawrence

Notable singles|

* "Sticks and Stones"
* "Today's Lonely Fool"
* "Runnin' Behind"
* "Somebody Paints the Wall"
* "Alibis"
* "Can't Break It to My Heart"
* "My Second Home"
* "If the Good Die Young"
* "Renegades, Rebels and Rogues"
* "I See It Now"
* "As Any Fool Can See"
* "Texas Tornado"
* "If the World Had a Front Porch"
* "If You Loved Me"
* "Time Marches On"
* "Stars over Texas"
* "Is That a Tear"
* "Better Man, Better Off"
* "How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye"
* "Lessons Learned"
* "Lonely"
* "Unforgiven"
* "Life Don't Have to Be So Hard"
* "Paint Me a Birmingham"
* "Used to the Pain"
* "Find Out Who Your Friends Are"

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