This Loud Morning

{{Short description|2011 album by David Cook}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = This Loud Morning | type = studio | artist = David Cook | cover = DavidCookThisLoudMorning.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2011|06|28}} | recorded = 2010–2011 | studio = | genre = {{flatlist| *Rock *alternative rock *pop rock}} | length = 48:20 (Standard Edition)<br/>56:14 (Deluxe Edition) | label = {{flatlist| *RCA *19}} | producer = Matt Serletic | prev_title = David Cook | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = Digital Vein | next_year = 2015 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Deluxe Edition | type = Studio | cover = This loud morning deluxe.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = Deluxe edition cover }} {{Singles | name = This Loud Morning | type = Studio | single1 = The Last Goodbye | single1date = April 19, 2011 | single2 = Fade into Me | single2date = October 10, 2011 }} }}

'''''This Loud Morning''''' is the second major-label studio album, third overall by American singer-songwriter David Cook. It was released on June 28, 2011, by RCA Records.<ref name="Idol Chatter Apr 15, 2011">{{cite news |title=David Cook's 'This Loud Morning' coming June 28 |newspaper=USA Today |date=April 15, 2011 |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2011/04/david-cooks-this-loud-morning-coming-june-28/1 |accessdate=17 April 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Billboard1">{{cite magazine |title=David Cook To Release 'This Loud Morning' Album in June |magazine=Billboard |date=April 15, 2011 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/472059/david-cook-to-release-this-loud-morning-album-in-june |accessdate=April 18, 2011}}</ref> Executive produced by Matt Serletic, the album featured tracks written and co-written by Cook along with many acclaimed songwriters, including Johnny Rzeznik, David Hodges, Ryan Tedder, Kevin Griffin, Scott Stevens and Marti Frederiksen.<ref name="Idol Chatter Apr 15, 2011"/>

==Background== Cook began to concentrate working on this his second album after his first major tour, the Declaration Tour, concluded in December 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=In the Studio With 'American Idol' Alum David Cook!|publisher=ETonline.com |date=March 3, 2011|url=http://www.etonline.com/music/108281_In_the_Studio_With_American_Idol_Alum_David_Cook/|accessdate=May 2, 2011 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310175044/http://www.etonline.com/music/108281_In_the_Studio_With_American_Idol_Alum_David_Cook/ |archivedate=March 10, 2011 }}</ref> While on the tour, he put down some riffs and lyrical ideas,<ref>{{cite web |title=KRBE David cook interview part 2 |website=YouTube |date=July 5, 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7ckHcKmRas |accessdate=April 22, 2011 }}</ref> and started song-writing as a band towards the end of the tour.<ref>{{cite web |title=David Cook on KOMO Newsradio |website=YouTube |date=August 26, 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJwDPqxLDnM |accessdate=April 22, 2011 }}</ref> He collaborated with a number of songwriters, early collaborators on his song-writing included Matt Squire, Brian Howes, Claude Kelly, Max Martin, Raine Maida, Scott Stevens and John Rzeznik.<ref name="ew.com feb 2010">{{cite magazine |title='Idolatry': David Cook gives us scoop on writing his sophomore CD! |magazine=EW.com |date=February 8, 2010 |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/02/08/david-cook-sophomore-album-scoop/ |accessdate=April 18, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=AINow.Org David Cook Interview |publisher=YouTube |date=January 1, 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B3umufwikc |accessdate=April 18, 2011 }}</ref> More than 80 songs were written for the album, and 14 were tracked.<ref name="ainow april 25 2011">{{cite web |title=Exclusive Interview With David Cook |publisher=AINow.Org |date=April 25, 2011 |url=http://www.ainow.org/index.php/idol/5371-exclusive-interview-with-david-cook |accessdate=April 25, 2011 }}</ref> He had hoped initially that a single would be ready for release in April 2010 and the album that summer.<ref>{{cite news|title=Catching up with David Cook |newspaper=LA Times |date=March 17, 2010|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2010/03/catching-up-with-david-cook.html|accessdate=April 18, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611111832/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2010/03/catching-up-with-david-cook.html |archivedate=June 11, 2010 }}</ref> However, a producer for the album was not announced until May,<ref>{{cite web |title=David Cook vlog|publisher=YouTube |date=May 26, 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfjpAxHMcIA|accessdate=April 18, 2011 }}</ref> and recording started in June that year with producer Matt Serletic at the helm.<ref>{{cite news |title=David Cook in the studio with Matt Serletic|newspaper=USA Today |date=July 16, 2010|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2010/07/david-cook-in-the-studio-with-matt-serletic/1 |accessdate=April 18, 2011 }}</ref>

