Pioneer is the second studio album by American country music group The Band Perry. It was released on April 2, 2013, via Republic Records.[2] A deluxe edition with four bonus tracks and a special red album cover with an autograph from each band member was made available at Target stores the same day.[3] The Band Perry co-wrote nine of the album's twelve tracks.[4] The album has produced four singles: "Better Dig Two", "Done", "Don't Let Me Be Lonely" and "Chainsaw". As of October 2015, the album has sold 619,000 copies in the United States.[5]
Pioneer received generally favorable reviews from critics. On the review aggregator site Metacritic, the album currently holds a score of 72, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 7 reviews.[16]AllMusic music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine told that the album has "a swagger that underpins" it, which "retains a sense of palpable defiance even in the quietest moments", but in doing so with "her vigor lending passion to music that is deliberately designed to appeal to the widest possible audience as it blurs the line between contemporary country and pop". which causes "some seriously odd juxtapositions".[6] In addition, Erlewine found that "as good as the by-the-books ballads and rocking country are, the moments when the façade slips a bit make this worth hearing as an album and not a collection of singles."[6] At Entertainment Weekly, Melissa Maerz evoked how "it's fun to hear her get those linens dirty" on this album.[8] Rob Burkhardt of Music Is My Oxygen said the album built "on the foundation laid by the first album and taking things to the next level."[9]
At Country Weekly, Jon Freeman called it clearly "time well spent" on making the album, which leads the band in furthering their "stadium-sized ambitions", and they said that the album is just below "outstanding" with an A−.[7] In addition, Freeman said that Pioneer's "overall spirit of adventure is summed up in the gorgeous" track entitled "Pioneer", which that is because it starts off "sweet and delicate," and the song "offers a message of encouragement to be bold in the face of uncertainty and doubt as it builds to a thrilling crescendo."[7]Taste of Country's Billy Dukes evoked how the album "is just as dramatic, yet dramatically more steady than their debut effort" that "holds no shortage of styles and surprises, even a lilting folk song in the title track."[14] Dukes noted that "for some, this will be the highlight of the project — one can be sure very few people will agree on a favorite", and the album has "ambitious" lyrics that "shows a maturity largely unmatched by a group only two albums into a blossoming career."[14] Dukes stated that the band had some sporadically "bold choices", which are "rough around the edges," at the same time "the collection is more than strong enough to justify a headlining tour".[14] David Burger of The Salt Lake Tribune said that The Band Perry "show a confidence unusual for a group so young".[13] At Rolling Stone, Will Hermes found this album to contain "goth-iness", which is because the siblings "are remarkably death-obsessed", and called this release a "perky, rocked-up country-pop set."[11]
At The Oakland Press, Gary Graff exclaimed "Step aside, Taylor, and put the kerosene down, Miranda — Kimberly Perry is about to become country music’s new man-slaying warrior for women done wrong" on the band's second offering.[10] However, Graff said that this "youthful group is still occasionally wanting in the lyric department, but 'Pioneer' mostly shows that the path the trio blazed with its debut was no mere fluke."[10] Roughstock's Matt Bjorke alluded to how "Pioneer doesn't sound like anything else in Country Music and that...should be...enough to help keep the family band around for more than a few more years to come."[12] Furthermore, Bjorke contended that "we might be witnessing the next country/pop crossover to superstardom a la Taylor Swift" because they "could very well be...a Pop band if they didn't love mandolins, banjos, fiddles and steel guitars as much as they do (must be that East Tennessee upbringing)."[12] At the USA Today, Jerry Shriver stated this "robust effort from the sibling trio centers on obsessive love, and Kimberly Perry sounds unhinged and revenge-thirsty", yet the album has "moments of vulnerability, then it's back to feeling all apocalyptic. Strong songs, potent production. But dang, girl."[15]
