Avalanche (Quadron album) explained

Avalanche
Type:	studio
Artist:	Quadron
Cover:	Quadron Avalanche.jpg
Genre:	Soul, pop
Label:	Vested in Culture, Epic
Producer:	Robin Hannibal, Fraser T Smith, Derek Ali, Sylvia Rhone (exec.), Tricky Stewart (exec.)
Prev Title:	Quadron
Prev Year:	2009

Avalanche is the second studio album by Danish soul pop duo Quadron. It was released on 31 May 2013 through Vested in Culture and Epic Records. Upon its release, Avalanche received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on nine reviews. Despite its positive reception, the album was a relative commercial failure, only peaking at number 115 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. In the group's native Denmark the album achieved greater commercial success, spending 12 weeks in the top 10 of the charts and was eventually certified gold for 10,000 copies sold.^[1]

Track listing

Notes

• signifies a vocal producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from Allmusic.^[2]

• Marcel Camargo - guitar
• Derek "MixedByAli" Ali – arrangement, engineer, producer
• Anita Marisa Boriboon – design
• Delbert Bowers – mixing assistant
• Pablo Calogero – baritone saxophone
• Errol Cooney – guitar
• Claire Courchene – cello
• Thomas Drayton – bass
• Fraser T Smith – composer, drums, percussion, piano, producer
• Chris Galland – mixing assistant
• Robin Hannibal – arrangement, composer, engineer, instrumentation, mixing assistant, producer
• Kuk Harrell – engineer, vocal engineer, vocal producer
• Eliot Hazel – photography
• Hans Hvidberg – drums
• Peter Jacobsen – cello
• Coco O. – art direction, composer, lyrics, vocals
• Dave Kutch – mastering
• Kendrick Lamar – composer
• Elizabeth Lea – trombone
• Tom Lea – viola, violin
• Dan Lead – guitar, pedal steel guitar
• Alan Lightner – steel drums
• Manny Marroquin – mixing
• Gloria Noto – make-up
• Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – engineer
• Sylvia Rhone – executive producer
• August Rosenbaum – composer, keyboards, organ, synthesizer
• John Ruggiero – hair stylist
• Andrew Schwartz – engineer
• Todd Simon – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Tricky Stewart – executive producer
• Ali Tamposi – composer
• Marcos Tovar – engineer
• Steven Valenzuela – engineer
• Tracy Wannomae – clarinet, flute, saxophone

Chart positions

Chart (2013)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	16
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[3]	1

Release history

List of release dates, with country released, format, record label and edition

Country	Date	Format(s)	Label
Germany	31 May 2013^[4]	Digital download	Vested in Culture, Epic Records
Denmark^[5]	3 June 2013	CD, digital download
United States^[6]	June 4, 2013	CD, digital download
Germany^[7]	14 June 2013	CD

Notes and References

1. Web site: CERTIFICERINGER. IFPI Denmark. 8 July 2014. Danish.
2. Web site: Avalanche - Quadron : Credits. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. June 9, 2013.
3. Web site: Heatseekers Albums . June 22, 2013 . . January 29, 2024.
4. Web site: Quadron - Downloads. Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH. 9 June 2013.
5. Web site: Quadron følger 'Hey Love' op med internationalt album. https://archive.today/20130616020403/http://www.sonymusic.dk/nyheder/?news_id=625. dead. 16 June 2013. Sony Music Entertainment (Denmark) A/S. 9 June 2013.
6. Quadron Talks 'Avalanche' Album, Performs 'Hey Love' & 'Favorite Star'. Billboard. 4 June 2013. 4 June 2013.
7. Web site: Avalanche: Amazon.de: Musik. Amazon.de.