| Live by the Words | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Justice Crew |
| Cover: | Live By The Words CD.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | 28 November 2014 |
| Recorded: | 2012–2014 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 39:58 |
| Label: | Sony Music Australia |
| Producer: | various |
| Prev Title: | Justice Crew Party Mix |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
Live by the Words is the debut studio album by Australian pop music group Justice Crew, released on 28 November 2014 through Sony Music Australia.[1] The album debuted and peaked at number-seven on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart following its release.
The album has produced five singles including the number-one hits, "Boom Boom" and "Que Sera". The former earned Justice Crew their first number-one hit whilst the latter spent more weeks at the top spot than any other Australian number-one single. Subsequent singles, "Best Night" and "Everybody" both charted in the top ten whilst fifth single, "Rise & Fall" reached number eleven.
On 4 November 2014, Justice Crew announced via Facebook that their debut studio album, Live by the Words was set for release on 28 November 2014. Recorded between 2012[2] and 2014,[3] the album features both previously released singles and newly recorded material and includes contributions from Mike Posner, Nasri, Robopop, Danny Mercer and DNA Songs among others.[4] Band member, John Len Ruela Pearce made the following comment when speaking about the album's release:
The album was preceded by its five singles beginning with "Boom Boom". Released in June 2012 the song entered the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number twenty-four and eventually reached the top of the chart, thereby becoming Justice Crew's first number-one hit.[5] It was certified 6× Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) the following year, denoting shipments in excess of 420,000 copies.[6] "Best Night" followed in January 2013[7] and became the group's second consecutive top ten hit, peaking at number-seven[8] and subsequently attained a double platinum certification from ARIA. It also replaced "Tik Tok" by Kesha[9] as the theme song to the Australian competitive cooking game show, My Kitchen Rules from the fourth season onwards.[10]
"Everybody", the album's third single, was released exactly nine months after its predecessor[11] and became the group's third consecutive top ten hit[12] and multi-platinum certified single.[13] In May 2014,[14] "Que Sera" was released as the album's fourth single, a week earlier than scheduled due to the Seven Network's usage of the song in commercials for the fifth season of My Kitchen Rules.[15] Following its release, "Que Sera" debuted and peaked at number-one for nine consecutive weeks in Australia, thus becoming the group's second chart topper and the longest running number-one single by an Australian artist in ARIA Charts history.[16] Fifth single, "Rise & Fall" was not as commercially successful as its predecessors, peaking just outside the top ten at number eleven.[17] The sixth single "I Love My Life" was released on 3 April 2015.[18]
For the issue dated 8 December 2014, Live by the Words debuted at number-seven on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and number-one on the ARIA Urban Albums Chart.[19]
| Chart (2014) | Rank |
|---|---|
| Australian Artist Albums Chart[20] | 35 |
| Australian Urban Albums Chart[21] | 14 |