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Pioneer is the second studio album by American country music group The Band Perry It was released on April 2 2013 via Republic Records 2 A deluxe edition with four bonus tracks and a special red album cover with an autograph from each band member was made available at Target stores the same day 3 The Band Perry co wrote nine of the album s twelve tracks 4 The album has produced four singles Better Dig Two Done Don t Let Me Be Lonely and Chainsaw As of October 2015 the album has sold 619 000 copies in the United States 5 PioneerStudio album by The Band PerryReleasedApril 2 2013 2013 04 02 GenreCountryLength46 15 standard edition 64 43 Target deluxe edition LabelRepublic NashvilleProducerDann Huff 1 The Band Perry chronologyThe Band Perry 2010 Pioneer 2013 Coordinates 2018 Singles from Pioneer Better Dig Two Released October 29 2012 Done Released March 11 2013 Don t Let Me Be Lonely Released August 26 2013 Chainsaw Released March 3 2014 Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Singles 4 3 Year end charts 5 Certifications 6 ReferencesCritical reception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 6 Country WeeklyA 7 Entertainment WeeklyB 8 Music Is My Oxygen 9 The Oakland Press 10 Rolling Stone 11 Roughstock 12 The Salt Lake TribuneB 13 Taste of Country 14 USA Today 15 Pioneer received generally favorable reviews from critics On the review aggregator site Metacritic the album currently holds a score of 72 indicating generally favorable reviews based on 7 reviews 16 AllMusic music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine told that the album has a swagger that underpins it which retains a sense of palpable defiance even in the quietest moments but in doing so with her vigor lending passion to music that is deliberately designed to appeal to the widest possible audience as it blurs the line between contemporary country and pop which causes some seriously odd juxtapositions 6 In addition Erlewine found that as good as the by the books ballads and rocking country are the moments when the facade slips a bit make this worth hearing as an album and not a collection of singles 6 At Entertainment Weekly Melissa Maerz evoked how it s fun to hear her get those linens dirty on this album 8 Rob Burkhardt of Music Is My Oxygen said the album built on the foundation laid by the first album and taking things to the next level 9 At Country Weekly Jon Freeman called it clearly time well spent on making the album which leads the band in furthering their stadium sized ambitions and they said that the album is just below outstanding with an A 7 In addition Freeman said that Pioneer s overall spirit of adventure is summed up in the gorgeous track entitled Pioneer which that is because it starts off sweet and delicate and the song offers a message of encouragement to be bold in the face of uncertainty and doubt as it builds to a thrilling crescendo 7 Taste of Country s Billy Dukes evoked how the album is just as dramatic yet dramatically more steady than their debut effort that holds no shortage of styles and surprises even a lilting folk song in the title track 14 Dukes noted that for some this will be the highlight of the project one can be sure very few people will agree on a favorite and the album has ambitious lyrics that shows a maturity largely unmatched by a group only two albums into a blossoming career 14 Dukes stated that the band had some sporadically bold choices which are rough around the edges at the same time the collection is more than strong enough to justify a headlining tour 14 David Burger of The Salt Lake Tribune said that The Band Perry show a confidence unusual for a group so young 13 At Rolling Stone Will Hermes found this album to contain goth iness which is because the siblings are remarkably death obsessed and called this release a perky rocked up country pop set 11 At The Oakland Press Gary Graff exclaimed Step aside Taylor and put the kerosene down Miranda Kimberly Perry is about to become country music s new man slaying warrior for women done wrong on the band s second offering 10 However Graff said that this youthful group is still occasionally wanting in the lyric department but Pioneer mostly shows that the path the trio blazed with its debut was no mere fluke 10 Roughstock s Matt Bjorke alluded to how Pioneer doesn t sound like anything else in Country Music and that should be enough to help keep the family band around for more than a few more years to come 12 Furthermore Bjorke contended that we might