{{Infobox album | name = Beautiful Freakshow | type = studio | artist = Dean Brody | cover = Dean Brody - Beautiful Freakshow (album cover).jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2016|10|21}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Country | length = {{duration|m=37|s=01}} | label = Open Road | producer = Matt Rovey | prev_title = Gypsy Road | prev_year = 2015 | next_title = Black Sheep | next_year = 2019 | misc = {{Singles | name = Beautiful Freakshow | type = studio | single1 = Bush Party | single1date = July 29, 2016 | single2 = Time | single2date = November 18, 2016 | single3 = Beautiful Freakshow | single3date = April 12, 2017 | single4 = Soggy Bottom Summer | single4date = July 12, 2017 | single5 = 8th Day | single5date = November 1, 2017 }} }}
'''''Beautiful Freakshow''''' is the sixth studio album by Canadian country music artist Dean Brody. It was released on October 21, 2016 via Open Road Recordings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beautiful Freakshow - Dean Brody {{!}} Release Info|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/beautiful-freakshow-mr0004629861|website=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=November 5, 2016}}</ref> Brody wrote or co-wrote all but one of the album's tracks. ''Beautiful Freakshow'' debuted at number 15 on the Canadian Albums Chart.<ref>{{cite web|author1=FYI Staff|title=On The Charts|url=http://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2016/10/31/charts|website=FYI Music News|publisher=Music Canada|accessdate=October 31, 2016|date=October 31, 2016|archive-date=January 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112081735/http://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2016/10/31/charts|url-status=dead}}</ref> Three of its singles have charted in the top 10 of the Canada Country airplay chart, including "8th Day", which reached number one.
==Singles== "Bush Party" was released as the album's lead single on July 29, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bush Party - Dean Brody {{!}} Release Info|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/bush-party-mr0004593476|website=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=November 5, 2016}}</ref> An accompanying music video premiered August 8, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Bobby|title=Dean Brody - Bush Party Music Video|url=https://topcountry.ca/dean-brody-bush-party-music-video/|accessdate=November 5, 2016|work=Top Country|publisher=TC Inc.|date=August 31, 2016}}</ref> The song entered the ''Billboard'' Canada Country chart at number 39 and has since reached a peak position of 6.<ref>{{cite web|title="Bush Party" on Canada Country|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5b0%5d=is_bmdb_track_id%3A7466082&f%5b1%5d=itm_field_chart_id%3A1240&refine=1|website=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=November 5, 2016|archive-date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231003505/https://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5b0%5d=is_bmdb_track_id%3A7466082&f%5b1%5d=itm_field_chart_id%3A1240&refine=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
"Time" was released to digital retailers on September 9, 2016 as the first promotional single.<ref>{{cite web|title=Time - Dean Brody {{!}} Release Info|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/time-mr0004612433|website=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=November 5, 2016}}</ref> It debuted at number 37 on the Canadian Digital Songs component chart.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dean Brody – Chart history (Canadian Digital Songs)|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/300592/dean-brody/chart?f=1186|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=November 5, 2016|archive-date=November 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125163851/http://www.billboard.com/artist/300592/dean-brody/chart?f=1186|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was later serviced to Canadian radio on November 18, 2016 as the second official single.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Dean Brody|title=Dean Brody - Timeline|url=https://www.facebook.com/deanbrody/videos/10153976853970969/|publisher=Facebook|accessdate=November 24, 2016|format=video|date=November 18, 2016|quote=Dean's powerful new single 'Time' is officially at Canadian country radio!}}</ref>
