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{{Infobox album
| name       = Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Grace Potter and the Nocturnals]]
| cover      = Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = June 8, 2010
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Westlake Recording Studios]] <small>([[Los Angeles]])</small>
| genre      = [[Roots rock]], [[hard rock]], [[rock and roll]]
| length     = 51:09
| label      = [[Hollywood Records|Hollywood]]
| producer   = [[Mark Batson]]
| prev_title = Live in Skowhegan
| prev_year  = 2008
| next_title = [[Live from the Legendary Sun Studio]]
| next_year  = 2012
}}
'''''Grace Potter and the Nocturnals''''' is the third studio album by [[United States|American]] [[rock music|rock]] band [[Grace Potter and the Nocturnals]], released on June 8, 2010. The album is the band's first release since the inclusion of two new members, rhythm guitarist Benny Yurco and bassist [[Catherine Popper]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Brent's Notebook: More togetherness from Grace Potter|url=http://blogs.burlingtonfreepress.com/brent/2010/06/01/more-togetherness-from-grace-potter/|publisher=Burlington Free Press|accessdate=14 June 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707213311/http://blogs.burlingtonfreepress.com/brent/2010/06/01/more-togetherness-from-grace-potter/|archive-date=7 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The album was originally titled "[[Medicine (Grace Potter and the Nocturnals song)|Medicine]]" after the third track on the album, and was promoted as such in numerous interviews and early reviews,<ref>{{cite web|title=An Interview with Grace Potter at Bonnaroo 2009|url=http://www.weeklydavespeak.com/wds_stuff/interviews/an_interview_with_grace_potter_at_bonnaroo_2009|publisher=Weekly Dave Speak|accessdate=22 October 2009|archive-date=14 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214230546/http://www.weeklydavespeak.com/wds_stuff/interviews/an_interview_with_grace_potter_at_bonnaroo_2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Grace Potter New Album Info |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/03/grace_pottter_-.html |publisher=Brooklyn Vegan |accessdate=22 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322194815/http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/03/grace_pottter_-.html |archivedate=22 March 2010 }}</ref> but was changed shortly after the replacement of producer [[T Bone Burnett]] in favor of [[Mark Batson]].<ref>{{cite web |title=T Bone Burnett Out Mark Batson In|url=http://www.weeklydavespeak.com/ndmb/music/t_bone_burnett_out_mark_batson_in_on_grace_potter_and_the_nocturnal_s_newest_medicine |publisher=Weekly Dave Speak |accessdate=22 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Evolution Of Grace Potter and The Nocturnals debut |url=http://avaxhome.ws/music/rock/pop_rock/Grace_Potter_the_Nocturnals.html |publisher=Avexa |accessdate=22 October 2009}}</ref>
The album debuted at #19 on the ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums for the week ending June 13, 2010.
==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |first=Thom |last=Jurek|title=Review: ''Grace Potter and the Nocturnals'' |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1735521|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 10, 2010}}</ref>
| rev2 = American Music Channel
| rev2Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Ramey |first=Emily |title=Grace Potter & The Nocturnals |url=http://americanmusicchannel.com/features/reviews/6-11-2010/grace-potter-nocturnals |publisher=American Music Channel |accessdate=June 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009015709/http://americanmusicchannel.com/features/reviews/6-11-2010/grace-potter-nocturnals |archivedate=October 9, 2011 }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Rolling Stone"/>
| rev4 = ''[[New York Post]]''
| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="New York Post">{{cite news |first=Dan|last=Aquilante|title=Review: ''Vermont group reaches peak'' |url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/music/vermont_group_reaches_peak_pCMZJlIcuNx9x3qd1KhRSP?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |accessdate=June 10, 2010 | date=June 10, 2010}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Boston Herald]]''
| rev5Score = {{rating|9|10}}<ref name="Boston Herald">{{cite news |first=Jed|last=Gottlieb|title=Review: ''Grace Potter and the Nocturnals'' |url=http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1259755&srvc=rss |newspaper=[[Boston Herald]] |accessdate=June 10, 2010}}</ref>
}}