Before recording, he said he has "lofty ideas" for his second album and described early songs written with Julian Emery and Jim Irvin as having "massive choruses" and "very U2-esque".<ref name="ew.com april 2010">{{cite magazine |title=David Cook on his sophomore CD: Massive choruses, mile-long catwalks, and...Dolly Parton? |magazine=EW.com |date=April 9, 2010 |url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/04/09/david-cook-sophomore-cd-american-idol/ |accessdate=April 18, 2011 }}</ref> At the beginning his goal was to make an album that "really, really pushed the concept of dynamic".<ref name="ew.com april 2010"/>

===Theme=== Cook wanted the album to have a loose theme within the record that is open to interpretation by the listener.<ref name="ainow april 25 2011"/> He described the opening song "Circadian" as being about "falling asleep and escaping the day, and using sleep as a reprieve", the middle of the album being "the gestation cycle of a relationship from start to finish", and the ending track "Rapid Eye Movement" being about waking up from a dream and having to face actual reality.<ref name="ainow april 25 2011"/>

Cook revealed "Rapid Eye Movement" was written early on in the writing process, and the song "opened up [his] thought process to the rest of this record".<ref>[http://www.beatweek.com/news/8682-david-cook-tells-beatweek-about-circadian-from-this-loud-morning/ David Cook tells Beatweek about "Circadian" from This Loud Morning]</ref> On using sleep and dream as a narrative theme, he added, "I like that romantic idea of living an entire life for yourself while you’re asleep".

==Album title== The title of the album is from a line in lyrics from a song on the album called "Rapid Eye Movement" – "Give me one more quiet night, 'fore this loud morning gets it right and does me in."<ref name="mix1041">{{cite web |title=Mix 104.1 interview |publisher=Mix 104.1 |date=April 20, 2011 |url=http://mix1041.radio.com/2011/04/20/american-idol-david-cook/ |accessdate=April 22, 2011}}</ref>

==Critical reception==

{{Music ratings |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref name="AllMusic review">{{cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/album/this-loud-morning-main-entry-r2193178|title=This Loud Morning review |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |date=n.d.|website=AllMusic |access-date=November 13, 2024}}</ref> |rev2 = American Songwriter |rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref name="American Songwriter Review 07-11-2011" /> |rev3 = Blinded by Sound |rev3Score = Mixed <ref>{{cite web|first=Brian |last=Thomas |url=http://blindedbysound.com/post/viewPost/cd_review_david_cook_-_this_loud_morning/eab89e903a2c2f8d2bccf2caec3820bd |title=CD Review: David Cook - This Loud Morning |website=Blindedbysound.com |date=2011-08-16 |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref> |rev4 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' |rev4Score = (B−) <ref name="Entertainment Weekly review">{{cite news|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/06/24/this-loud-morning-review-david-cook/|title=Entertainment Weekly review | date=June 24, 2011}}</ref> }}

