Roots and Wings (Terri Clark album)

Roots and Wings
Roots and Wings
Studio album by Terri Clark
Released	July 26, 2011
Genre	Country
Length	38:34
Label	BareTrack/Capitol Nashville/EMI Canada
Producer	Terri Clark
Terri Clark chronology
Singles from Roots and Wings
	"Northern Girl"; Released: April 11, 2011; "We're Here for a Good Time"; Released: July 18, 2011; "The One"; Released: October 17, 2011; "Wrecking Ball"; Released: April 2, 2012;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Roughstock	^[2]

Roots and Wings is the eighth studio album by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. The album was released on July 26, 2011 via BareTrack Records/Capitol Nashville/EMI Canada.^[3] The first single released from the album was "Northern Girl."^[4] The album's second single, "We're Here for a Good Time," was originally recorded by Canadian rock band Trooper in 1977.^[5]

Roots and Wings won Country Album of the Year at the 2012 Juno Awards.^[6]

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wrecking Ball"	Terri Clark, Tia Sillers, Victoria Banks	3:30
2.	"Breakin' Up Thing"	Clark, Kristen Hall	3:55
3.	"The One"	Clark, Tom Shapiro, Jim Collins	3:44
4.	"Northern Girl"	Clark, Hall	3:49
5.	"Beautiful and Broken"	Clark, Hall	4:04
6.	"Lonesome's Last Call"	Clark, Jim Rushing	3:45
7.	"The Good Was Great"	Clark, Sillers, Deric Ruttan	4:27
8.	"Smile" (featuring Alison Krauss)	Clark, Karyn Rochelle	4:16
9.	"We're Here for a Good Time"	Ra McGuire, Brian Smith	2:45
10.	"Flowers in Snow"	Clark, Hall	4:19

Amazon MP3 Bonus Track^[7]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"If You Want Fire" (live)	Clark, Shapiro, Jimmy Ritchey	8:03

Personnel[edit]

John Barry – electric guitar
Terri Clark – choir, lead vocals, background vocals
John Diamond – bass guitar
Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Jeneé Fleenor – background vocals
Shannon Forrest – drums
Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
Kristen Hall – choir, background vocals
Tony Harrell – accordion, piano
Edie Hartwick – choir
Wes Hightower – background vocals
Sonya Isaacs – background vocals
Jeff Jones – choir

Alison Krauss – background vocals on "Smile"
B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
Tim Marks – bass guitar
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Lyle Molzan – drums
Jourdan Murr – choir
Steve Nathan – keyboards
Russ Pahl – steel guitar
John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
Bryan Sutton – banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin
Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Andrea Zonn – fiddle

Release history[edit]

Region	Date	Format
Canada	July 26, 2011 (2011-07-26)	CD, digital download
United States	July 26, 2011 (2011-07-26)	Digital download
United States	September 13, 2011 (2011-09-13)	CD

Chart performance[edit]

Album

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Canadian Albums Chart^[8]	24
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums^[8]	69

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
Year	Single	CAN
2011	"Northern Girl"	—
	"We're Here for a Good Time"	98
	"The One"	—
2012	"Wrecking Ball"	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References[edit]

^ Jurek, Thom. "Roots & Wings review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
^ Bjorke, Matt (September 9, 2011). "Terri Clark - Roots and Wings". Roughstock. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
^ "Terri Clark Plans New Album, Roots and Wings". Country Music Television. July 7, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
^ Wyland, Sarah (July 8, 2011). "Terri Clark Releasing New Album". Great American Country. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
^ Lamitschka, Christian (June 12, 2011). "Terri Clark – A Northern Girl". Music News Nashville. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
^ "Junos 2012: Full list of nominees". Toronto Star. February 7, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
^ "Terri Clark - Roots and Wings (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version)". Amazon.com. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Chart listing for Roots and Wings". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 4, 2011.

[allmusic-1] Jurek, Thom. "Roots & Wings review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 18, 2011.

[2] Bjorke, Matt (September 9, 2011). "Terri Clark - Roots and Wings". Roughstock. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2011.

[3] "Terri Clark Plans New Album, Roots and Wings". Country Music Television. July 7, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2011.

[4] Wyland, Sarah (July 8, 2011). "Terri Clark Releasing New Album". Great American Country. Retrieved July 12, 2011.

[5] Lamitschka, Christian (June 12, 2011). "Terri Clark – A Northern Girl". Music News Nashville. Retrieved July 19, 2011.

[6] "Junos 2012: Full list of nominees". Toronto Star. February 7, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2012.

[7] "Terri Clark - Roots and Wings (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version)". Amazon.com. Retrieved July 18, 2011.

[billboard-8] "Chart listing for Roots and Wings". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 4, 2011.

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v t e Terri Clark
Discography
Studio albums	Terri Clark Just the Same How I Feel Fearless Pain to Kill Life Goes On The Long Way Home Roots and Wings Classic Some Songs Raising the Bar
Live albums	Terri Clark Live: Road Rage
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits 1994–2004
Notable singles	"Better Things to Do" "When Boy Meets Girl" "If I Were You" "Suddenly Single" "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" "Emotional Girl" "Now That I Found You" "You're Easy on the Eyes" "Everytime I Cry" "A Little Gasoline" "No Fear" "I Just Wanna Be Mad" "I Wanna Do It All" "Girls Lie Too" "She Didn't Have Time" "Dirty Girl" "In My Next Life" "A Million Ways to Run" "Northern Girl" "Love Is a Rose" "I'm Movin' On" "One Drink Ago"