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11:59 (album)
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Last Train Home
February 3, 2009Myspace Ryan Star's blog entry Feb 4, 2009 https://www.myspace.com/rstar/blog/468518816 August 21, 2012
Breathe
August 4, 2009""Breathe" Single Available on iTunes! https://archive.today/20120707034631/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=9601811&blogId=503877723 2012-07-07 " Blog entry from August 4, 2009 on Ryan Star's official MySpace. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
Start a Fire
September 14, 2010Radio1 New Releases – USA Forthcoming Singles https://web.archive.org/web/20110615215027/http://www.radio1.gr/music/forthcoming_usa_singles.htm June 15, 2011 Radio1.gr. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
11:59 is the second studio album by American rock singer-songwriter Ryan Star. The album debuted at No. 31 on the Billboard 200 after selling nearly 11,600 copies on its first week, making his highest chart debut on Billboard 200.
Track listing
All tracks produced by Matt Serletic, except for "Breathe" and "Start a Fire" produced by Howard Benson.
Standard edition Brand New Day Ryan Star, Max Collins 3:14 Right Now Star, Collins, Matthew Bair, Matt Serletic 3:39 Last Train Home Star, Collins, Serletic 4:14 Breathe Star, Collins 3:49 We Might Fall Star 3:06 This Could Be the Year Star, Collins 3:16 Unbreak Star, Kevin Kadish, Lindy Robbins 3:47 Start a Fire Star, Ido Zmishlany 3:20 Losing Your Memory Star, Collins 4:45 11:59 Star, Collins 3:19
An exclusive deluxe iTunes version of the album includes additional three bonus tracks, three music videos, and a digital booklet.
iTunes Deluxe Edition You and Me iTunes Bonus Track Star, Collins, Raine Maida 3:23 Gonna Make It Right iTunes Bonus Track Star, Collins 4:24 Back of Your Car iTunes Bonus Track Star 3:35 Right Now Music Video 4:05 Breathe Music Video 4:03 Last Train Home Music Video 3:58
Reception
Critical response
The album has received generally favorable reviews from music critics.
Billboard states that "the singer's voice throughout the set has a rocker-gruff quality that often stretches into melodic overtones as displayed on the track "This Could Be The Year"." Star is also complimented on "Losing Your Memory", for giving "an impressive delivery on the emotional track, belting about the loss of his place in loved one's heart.""The Billboard Reviews Ryan Star 11:59 https://web.archive.org/web/20100830192028/http://www.rstar.net/news/ryan-star-in-billboard-september-4-2010/ 2010-08-30 " Billboard.com. September 4, 2010. (favorable)
Jon Regen for Keyboard Magazine notes how "Star surrounds himself with a cast of keyboard killers including Serletic, Kim Bullard, and Patrick Warren, who bathe his soaring pop choruses in an ever-evolving sonic glow".Regen, Jon: Ryan Star, 11:59 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231614/http://www.keyboardmag.com/article/ryan-star-11/October-2010/120571 March 3, 2016 Keyboard Magazine, October 2010. Retrieved Nov 12, 2010. (favorable)
Melodic.net gave the album 4 stars (out of five), and said: "It is a fitting end to one of the most complete albums of the year thus far. Ryan Star deserves a chance. This might just be his."Fenn, Peter: "Ryan Star – 11:59 review" Melodic.net. Retrieved December 4, 2010. 4 5
Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic gave the album 3 stars (out of five), "11:59 is the kind of slick, splashy debut designed to launch a career that has no ties to television. Thing of it is, it’s so cleanly commercial that it could use an outside boost, something to lend this collection of atmospheric anthems, passionate pleading, manicured rocking, and snappy AAA pop a bit of a defining personality."Erlewine, Stephen Thomas: "[album r1834501 yes 11:59 – Ryan Star Review]" Allmusic. Retrieved December 4, 2010. 3 5
Tunelab gave the album 8.5 stars out of 10, "Every instrumental on "11:59" is great, and every bit of vocal passion that emerges from Star is fantastic. The man sings as though he really feels what he is singing and he has the range to back it up. Despite only ten tracks being present on the album, each is memorable and unique to the rest of the set. The biggest faults the album has are minor. It is awfully short, especially considering how long it took to release, and the album doesn't really have much of a flow. Each track is so different than the others, it feels more like a mixtape than an album, though a very good mixtape."Review: Ryan Star – 11:59 https://web.archive.org/web/20100817234951/http://tunelab.com/2010/08/04/review-ryan-star-1159/ August 17, 2010 Tunelab.com. Retrieved December 4, 2010. 8.5 10
Some of music critics gave the album very negative reviews.
Rolling Stone gave the album 2 stars (out of five), "Ryan Star returns with a much-delayed major-label debut album filled with second-rate pop rock and a formula he beats senseless: He takes his brooding rasp from a muttered whisper to an overwrought rock howl about nine times too many."Magnuson, Eric: "" Rolling Stone. August 3, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2010. 2 5
Chart performance
The album debuted at No. 31 on the Billboard 200 and No. 10 on Billboard Rock Albums chart,"Billboard Rock Albums chart info from Aug 21, 2010" Billboard.com. Retrieved August 13, 2010. and made it to No. 4 on Billboard Tastemaker Albums chart,"Billboard Tastemaker Albums chart info from Aug 21, 2010" Billboard.com. Retrieved August 13, 2010. with 11,599 copies sold on its first week of release.
Chart (2009–2010)PeakpositionU.S. Billboard 20031U.S. Rock Albums10
Uses in media
"Breathe" named as "iTunes Single of the Week". and has also been featured in recent promotional spots for such popular TV series as Fox's American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance, NBC's The Biggest Loser, ABC's All My Children, and WWE's annual Tribute "To The Troops".
"Last Train Home" has been featured in ABC's General Hospital, and featured on the soundtrack album P.S. I Love You
"Brand New Day" featured as the theme song for the Fox series Lie to Me.
"This Could Be The Year" can be heard on WWE television's Survivor Series.
"Losing Your Memory" was featured on the television series The Vampire Diaries in the episode "Daddy Issues".
References
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External links
Antonelli, Laura: "Ryan Star interview – Ryan talks in depth about his music and his new album, 11:59, which is out today https://web.archive.org/web/20120306133651/http://www.musicvice.com/interviews/ryan-star-interview-030810 March 6, 2012 " MusicVice.com. August 3, 2010.
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