The Rock and the Tide is the third studio album

Studio album

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 by American folk musician Joshua Radin

Joshua Radin

Joshua Radin is an American recording artist, songwriter and actor. He was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and is of Swedish, German, Polish, Russian, and Austrian descent. He studied drawing and painting at Northwestern University, following his college years with stints as an art...

. It was released on October 12, 2010.

Background

Most of the songs were played at live venues for a couple of years before the official release. The original release date was said to be during February 2010 but was postponed due to an official release of the second album 'Simple Times' in the UK.

Release and promotion

Joshua promoted the album on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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on October 12, the day of the album's release. In promotion of the album, Radin began touring with the Irish band The Script that same month.

The album achieved moderate success in America upon its release, peaking at number 31 on the Billboard Top 200 in late October. It peaked at number 5 in the Billboard Independent Albums

Independent Albums

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, spending three weeks in the chart while also peaking at number 9 in the Billboard Rock Albums. It sold 13,000 copies in its first week.

Reception

Chuck Arnold, with People

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magazine said that "There's nothing here that hasn't been done better by John Mayer

John Mayer

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, Jack Johnson

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Jack Johnson was born May 18, 1975 is an American folk rock singer-songwriter, surfer and musician known for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. In 2001, he achieved commercial success after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales. He has since released four more albums, a...

 and Damien Rice

Damien Rice

Damien Rice is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer who plays guitar, piano, clarinet and percussion....

. Still, Rock is solid sensitive-male stuff," and ultimately gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of four.

Track listing

1. "Road to Ride On" (3:03)
2. "Streetlight" (3:29)
3. "Here We Go" (4:00)
4. "We Are Only Getting Better" (4:02)
5. "The Rock and the Tide" (4:03)
6. "You Got What I Need" (3:05)
7. "Nowhere to Go" (4:18)
8. "Think I'll Go Inside" (4:17)
9. "The Ones With the Light" (3:26)
10. "You're Not as Young" (2:57)
11. "One Leap" (3:21)
12. "Wanted" (2:53)
13. "Brand New Day - Reprise" (3:14)
14. "She Belonged to Me" [iTunes-only Bonus Track] (3:30)

UK release

The UK release differs in that it does not feature the songs "Nowhere to Go", "You're Not as Young", "One Leap", the reprised version of "Brand New Day" and "She Belonged to Me". The track order also differs slightly. The song "I Missed You" is exclusive to the UK release.

1. "Road to Ride On" (3:02)
2. "Streetlight" (3:33)
3. "I Missed You" (3:20)
4. "The Ones With the Light" (3:22)
5. "You Got What I Need" (3:03)
6. "We Are Only Getting Better" (4:00)
7. "Think I'll Go Inside" (4:17)
8. "Here We Go" (3:58)
9. "Wanted" (2:47)
10. "The Rock and the Tide" (4:03)

Charts

Charts (2010–11)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	59
UK Digital Albums Chart	34
US Billboard Top 200	31
US Billboard Independent Albums Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels...	5

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Australia	June 10, 2011	CD, digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	Mom and Pop Records
United Kingdom	August 1, 2011
United States	October 12, 2010	CD, digital download, LP LP record The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...