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Long Player Late Bloomer by Ron Sexsmith
Long Player Late Bloomer is an album by Ron Sexsmith, released in 2011. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Love Shines”, on 1 list with a best position of #84.
Long Player Late Bloomer, Ron Sexsmith's 12th studio album, came out on Thirty Tigers in 2011, and it's the one where the gentle Canadian songsmith went looking for a bigger audience in the most unlikely place: the studio of Bob Rock, the heavy metal producer best known for Metallica and Mötley Crüe. A camera crew tagged along, and the footage became Love Shines, a film about Sexsmith trying to turn a devoted cult into something mainstream.
Rock doesn't bury him in guitars; he polishes the songs until they gleam, giving Sexsmith's tender, melancholy melodies the sheen of classic AM radio. "Love Shines", the song that shares the film's name, is one of the record's warmest moments. It made the shortlist for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize and earned a nomination for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the 2012 Juno Awards.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Long Player Late Bloomer on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love Shines | 1 | #84 | – | 2011 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.