Mitchel Musso is the debut album by Mitchel Musso. The album was released under Walt Disney Records on June 2, 2009.
Background Musso worked with Sam Hollander, Dave Katz, Bryan Todd, Justin Gray, Curt Schneider, Matthew Wilder, and other producers and songwriters to produce the album in Los Angeles and New York. Musso also contributed to co-writing two songs from the album's thirteen tracks. Mitchel sings solo on all of the tracks except two titled "Us Against the World" and "Shout It". The two are a duet featuring singer Katelyn Tarver and Musso's brother Mason Musso respectively. Musso stated: "But actually my favorite song off my album is a duet, "Us Against the World" and it's my favorite song. I feel like it's got the most uh, it's kind of a dark vibe but at the same time it's a really upbeat like uh, I would say a happy song. And I think the girl's voice, is Katelyn Tarver, so it was awesome getting her on the track." "Let's Make This Last 4Ever" was featured on an episode of Hannah Montana and a track on the Hannah Montana 3 soundtrack. "Hey" was used as the theme song to the primetime sitcom Unhitched, which was about a group of 4 newly singled 30-somethings starting over and living together in Boston.
Release The album was released on June 2, 2009. The physical CD includes a fold-out poster of Musso. They also include an exclusive stream of "Let's Make This Last 4Ever" stream, which will be available once the album is purchased.
Musso promoted the album by setting out on a summer tour with over 54 scheduled dates across the United States and Canada. The band KSM opened for him on a select number of dates. Musso also performed as the opening act for his older brother's band Metro Station on 9 dates between July 23 and August 14, 2009. Honor Society also opened for some of his shows. Musso promoted the album by performing three songs off the album at the Wango Tango music festival in Los Angeles on May 9, 2009.
Commercial performance In its first week of release the album sold 20,000 units, which put it at #19 on the Billboard 200. As of August 2009, the album has sold over 100,000 copies in the U.S.
Singles "Hey" was released as the lead single from the album. Musso filmed a music video for the song and the video premiered on Disney Channel on May 15, 2009. The song debuted at number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Shout It" was announced as a single by Musso on his official Twitter page. The music video for the song, which features scenes from his tour, was released on September 29, 2009, on iTunes.
Other songs "The in Crowd" was released as a promotional single on December 5, 2008. A music video was launched on Disney Channel in early March.
Track listing
Exclusive packages Physical CD Fold out poster of Musso CD unlocks an exclusive stream of the song "Let's Make This Last 4Ever"
Outtakes "Leavin'" "Let's Go" "Wasn't Your Girlfriend" "White Striped Gloves"
Charts + Chart (2009) Peakposition Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) 64
International release The album was released in the UK on August 24 and in Spain released on August 25. Residents in the UK could listen to full tracks from the album until August 31 on Disney My Page.
Personnel
Dwight A. Baker - Drums, Engineer James Bourne - Vocals (background) Alex Bush - Engineer Andreas Carlsson - Guitar Randy Cooke - Drums Simon Curtis - Vocals (background) Eddie Galan - Producer, Vocals (background) Steven "Stizzle" Schneider - Co-Producer, Programming Steve Gerdes - Art Direction, Design Jason Gleed - Producer Taylor Harris - Vocal Editing David Krauklis - Drums Kenny Livingston - Drums Gavin MacKillop - Engineer Brian Malouf - Executive Producer, Mixing Stephen Marcussen - Mastering Mason Musso - Vocals (background) Mitchel Musso - Vocals (lead & background) Tim Pagnotta - Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Engineer Brett Rosenberg - Guitar Curt Schneider - Synthesizer, Bass, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Blair Sinta - Drums Greg Suran - Bass, Guitar, Engineer Gavin Taylor - Design Ali Dee Theodore - Producer Bryan Todd - Programming, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Graham Ward - Drums Bruce Watson - Guitar
References
External links
Mitchel Musso at Walt Disney Records