be witnessing the next country pop crossover to superstardom a la Taylor Swift because they could very well be a Pop band if they didn t love mandolins banjos fiddles and steel guitars as much as they do must be that East Tennessee upbringing 12 At the USA Today Jerry Shriver stated this robust effort from the sibling trio centers on obsessive love and Kimberly Perry sounds unhinged and revenge thirsty yet the album has moments of vulnerability then it s back to feeling all apocalyptic Strong songs potent production But dang girl 15 Track listing EditNo TitleWriter s Length1 Better Dig Two Brandy Clark Shane McAnally Trevor Rosen3 152 Done Reid Perry Neil Perry John Davidson Jacob Bryant3 253 Don t Let Me Be Lonely Sarah Buxton Rodney Clawson Chris Tompkins4 114 Pioneer Kimberly Perry R Perry N Perry Brian Henningsen Clara Henningsen Aaron Henningsen4 185 Forever Mine Nevermind K Perry R Perry N Perry Brad Paisley3 566 Night Gone Wasted K Perry R Perry N Perry B Henningsen C Henningsen A Henningsen3 377 I Saw a Light K Perry R Perry N Perry B Henningsen C Henningsen A Henningsen4 088 Mother Like Mine K Perry R Perry N Perry3 519 Chainsaw McAnally Josh Osborne Matthew Ramsey3 4710 I m a Keeper K Perry R Perry N Perry B Henningsen C Henningsen A Henningsen3 3011 Back to Me Without You K Perry R Perry N Perry B Henningsen C Henningsen A Henningsen3 5712 End of Time K Perry R Perry N Perry B Henningsen C Henningsen A Henningsen4 19Total length 46 15 Deluxe EditionNo TitleWriter s Length13 Once Upon a Time K Perry Eric Bazilian Rob Hyman 17 4 3814 Lucky Ones K Perry Lynn A Nichols Jeremy Bose 18 4 4715 Peaches and Caroline K Perry Sam Mizell 19 4 2416 Gonna Be OK K Perry Nichols Bose 20 4 39Total length 64 43Personnel EditAdapted from Pioneer liner notes 21 The Band Perry Kimberly Perry lead vocals Neil Perry bouzouki mandolin background vocals Reid Perry bass guitar background vocalsAdditional musicians J T Corenflos electric guitar Eric Darken percussion Dan Dugmore steel guitar dobro Stuart Duncan fiddle Paul Franklin steel guitar sitar Jim Hoke penny whistle Dann Huff 12 string electric guitar electric guitar David Huff percussion programming Charlie Judge Hammond B 3 organ keyboards loop programming piano synthesizer Jerry McPherson electric guitar Cherie Oakley background vocals Aaron Sterling drums Ilya Toshinsky banjo acoustic guitar resonator guitarCharts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 2013 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 22 37Canadian Albums Billboard 23 3UK Albums OCC 24 94UK Country Albums OCC 25 2US Billboard 200 26 2US Top Country Albums Billboard 27 1Singles Edit Year Single Peak chart positionsUS Country US Country Airplay US CAN Country 28 CAN2012 Better Dig Two 1 1 28 1 422013 Done 8 1 43 1 48 Don t Let Me Be Lonely 9 2 59 1 582014 Chainsaw 20 10 86 6 88 Year end charts Edit Chart 2013 PositionUS Billboard 200 29 55US Top Country Albums Billboard 30 12Chart 2014 PositionUS Top Country Albums Billboard 31 36Certifications EditRegion Certification Certified units salesCanada Music Canada 32 Gold 40 000 United States RIAA 33 Gold 619 000 5 Shipments figures based on certification alone References Edit The Band Perry Choose Pioneer as New Album Title Country Music Television February 14 2013 Retrieved March 13 2013 Conaway Alanna March 5 2013 The Band Perry Pioneer Tracklist amp Cover Art Roughstock Archived from the original on March 29 2013 Retrieved March 13 2013 The Band Perry Pioneer Album Deluxe Edition Unleashes Songs From Siblings Past The Boot March 4 2013 Retrieved March 13 2013 The Band Perry discloses songs Country Standard Time March 4 2013 Retrieved March 13 2013 a b Upcoming Releases Hits Daily Double HITS Digital Ventures Archived from the original on October 29 2015 a b c Erlewine Stephen Thomas April 2 2013 Pioneer The Band Perry Songs Reviews Credits Awards AllMusic Retrieved April 2 2013 a b c Freeman Jon April 4 2013 Pioneer by The Band Perry Country Weekly Retrieved April 5 2013 a b Maerz Melissa March 27 2013 Pioneer Review Entertainment Weekly Retrieved April 2 2013 a b Burkhardt Rob April 2 2013 The Band Perry Breaks New Ground with Pioneer Music Is My Oxygen MIMO Retrieved April 8 2013 a b c Graff Gary April 1 2013 Listening Room Band Perry s new Pioneer puts feminine power to the fore USA Today Retrieved April 2 2013 a b Hermes Will April 15 2013 The Band Perry Pioneer Universal Republic Rolling Stone Retrieved 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