BarlowGirl (album)

BarlowGirl is the debut album from the Christian rock and CCM band, BarlowGirl. The album was released on February 24, 2004 on Fervent Records.^[11] The album hit No. 14 on Billboard magazine's Top Heatseekers chart, and No. 9 on the Top Christian Albums chart.^[12]

BarlowGirl
Studio album by BarlowGirl
Released	February 24, 2004
Recorded	August 2003[1]
Genre	Christian rock
Length	43:28
Label	Fervent
BarlowGirl chronology
BarlowGirl (2004) Another Journal Entry (2005)
Singles from BarlowGirl
"Harder Than the First Time" Released: October 17, 2003[2] "Never Alone" Released: April 2, 2004[3] "Clothes" Released: June 11, 2004[4] "Mirror" Released: October 8, 2004[5] "On My Own" Released: January 2005[6]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
CCM Magazine	[8]
Christianity Today	[9]
Cross Rhythms	[10]
Jesus Freak Hideout	[11]

Track listing

Album release

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"On My Own"	Alyssa	4:01
2.	"Pedestal"	Lauren	3:29
3.	"Never Alone"	Alyssa	4:30
4.	"Harder Than the First Time"	Alyssa & Lauren (split)	4:20
5.	"You Led Me"	Alyssa & Lauren (split)	3:42
6.	"Mirror"	Alyssa & Lauren (split)	3:54
7.	"Superstar"	Alyssa	3:25
8.	"Clothes"	Lauren	2:28
9.	"She Walked Away"	Alyssa	4:13
10.	"Average Girl"	Lauren	3:24
11.	"Surrender"	Alyssa	5:56
12.	"We Pray" (Bonus track featuring Adam Agee of Stellar Kart, Leigh Cappillino of Point of Grace and David Leonard of Jackson Waters)	Alyssa & Lauren (split)	4:06
Total length:			43:28

All tracks are written by BarlowGirl

Singles

A total of five singles were released for this album:

• "Harder Than the First Time" is the album's debut single. It peaked at No. 16 on the Radio & Records (R&R) Christian Rock chart and at No. 18 on the Christian Hit Radio (CHR) chart.^[13]
• "Never Alone" set a record for the longest running No. 1 song on the R&R Christian CHR and Rock charts in 2004.^[14] The song also peaked at No. 20 on the R&R Christian Adult Contemporary (AC) chart and at No. 21 on Billboard Hot Christian Songs. BarlowGirl beat its R&R CHR record the following year with their single "I Need You to Love Me" from their sophomore release, Another Journal Entry.
• "Clothes" was released for airplay on Radio Disney.^[4]
• "Mirror" peaked at No. 3 on the R&R Christian CHR chart and No. 37 on Billboard Hot Christian Songs.
• "On My Own" peaked at No. 18 on the AC chart.

References

1. Barlow, Alyssa (August 30, 2013). "Photo". Instagram. Retrieved October 7, 2017. 10 years ago this month- we had just gotten signed and finished our 1st album😘 happy anniversary @laurenbarlow @rebeccaebarlow 💃👍❤🎉🍰🎁🎶🌟🌈
2. "BarlowGirl's First Single Released". Archived from the original on December 3, 2003. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
3. "Never Alone Charts First Week Out". Archived from the original on August 19, 2004. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
4. "BarlowGirl added to Radio Disney's Playlist". Archived from the original on February 14, 2006. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
5. ""Mirror" to be Third Radio Single". Archived from the original on October 12, 2004. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
6. "What's New With BarlowGirl". Archived from the original on March 14, 2005. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
7. Allmusic review.
8. "CMCentral.com (now CCM Magazine)". Archived from the original on February 16, 2007. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
9. "Christianity Today review". Archived from the original on February 21, 2004. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
10. Cross Rhythms review.
11. Jesus Freak Hideout review.
12. BarlowGirl chart success on the Billboard charts; Allmusic, Retrieved July 16, 2007
13. "BARLOWGIRL RELEASES DEBUT IN FEBRUARY". Fervent Records. January 30, 2004. Archived from the original on October 20, 2004. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
14. 11 November 2005 BarlowGirl.com Press Release Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved July 16, 2007