The album was released to generally favorable reviews, scoring a 63 on [[Metacritic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/grace-potter-the-nocturnals |title=Grace Potter & the Nocturnals |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |accessdate=February 19, 2012}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine gave the album a positive review, stating that "Grace Potter & the Nocturnals' new self-titled release finds frontwoman Potter and her band in full bloom, hammering out hook-heavy rock tracks with a confident, natural sound."<ref>{{cite web |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |title=Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, "Grace Potter & the Nocturnals" |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1069087/grace-potter-the-nocturnals-grace-potter-the-nocturnals |date=June 25, 2010 |first=Ilya |last=Skripnikov |accessdate=September 21, 2012}}</ref> Giving the album three out of five stars, ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'' magazine comments, "Potter's youthfulness can make for flower-soup lyrics but backlit by a no-nonsense band that massages Memphis grooves, light rock and pinot-noir reggae, it all bursts with promise."<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine |first=Jon|last=Dolan|title=Review: ''Grace Potter and the Nocturnals'' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/reviews/album/17385/110839 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705124507/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/reviews/album/17385/110839 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 5, 2010 |magazine=Rolling Stone |accessdate=10 June 2010}}</ref>  ''[[The Guardian (newspaper)|The Guardian]]'' enjoyed the band's harder rocking songs while criticizing some of the slower ones. ''The Guardian'' remarks that "[g]enerally, the bluesy, Southernised rockers (Medicine, Only Love) make more of an impression than the power balladry (Colors), while an anomalous wallow in country-rock sentimentality (Things I Never Needed) feels like it was tacked on because they realised they needed a slow one."<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |title=Grace Potter & the Nocturnals: Grace Potter & the Nocturnals |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jul/29/grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-cd-review |first=Caroline |last=Sullivan |date=June 29, 2010 |accessdate=September 21, 2012}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[Grace Potter]] and [[Mark Batson]], except where noted
| title1 = [[Paris (Ooh La La)]]
| writer1 = Potter
| length1 = 3:15
| title2 = Oasis
| length2 = 4:41
| title3 = [[Medicine (Grace Potter and the Nocturnals song)|Medicine]]
| writer3 = Potter, Matt Burr, Scott Tournet
| length3 = 4:06
| title4 = Goodbye Kiss
| writer4 = Potter
| length4 = 3:33
| title5 = Tiny Light
| length5 = 4:43
| title6 = Colors
| writer6 = Potter
| length6 = 5:15
| title7 = Only Love
| length7 = 3:22
| title8 = Money
| writer8 = Potter, David Poe
| length8 = 2:54
| title9 = One Short Night
| writer9 = Potter
| length9 = 3:50
| title10 = Low Road
| length10 = 4:39
| title11 = That Phone
| length11= 3:18
| title12 = Hot Summer Night
| length12 = 3:22
| title13 = Things I Never Needed
| writer13 = Potter
| length13 = 4:11
}}
{{track listing
| headline = iTunes bonus track
| title14 = Fooling Myself
| writer14 = Potter
| length14 = 5:25
}}
*The songs "Paris (Ooh La La)" and "That Phone" were used in the [[The CW|CW]] show ''[[Hart of Dixie]]'' (2011).
*"Paris (Ooh La La)" and "Hot Summer Night" were used in an episode of the [[MTV]] series ''[[Awkward (TV series)|Awkward]]'' (2011).
*"Paris (Ooh La La)" was used in a ''[[Rizzoli & Isles]]'' commercial.
==Personnel==
Adapted credits from the booklet.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Grace Potter and the Nocturnals|others=Grace Potter and the Nocturnals|publisher=Hollywood|year=2010|type=booklet|id=D000283202}}</ref>
;The Nocturnals
*[[Grace Potter]] &ndash; lead vocals, electric guitar (track 1), acoustic guitar (track 9), piano (tracks 6, 8 and 13), [[Hammond organ]] (tracks 2–12)
*Scott Tournet &ndash; lead guitar (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 10–12), [[backwards music|backwards guitar]] (track 5), [[lap steel guitar]] (tracks 4, 8-9 and 13), [[Loop (music)|loops]] (track 3), harmonica (track 4), vocals (track 3)
*Benny Yurco &ndash; rhythm guitar
*[[Catherine Popper]] &ndash; bass guitar
*Matt Burr &ndash; drums, percussion (track 3)
;Additional musicians
*[[Mark Batson]] &ndash; piano (tracks 5 and 11), [[drum machine]] (track 8), [[Clapping|hand claps]] (track 12), [[String section|string arrangement]] (track 6)
*Janna Jacoby &ndash; violin (track 6)
*Kathleen Robertson &ndash; violin (track 6)
*Thomas Tally &ndash; viola (track 6)
*Peggy Baldwin &ndash; cello (track 6)
;Production
*Aaron Fessel &ndash; engineer, mixing (tracks 2 and 7)
*Brian Warwick &ndash; assistant engineer
*Bobby Campbell &ndash; assistant mixer
*Michael Parnin – [[Pro Tools]] engineer
*[[Andrew Scheps]] – mixing
*[[Brian Gardner]] &ndash; mastering
;Artwork
*GraphicTherapy &ndash; art direction and design
*[[Adrien Broom]] &ndash; photography
==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart
!Peak<br />position
|-
| align="left" |U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="Allmusic">V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra, S. T. Erlewine, eds, ''All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues'' (Backbeat, 3rd edn., 2003), {{ISBN|0-87930-736-6}}, pp. 700–2.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|19
|-
| align="left" |U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Top Rock Albums]]<ref name="Allmusic" />
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|}
{{clear}}
==References==
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[[Category:Albums produced by Mark Batson]]
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