AllMusic gave the album 3 out of 5 stars stating that "This Loud Morning winds up as an album that's primarily textural mood music for the morning, and one that's not all that loud either".<ref name="AllMusic review" /> ''American Songwriter'' also gave the album 3 out of 5 stars stating that "This Loud Morning has a much more artistic vibe combined with a rawness evident in Cook's vocal performances not found on his previous Rob Cavallo produced release. This is refreshing considering Serletic's meticulous production style often results in songs becoming trapped in immense layers of over produced schlock. The album includes balanced amounts of strings, piano, and crunchy guitar, which all suit this more mature sounding material. Cook's more developed lyrics, melodic structures (he co-wrote all 12 tracks), and grittier vocal performances throughout the album abundantly display his overall growth as an artist."<ref name="American Songwriter Review 07-11-2011">{{cite magazine|title=David Cook: This Loud Morning |url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2011/07/david-cook-this-loud-morning/|last=Allen |first=Eric |magazine=American Songwriter |date=July 11, 2011 |access-date=November 13, 2024}} </ref> Entertainment Weekly also gave the album a positive review. Entertainment Weekly stated that This Loud Morning, uses closing-credits-of-a-Michael-Bay-movie bombast too often to suffocate otherwise sweet, sometimes whimsical experiments like the album-opening ''Circadian.'' <ref name="Entertainment Weekly review"/>

==Singles== "The Last Goodbye" was the first official single from the album and was released on April 19, 2011.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=David Cook to Perform on 'Idol' Next Week (Exclusive) |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/idol-worship/david-cook-perform-idol-next-177922 |accessdate=April 17, 2011 |first=Shirley |last=Halperin |date=April 13, 2011}}</ref> The song made its debut live on the American Idol (season 10) top 7 results show on April 21, 2011.<ref name="official">{{cite web |title=David Cook's Sophomore Album to Be Released 6/28 |publisher=DavidCookOfficial.com |url=http://www.davidcookofficial.com/us/news/david-cooks-sophomore-album-be-released-628 |accessdate=April 17, 2011}}</ref> "The Last Goodbye" sold 22,000 copies in its first week and entered the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at number five.<ref>{{cite news |title='Idol' track sales: David Cook, Carrie Underwood, more |newspaper=USA Today |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2011/04/idol-track-sales-david-cook-carrie-underwood-more/1 |accessdate=April 29, 2011 |date=April 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=idolsnow |publisher=Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/idolsnow/status/63477501984382976 |accessdate=April 29, 2011}}</ref>

"Fade into Me" is the second single from the album.<ref name="RCAMG 13 Sep 2011 Press Release">{{cite web |title=Gavin DeGraw and David Cook Announce Co-Headlining Fall Tour |url=http://www.rcamusicgrouppress.com/content/David_Cook/Press_Releases/Gavin_DeGraw_-_David_Cook_Tour_Fall_2011.doc |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323121953/http://www.rcamusicgrouppress.com/content/David_Cook/Press_Releases/Gavin_DeGraw_-_David_Cook_Tour_Fall_2011.doc |archivedate=2012-03-23 }}</ref> It was released on October 10, 2011.

