The Mockingbird & the Crow

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The Mockingbird & the Crow
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Studio album by Hardy
Released January 20, 2023 (2023-01-20)
Genre
Length 61:14
Label
Producer Joey Moi (all tracks)
Derek Wells (all tracks)
Hardy (all tracks)
David Garcia (tracks 10, 11, 14, 16)
Jordan Schmidt (tracks 3, 9)
Ben Johnson (track 12)
Andrew Wade (track 15)
Jeremy McKinnon (track 15)
Cody Quistad (track 15)
Hardy chronology
Hixtape, Vol. 2
(2021)		 The Mockingbird & the Crow
(2023)
Singles from The Mockingbird & the Crow

The Mockingbird & the Crow (stylized as the mockingbird & THE CROW) is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Hardy. The album features a mix of country music and rock music. Hardy co-wrote all seventeen songs on the project and co-produced with Joey Moi and Derek Wells. "Wait in the Truck", a duet with Lainey Wilson, is the album's first single.

The album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 with 55,000 album-equivalent units, making it Hardy's highest-charting album.[1]

Content

Hardy first announced the release of the album on October 10, 2022. He told the blog Taste of Country that he intended to include influences of both country music and rock music on the project, and that he considered the songs on the project among the best he had written. Prior to the album's release in 2023, Hardy released the lead single "Wait in the Truck", a duet with Lainey Wilson. Also released prior to the project were "Sold Out", "Truck Bed", "Here Lies Country Music", and the title track.[4] Other tracks on the project feature vocals from Morgan Wallen and Jeremy McKinnon. Dan Hyman of Spin noted influences of both country and hard rock in the album's sound.[5]

Bobby Moore of the blog Wide Open Country noted themes of alcohol consumption and deconstruction of country music clichés in the first half of the album's tracks, particularly in "Red" and "I in Country". Moore also thought the title track showed influences of nu metal and marked the transitional point between country and rock sounds on the album.[6] Hardy wrote every song on the album, in addition to co-producing with Joey Moi and Derek Wells. David Garcia, Jordan Schmidt, Ben Johnson, Andrew Wade, Jeremy McKinnon, and Cody Quistad also produced individual tracks.[7]

The track "Sold Out" was the official theme for the WWE's 2023 Royal Rumble.

Track listing

The Mockingbird & the Crow track listing
No. Title Length
1. "Beer"   3:12
2. "Red" (featuring Morgan Wallen) 3:26
3. "Wait in the Truck" (featuring Lainey Wilson) 4:38
4. "Drink One for Me"   3:32
5. "I in Country"   3:49
6. "Screen"   3:48
7. "Happy"   3:57
8. "Here Lies Country Music"   3:41
9. "The Mockingbird & the Crow"   5:06
10. "Sold Out"   3:23
11. "Jack"   2:49
12. "Truck Bed"   2:48
13. ".30-06"   2:21
14. "I Ain't in the Country No More"   4:15
15. "Radio Song" (featuring Jeremy McKinnon) 3:08
16. "Kill Shit Till I Die"   3:25
17. "The Redneck Song"   3:56
Total length:
 61:14

Notes

  • Tracks 1–8 stylized in all lowercase; track 9 stylized as "the mockingbird & THE CROW"; tracks 10–17 stylized in all caps.

Charts

Chart performance for The Mockingbird & the Crow
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 74
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[9] 6
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10] 6
US Billboard 200[11] 4
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12] 1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[13] 1
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[14] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[15] 1

References

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  10. ↑ "Illegal name entered Hardy/Hardy/chart?f=309 Hardy – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Hardy.
  11. ↑ Illegal name entered Hardy/Hardy/chart?f=305 "Hardy – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Hardy.
  12. ↑ "Illegal name entered Hardy/Hardy/chart?f=326 Hardy – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Hardy.
  13. ↑ "Illegal name entered Hardy/Hardy/chart?f=320 Hardy – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Hardy.
  14. ↑ "Illegal name entered Hardy/Hardy/chart?f=795 Hardy – Chart history" Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums for Hardy.
  15. ↑ "Illegal name entered Hardy/Hardy/chart?f=408 Hardy – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Hardy.
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