Our Bright Future is the eighth and most recent studio album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released on November 11, 2008 via Elektra. The album was co-produced by Larry Klein, with the album's first single "Sing For You" being released digitally on October 31, 2008. In promotion for this album, Chapman appeared on radio stations across Europe with interviews and sessions. Chapman also performed "Sing for You" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. A European tour in support of the disc took place through November and December 2008. A US tour was planned for January 2009 but was postponed.[5] Chapman toured Europe again in the Summer of 2009. Our Bright Future was certified Platinum in France, selling more than 200,000 copies there.[6] It also was certified Gold in Switzerland, for sales in excess of 15,000. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. To date, it is Chapman's latest record.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Our Bright Future news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message Our Bright Future is the eighth and most recent studio album by American singer songwriter Tracy Chapman released on November 11 2008 via Elektra The album was co produced by Larry Klein with the album s first single Sing For You being released digitally on October 31 2008 In promotion for this album Chapman appeared on radio stations across Europe with interviews and sessions Chapman also performed Sing for You on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno A European tour in support of the disc took place through November and December 2008 A US tour was planned for January 2009 but was postponed 5 Chapman toured Europe again in the Summer of 2009 Our Bright Future was certified Platinum in France selling more than 200 000 copies there 6 It also was certified Gold in Switzerland for sales in excess of 15 000 The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album To date it is Chapman s latest record Our Bright FutureStudio album by Tracy ChapmanReleasedNovember 11 2008 2008 11 11 Length42 20LabelElektraProducerTracy Chapman Larry KleinTracy Chapman chronologyWhere You Live 2005 Our Bright Future 2008 Greatest Hits 2015 Singles from Our Bright Future Sing for You Released 2008 Thinking of You Released 2009Professional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic65 100 1 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 2 Slant Magazine 3 Toronto Star 4 Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charts 3 1 Weekly charts 3 2 Year end charts 4 Certifications 5 ReferencesTrack listing editAll tracks are written by Tracy ChapmanNo TitleLength1 Sing for You 4 252 I Did It All 3 103 Save Us All 3 464 Our Bright Future 4 135 For a Dream 3 196 Thinking of You 4 497 A Theory 3 188 Conditional 4 059 Something to See 4 1410 The First Person on Earth 3 5211 Spring 3 07Personnel editTracy Chapman acoustic and electric guitar vocals Larry Goldings keyboards Jared Faw piano Steve Gadd drums Joe Gore acoustic and electric guitar keyboards Larry Klein bass guitar organ Dean Parks guitar clarinet mandolin pedal steel guitar Joey Waronker drums percussion Rock Deadrick background vocals Carla Kihlstedt violin nyckelharpa Michael Webster keyboards Rob Burger keyboardsCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Our Bright Future Chart 2008 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 7 81Austrian Albums O3 Austria 8 23Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 9 39Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 10 22Dutch Albums Album Top 100 11 56French Albums SNEP 12 5German Albums Offizielle Top 100 13 28Irish Albums IRMA 14 82Italian Albums FIMI 15 20Norwegian Albums VG lista 16 39Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 17 42Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 18 35Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 19 9UK Albums OCC 20 75US Billboard 200 21 57 Year end charts edit Year end chart performance for Our Bright Future Chart 2008 PositionFrench Albums SNEP 22 41Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 23 85Chart 2009 PositionFrench Albums SNEP 24 78Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 25 97Certifications editSales certifications for Our Bright Future Region Certification Certified units salesFrance SNEP 26 Platinum 100 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 27 Gold 15 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone References edit Our Bright Future by Tracy Chapman Metacritic com Retrieved 6 January 2019 Deming Mark 2008 11 11 AllMusic review AllMusic Retrieved 2012 02 03 Slant Magazine review Slant Magazine Archived from the original on 2015 04 02 Retrieved 2012 02 03 Toronto Star review Thestar com 2008 12 02 Retrieved 2012 02 03 Official website Tracy Chapman Retrieved 2012 02 03 2008 Le bilan des ventes de disques en France Archived from the original on 2009 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