==Track listing== {{track listing | all_writing = | title1 = Circadian | writer1 = {{hlist|David Cook|David Hodges|Neal Tiemann}} | length1 = 4:53 | title2 = Right Here, with You | writer2 = {{hlist|Cook|Johnny Rzeznik|Ryan Star|Gregg Wattenberg}} | length2 = 3:18 | title3 = We Believe | writer3 = {{hlist|Cook|Julian Emery|Jim Irvin}} | length3 = 4:22 | title4 = Fade into Me | writer4 = {{hlist|Cook|Kevin Griffin|Jamie Houston}} | length4 = 4:06 | title5 = Hard to Believe | writer5 = {{hlist|Cook|Hodges|Jess Cates|Lindy Robbins}} | length5 = 3:52 | title6 = Take Me as I Am | writer6 = {{hlist|Cook|Marti Frederiksen|Scott Stevens}} | length6 = 4:06 | title7 = Time Marches On | writer7 = {{hlist|Cook|Frederiksen}} | length7 = 3:42 | title8 = The Last Goodbye | writer8 = {{hlist|Cook|Ryan Tedder}} | length8 = 3:00 | title9 = Paper Heart | writer9 = {{hlist|Cook|Emery|Irvin}} | length9 = 3:36 | title10 = 4 Letter Word | writer10 = {{hlist|Cook|Claude Kelly|Matt Squire}} | length10 = 3:09 | title11 = Goodbye to the Girl | writer11 = {{hlist|Cook,|Tiemann|Andy Skib}} | length11 = 4:18 | title12 = Rapid Eye Movement | writer12 = {{hlist|Cook|Hodges}} | length12 = 5:57 }} {{track listing | headline = Deluxe edition<ref>[https://www.twitter.com/thedavidcook/status/84006340552437760 David Cook tweet]</ref> | title13 = This Is Not the Last Time | writer13 = {{hlist|Cook|Hodges|Chris DeStefano}} | length13 = 3:47 | title14 = Let Me Fall for You | writer14 = {{hlist|Cook|Rune Westberg}} | length14 = 3:51 }} {{track listing | headline = Japanese edition | title15 = The Last Goodbye | note15 = acoustic | title16 = Right Here, with You | note16 = acoustic | title17 = Take Me as I Am | note17 = acoustic | title18 = Goodbye to the Girl | note18 = acoustic | title19 = Paper Heart | note19 = acoustic }}

==Chart performance and sales== ''This Loud Morning'' debuted at number 7 on the ''Billboard'' 200 selling 46,000 copies in the United States.<ref name="billboard.com">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/469358/beyonce-notches-4th-billboard-200-no-1-with-4 |title=Beyonce Notches 4th Billboard 200 No. 1 with '4' |magazine=Billboard.com |date=2009-09-14 |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref> and at number 23 on the Canadian Albums Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627062005/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 27, 2015 |title=CANOE - JAM! Music SoundScan Charts |publisher=canoe.com |date= |access-date=2012-03-12}}</ref> As of August 2015 the album has sold 133,000 copies.<ref>{{cite magazine|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903193040/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |archivedate=September 3, 2015 |url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |title=Upcoming Releases |magazine=Hits Daily Double |publisher=HITS Digital Ventures }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- !Chart (2011) !Peak<br/>Position |- |US ''Billboard'' 200<ref name="billboard.com"/> | style="text-align:center;"|7 |- |US ''Billboard'' Top Digital Albums<ref>{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=david cook|chart=Digital Albums}} |title=Billboard Digital Albums Charts for David Cook |accessdate=April 10, 2012}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|6 |- |US ''Billboard'' Top Internet Albums<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/tv-film/american-idol-and-billboard-james-durbin-1005268042.story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710164857/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/tv-film/american-idol-and-billboard-james-durbin-1005268042.story |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |title='American Idol' and Billboard: James Durbin, Haley Reinhart Become 55th and 56th Finalists on Charts |publisher=Billboard.biz |date= |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |Canadian Albums Chart<ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=david cook|chart=all}} |title=Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts |magazine=Billboard.com |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|23 |- |South Korean International Albums Chart<ref>[http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/album/list.gaon Chart week 2011/07/03-2011/07/09 International 국외]</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|22 |}

==''This Quiet Night EP''== {{Infobox album | name = This Quiet Night | type = EP | artist = David Cook | cover = This quiet night.jpg | alt = | released = June 28, 2011 (Pre-order) February 7, 2012 (Walmart Exclusive) | recorded = May 2011 | venue = | studio = | genre = Acoustic rock | length = 17:55 | label = RCA | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}

''This Quiet Night'', is an EP packaged with ''This Loud Morning'' fan editions available exclusively via Cook's official music store and consists of acoustic performances of select album tracks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidcookofficial.com/us/news/david-reveals-quiet-night-acoustic-ep |title=David Reveals This Quiet Night Acoustic EP |publisher=DavidCookOfficial.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref> The CD version became available when it was released as a Walmart exclusive on February 7, 2012.<ref>[https://www.myspace.com/officialdavidcook/blog/545237971 David Cook's Blog]</ref>

