Heartstrings is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter and actress Leighton Meester. It was released on October 28, 2014, by Vagrant and Hotly Wanting. Meester wrote all nine tracks featured on the record, and the album was produced by Jeff Trott. Following its release, Heartstrings received generally positive reviews.
Promotion Singles "Heartstrings" was released as first single from album on September 9, 2014, via iTunes and SoundCloud. On October 17, 2014, Meester performed "Heartstrings" on Big Morning Buzz Live. On October 28, 2014, Heartstrings release party took place in Los Angeles at The Troubadour. The music video for Heartstrings was released on October 29, 2014.
Tour In support of the album, Meester embarked on tour across North America, which began on January 6, 2015 in Los Angeles, California and ended on March 2, 2015 in San Francisco, California. +Tour dates Date City Country Venue January 6, 2015 Los Angeles United States Hotel Café January 11, 2015 January 27, 2015 January 28, 2015 February 18, 2015 Alexandria Birchmere Music Hall February 19, 2015 Philadelphia The Trocadero Theatre February 20, 2015 Allston Brighton Music Hall February 21, 2015 New York City Irving Plaza February 23, 2015 Detroit Magic Bag February 24, 2015 Chicago Park West February 27, 2015 Seattle El Corazon March 1, 2015 Vancouver Canada Rio Theatre March 2, 2015 San Francisco United States Great American Music Hall
Commercial performance The album debuted on week dated of November 15, 2014, at number 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums and at number 139 on the official Billboard 200.
Track listing
Personnel All credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Leighton Meester – vocals, composer Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion Paul Bryon – bass Joel Shearer – guitar Dave Palmer – organ, keyboards Patrick Warren – orchestration, accordion, keyboards, piano Ryan Petersen – drum programming, percussion, additional keyboards Jeff Trott – bass, mandolin, keyboards, additional guitars, producer, engineer Shawn Everett – engineer John Cranfield – mixing Shahine Ezell – management
Charts +Chart performance for Heartstrings Chart (2014) Peakposition
Release history +Release formats for Heartstrings Region Date Label Format United States October 28, 2014 Digital download
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