The Head and the Heart is the debut studio album by folk rock band The Head and the Heart, released on April 19, 2011, on Sub Pop. A deluxe edition of the album was released in August 2011 and included "Chasing A Ghost" (live), "Josh McBride" (Live), and "Rivers and Roads" (live).
Initially, the band had self-released the album in June 2009, selling it at concerts, by word of mouth, and through local record stores. In the ensuing months the album sold 10,000 copies. Their music plays heavily on the trio of vocal harmonies, piano and violin melodies, and prominent drums and percussion. It was the top-selling album of the year 2010 for the independent Sonic Boom Records in the band's home neighborhood of Ballard, Seattle.
The song "Rivers and Roads" was used in the series finale of NBC's Chuck, in the 16th episode of the seventh season of CBS's comedy How I Met Your Mother, 19th episode of the season finale of Netflix's Manifest, at the season finale of the fourth season of Fox's series New Girl, and in The Good Doctor.
Track listing All songs by Josiah Johnson, Jon Russell, Charity Thielen, Kenny Hensley, Chris Zasche, and Tyler Williams.
Personnel Charity Rose Thielen – vocals, violin, percussion Josiah Johnson – vocals, guitar, percussion Jonathan Russell – vocals, guitar, percussion Tyler Williams – drums, percussion, vocals Chris Zasche – bass, vocals Kenny Hensley – piano, vocals Chelsey Duff, Colin Isler, Kevin Matley, Yakup Trana – Additional Instrumentation Steven James Aguilar – producer, recorded by, mixed by Shawn Simmons – producer, recorded by Kevin Matley – producer
Commercial performance The Head and the Heart peaked at number 109 with 4,000 copies sold on Billboard 200.
Charts Chart (2011–12)PeakpositionU.S. Billboard 200109U.S. Billboard Folk Albums3U.S. Billboard Rock Albums23U.S. Billboard Alternative Albums18U.S. Billboard Independent Albums14
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