===Track listing=== {{track listing | title1 = The Last Goodbye | length1 = 3:05 | title2 = Right Here, With You | length2 = 3:13 | title3 = Take Me As I Am | length3 = 4:00 | title4 = Goodbye to the Girl | length4 = 4:13 | title5 = Paper Heart | length5 = 3:22 }}

==Personnel== ;Band members *David Cook – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar *Monty Anderson – bass guitar *Kyle Peek – drums, backing vocals *Andy Skib – rhythm guitar, background vocals, piano *Neal Tiemann – lead guitar, acoustic baritone guitar

{{col-begin}}{{col-2}} ;Musicians *Mark Castrillon – background vocals *Chris Chaney – bass guitar *Dorian Crozier – drums *Kaare Kabel Mai – drums *Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards *Tim Pierce – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar *Joel Shearer – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar *Rune Westberg – guitar *Phil X – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar ;German Pops Orchestra *Christiane Alber – violoncello *Betty Bachofer – viola *Lisa Barry – violin 1 *Monika Beck – violin 2 *Felix Brade – violoncello *Alexander Brutsch – viola *Kathrin Bscheidl – violin *Friederike Faust – viola *Natascha Klotschkoff – viola *Johannes Krampen – violin 1 *Klaus Kulling – violin 1 *Klaus Marquardt – violin 2 *Constantin Meier – violoncello *Marcin Niziol – viola *Claudiu Rupa – violin 2 *Bernd Ruf – orchestra music director *Michael Speth – violin 1 *Alex Uhl – double basso *Ariane Volm – violin 2 *Ulrich Zimmer – orchestra contractor & leader

;Children Choir *Julian Babad *Christopher James *Michael O'Brien *Victor Pineschi *Jasper Randall – choir contractor *Hale Thornhill-Wilson

{{col-2}} ;Production *Alex Arias – 2nd engineer, engineer *Bettina Bertok – assistant *Andrew Bollman – assistant mixing engineer *Mark Dobson – pro tools editor, recording engineer *Kevin Estrada – 2nd engineer *Travis Kennedy – assistant mixing engineer *Ryan Kern – 2nd engineer *Mike Leisz – 2nd engineer, engineer *Bob Ludwig – mastering *Seth Morton – assistant mixing engineer *Kelle Musgrove – production coordinator *Justin Niebank – mixing engineer *Tim Palmer – mixing engineer *Cindi Peters – mix coordinator *Matt Serletic – arranger, keyboards, piano, producer, programmer *Doug Trantow – pro tools editor, programmer, recording engineer *Adrian von Ripka – tonmeister *Rune Westberg – producer (bonus track 14), recording engineer ;Rokulus Strings *Mojca Arnold – violin *Ziga Cerar – violin *Marijana Gregoric – violin *Rok Golob – conductor and orchestrator *Ursula Ivanus – acoustic cello *Ajda Kralj – violin *Marija Naversnik – violin *Pavel Rakar – acoustic cello *Marjeta Skrjanc – viola *Tomaz Stular – contrabass *Tamar Tasev – viola *Nastja Znideric – violin *Andreja Zupanc – violin {{col-end}}

==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ List of release dates, showing region, formats, label, editions and reference |- ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format(s) ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| Edition(s) ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}} |- ! scope="row" | Australia |{{Start date|2011|06|24}} | rowspan="3" | {{Flatlist | * CD * digital download}} |Sony Music Entertainment | rowspan="3"| {{flat list| *Standard *deluxe}} |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/this-loud-morning-deluxe-version/437077445|title=This Loud Morning (Deluxe Version) by David Cook|website=iTunes|date=24 June 2011}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | United Kingdom | rowspan="2" | {{Start date|2011|06|28}} | rowspan="2"|{{flat list| *RCA *19}} | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Loud-Morning-David-Cook/dp/B004WOS7LO|title = This Loud Morning|website = Amazon UK}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | United States | |}

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