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The Clarence Greenwood Recordings by Citizen Cope
The Clarence Greenwood Recordings is an album by Citizen Cope, released in 2004. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 60 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Son's Gonna Rise”, on 24 lists with a best position of #6.
The Clarence Greenwood Recordings, the third album from Citizen Cope, came out on September 14, 2004, named for the man behind the alias, singer-songwriter and producer Clarence Greenwood. Its road to the racks was bumpy: Arista chased him and bought out his DreamWorks contract, with L.A. Reid executive producing, but Reid left amid heavy losses before release, and when Arista was restructured that year, Cope ended up on RCA.
The music stirs soul, blues, folk and rock into Greenwood's own hip-hop-schooled stew, unhurried grooves under a weathered, unforced voice. "Bullet and a Target", "Son's Gonna Rise" and "Sideways" are the songs that kept finding listeners, and the record kept on going until the RIAA certified it gold in 2019, fifteen years after it came out.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Clarence Greenwood Recordings on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Son's Gonna Rise | 24 | #6 | – | 2005–2026 | |
| 2 | Bullet and a Target | 22 | #12 | – | 2004–2025 | |
| 3 | Sideways | 9 | #43 | – | 2009–2024 | |
| 4 | Hurricane Waters | 5 | #264 | – | 2009–2019 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.