The title track, "Beautiful Freakshow", was released October 7, 2016 as the record's second promotional single.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bush Party - Dean Brody {{!}} Release Info|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/beautiful-freakshow-mr0004624595|website=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|format=Single|accessdate=November 5, 2016}}</ref> It features a rap from co-writer Shevy Price.<ref>{{cite web|title=Now Streaming: Dean Brody's Beautiful Freakshow|url=http://www.cmt.ca/news/now-streaming-dean-brodys-beautiful-freakshow|website=CMT Canada|publisher=Corus Entertainment|accessdate=December 30, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422025626/https://www.cmt.ca/news/now-streaming-dean-brodys-beautiful-freakshow|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was later issued to Canadian country radio April 12, 2017 as the third official single.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McElheran|first1=Taryn|title=Dean Brody releases "Beautiful Freakshow" single & video ahead of Spring tour|url=http://canadianbeats.ca/2017/04/13/dean-brody-releases-beautiful-freakshow-single-video-ahead-of-spring-tour/|accessdate=April 21, 2017|publisher=Canadian Beats|date=April 13, 2017}}</ref>
==Promotion== Brody went on tour in support of the album in the spring of 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dean Brody announces Beautiful Freakshow tour|url=https://leaderpost.com/entertainment/local-arts/dean-brody-announces-beautiful-freakshow-tour|accessdate=November 5, 2016|work=Regina Leader-Post|publisher=Postmedia Network|date=October 31, 2016}}</ref> The Beautiful Freakshow Tour commenced on April 25, 2017 in Hamilton, Ontario, with dates through June 3, 2017.<ref name="open road tour">{{cite web|author1=Admin|title=DEAN BRODY’S BEAUTIFUL FREAKSHOW TOUR 2017 DATES RELEASED|url=http://www.openroadrecordings.com/news/dean-brodys-beautiful-freakshow-tour-2017-dates-released/|publisher=Open Road Recordings|accessdate=November 5, 2016|date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> High Valley accompanied Brody on seven dates in Ontario, while Madeline Merlo accompanied the tour for the dates in the prairie provinces; the James Barker Band served as an opening act on all tour dates.<ref name="open road tour"/>
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = ''Exclaim!'' | rev1score = 6/10<ref name="exclaim-review">{{cite news|last1=Easton|first1=Anthony|title=Dean Brody Beautiful Freakshow|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/dean_brody-beautiful_freakshow|accessdate=November 5, 2016|publisher=Exclaim!|date=October 19, 2016}}</ref> }}
Anthony Easton of ''Exclaim!'' gave the album a mixed review and a 6-out-of-10 rating, labelling inconsistency as the album's downfall. "An album needs a frame, and a ruthless culling instinct," he writes. "''Freakshow'' has neither. I keep wanting more from Brody, and he doesn't quite deliver."<ref name="exclaim-review">{{cite news|last1=Easton|first1=Anthony|title=Dean Brody Beautiful Freakshow|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/dean_brody-beautiful_freakshow|accessdate=November 5, 2016|publisher=Exclaim!|date=October 19, 2016}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{tracklist | title1 = Bush Party | writer1 = Dean Brody | length1 = 3:42 | title2 = Soggy Bottom Summer | note2 = featuring Alan Doyle | writer2 = Brody | length2 = 2:57 | title3 = Little Blue Volkswagen | note3 = featuring Sarah Blackwood | writer3 = Brody | length3 = 3:35 | title4 = Beautiful Freakshow | note4 = featuring Shevy Price | writer4 = {{hlist|Brody|Shevy Price}} | length4 = 3:30 | title5 = 8th Day | writer5 = {{hlist|Brody|Matt Rovey}} | length5 = 3:02 | title6 = Blueberry Sky | writer6 = Brody | length6 = 4:09 | title7 = Beautiful Girl | writer7 = Brody | length7 = 4:55 | title8 = Memory Lane | writer8 = {{hlist|Brody|Jason Barry}} | length8 = 3:22 | title9 = Time | writer9 = Brody | length9 = 4:07 | title10 = Another Saturday Night | writer10 = Sam Cooke | length10 = 3:42 | total_length = 37:01 }}
==Chart performance== ===Album=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Chart (2016) ! Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|BillboardCanada|15|artist=Dean Brody}} |}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{AllMusic | class=album | id= beautiful-freakshow-mr0004629861 | label= ''Beautiful Freakshow''}}
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