Welcome to Reality (album)

Welcome to Reality is the second album by American singer-songwriter Ross Copperman, and first on a major label. The singles released from the album were "As I Choke", "All She Wrote", and "Found You". Released in May 2007, the album reached the charts in Scotland and the United Kingdom.

Welcome to Reality
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 28, 2007
GenrePop rock
Length55:35
LabelRCA/Phonogenic
Ross Copperman chronology
Believe
(2003)
Welcome to Reality
(2007)
This Is Ross Copperman
(2009)

Critical reception

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Allmusic's Sharon Mawer remarked that the album's commercial prospects suffered as the label appeared to favor "their reality TV produced singers than with a genuine rock singer/songwriter, especially one who sounded so much like many other major stars."[1] In a negative review, Dave Simpson of The Guardian wrote that the album consisted of "lowest-common-denominator songs could have been put together in a laboratory."[2] Nick Mitchell of The Skinny said that when listening to the songs on the album as a whole, "they all become one and the same: sickly, insipid twaddle that couldn't be fixed by all the session guitarists in the world."[3]

Track listing

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  1. All She Wrote
  2. Found You
  3. Guilty Pleasure
  4. Fly Away
  5. As I Choke
  6. I Get By
  7. Can’t Stop Loving You
  8. Believe
  9. I Don’t Wanna Let You Go
  10. Lucky Day
  11. Get Away
  12. Shout
  13. They’ll Never Know
  14. To Be (Hidden Track)

Charts

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Chart (2007) Peak
position
Scottish Albums Chart (Official Charts Company)[4] 63
UK Albums Chart (Official Charts Company)[5] 59

References

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  1. ^ Mawer, Sharon. "'Welcome to Reality' - Allmusic Review". Allmusic. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ Simpson, Dave (May 17, 2007). "Ross Copperman, 'Welcome to Reality'". The Guardian. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Nick (April 11, 2007). "Music Reviews - Ross Copperman - 'Welcome to Reality'". The Skinny. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  5. ^ "Official Charts - Ross Copperman". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
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