In the year since the April 2021 release of his triple album, Heart & Soul, the man praised by Stereogum as âour greatest working rock starâ has earned his 10th career GRAMMY nomination as well as his fourth and fifth Entertainer of the Year nominations from the ACM and CMA, respectively, while taking Gold-certified single âHell of a Viewâ to the top of the charts at country radio with âHeart On Fireâ also hitting the Top 5. To celebrate the anniversary of the ambitious project, Eric Church now offers two exclusive box sets of the project in limited quantities â including the chance for the general public to purchase the Church Choir exclusive middle album, &, for the first time.
In addition to all three albums pressed on a unique splattered colored vinyl, the Standard Box Set priced at $89.99 also includes one of three limited-edition numbered posters in each set. The Super Deluxe Box Set priced at $349.99 also features the three records and all three limited-edition numbered posters with a special foil print not found anywhere else as well as a slipmat, hemp tote bag, coaster set, record brush, exclusive liner book that includes never before seen photos of the recording process, studio and writers and an exclusive note from Church. For more information and to purchase both sets, visit heartandsoul.ericchurch.com.
âIâve always been intrigued when a song is born in a writer room â there is a magic that happens there,â shared Church of the unique process that went into creating the triple album when first announcing the project. âI wanted to put that in the studio form. So, every day, we would write a song in the morning and we would record the song that night⊠The interesting thing about this process is that Jay kept asking me for the last three or four days, âAre we done?â and at that time I didnât know what the project was. I kept saying âGod, this is going to be really hard. Thereâs a lot here. Is this a double album? And if itâs a double album, how do we leave out these five or six songs?â I am the hardest critic on making sure every song deserves to be on the record, and I beat this thing to death going âthis canât be that good.â But it was just a special, special time and a special, special project that I think will be among our best.â
Indeed, both the industry and critics agreed, with the relentless pace of songs first rolled out from the ambitious project in 2020 helping to propel him to that yearâs CMA Entertainer of the Year title and the project going on to be named among 2021âs best by RollingStone, Billboard, Stereogum, Tennessean, Nashville SCENE, Taste of Country, The Boot, Sounds Like Nashville, Saving Country Music, Whiskey Riff and more.
The Wall Street Journal celebrated the project from the man who is âknowledgeable and respectful of countryâs history, but not shackled by itâ as âpointed, memorable recordings for tough times, with frankness, hopeâand engaging sounds,â while Entertainment Weekly remarked that âthe albums feature some of the most liberating and freewheeling work of the [44]-year-old country star’s careerâ and Rolling Stone declared that with Heart & Soul, âthe Nashville maverick delivers his biggest, boldest statement,â offering further proof that âno recent country artist has maneuvered the Nashville system as successfully, remaining dedicated to the power of down-the-center hitmaking even as heâs helped expand the parameters of the genre.â
Church continues to expand such parameters in his live shows as well, taking The Gather Again Tour across the U.S. and Canada to critical acclaim while announcing two distinct one-night-only stadium concerts at Milwaukeeâs American Family Field on May 28 and Minneapolisâ U.S. Bank Stadium on June 11.
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- Heart On Fire (Eric Church)
- Heart Of The Night (Eric Church, Jeremy Spillman, Jeff Hyde, Ryan Tyndell, Travis Hill)
- Russian Roulette (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell)
- People Break (Eric Church, Luke Laird)
- Stick That In Your Country Song (Davis Naish, Jeffrey Steele)
- Never Break Heart (Eric Church, Luke Dick)
- Crazyland (Eric Church, Luke Laird, Michael Heeney)
- Bunch Of Nothing (Eric Church, Jeff Hyde)
- Love Shine Down (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Jeffrey Steele)
&Â Track List
Lyrics linked HERE, songwriters in parentheses
- Through My Ray-Bans (Eric Church, Luke Laird, Barry Dean)
- Doing Life With Me (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Jeffrey Steele)
- Do Side (Eric Church, Casey Beathard)
- Kiss Her Goodbye (Eric Church, Casey Beathard)
- Mad Man (Eric Church, Casey Beathard)
- Lone Wolf (Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, Ryan Tyndell)
Soul Track List
Lyrics linked HERE, songwriters in parentheses
- Rock & Roll Found Me (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Driver Williams)
- Look Good And You Know It (Eric Church, Jonathan Singleton, Travis Meadows)
- Bright Side Girl (Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, Scotty Emerick, Clint Daniels)
- Break It Kind Of Guy (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Luke Dick)
- Hell Of A View (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell)
- Where I Wanna Be (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Jeremy Spillman, Ryan Tyndell)
- Jenny (Eric Church)
- Bad Mother Trucker (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Luke Dick, Jeremy Spillman)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones (Casey Beathard)