(Pop Rock, Indie Rock) Train - California 37 (Mermaids of Alcatraz Tour Edition) (2013), MP3, 320 kbps

Train is an American pop rock band from San Francisco, California. The band currently consists of a core trio of Pat Monahan (vocals), Jimmy Stafford (guitar), and Scott Underwood (drums).
With a lineup that included original members Monahan, Stafford, Underwood, Rob Hotchkiss, and Charlie Colin, the band achieved mainstream success with its debut album, Train, which was released in 1998 with the hit "Meet Virginia". Train's 2001 album, Drops of Jupiter contained the lead single "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)", which won two Grammy Awards in 2002. The album was certified double platinum in the United States and Canada and remains the band's best-selling album to date.
Train's third studio album, My Private Nation, released in 2003, was certified platinum in the United States with the hit "Calling All Angels". Following the departures of Hotchkiss and Colin, the band released its fourth album, For Me, It's You in 2006, with Brandon Bush (keyboards) and Johnny Colt (bass). Despite a generally positive reception from critics, the album was commercially unsuccessful. Train then went on a three-year hiatus.
In late 2009, Train released the album Save Me, San Francisco, from which album three singles—-the RIAA 6x Platinum-certified international hit "Hey, Soul Sister", "If It's Love" and "Marry Me"—-reached high positions on the Billboard Hot 100 at number three, 34, and 34, respectively. The album itself has been certified gold by both the RIAA and ARIA and has sold 954,000 units.[1] Since 2008, Jerry Becker (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals) and Hector Maldonado (bass, guitar, percussion, backing vocals) have been touring and recording with the group around the world.
In April 2012, Train released their sixth studio album titled California 37. The first single from the album entitled "Drive By" reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was a Top 10 in the UK, their first Top 20 single since 2009.

California 37 is the sixth studio album from pop rock band Train. The album was released on April 13, 2012 through Columbia Records. It was preceded by the lead single "Drive By" on January 10, 2012.
Contents
1 Background
2 Release and promotion
2.1 Singles
3 Reception
3.1 Critical reception
3.2 Commercial performance
4 Track listing
5 Charts
5.1 Certifications
6 Personnel
7 Release history
8 References
Background
Train recorded the album in San Francisco and Los Angeles with Butch Walker and Espionage, and Monahan says that a majority of the writing happened while the group was touring Save Me, San Francisco. "I didn't spend 3 months or 5 months writing, I just wrote throughout the course of the last 3 years," said Monahan. "We have 13 songs that we've recorded and I want to hear every single one of them over and over again."[1]
Release and promotion
"Feels Good at First" was released as a promotional single on on March 21, 2012. It was exclusively released on iTunes Store as a bonus for those who pre-order California 37.[2]
Singles
"Drive By" was chosen as the lead single for California 37. It was released worldwide on January 10, 2012.[3] It was successful worldwide, peaking at 10 on the Billboard Hot 100,[4] as well as reaching Platinum certifications in Australia[5] and New Zealand.[6] A music video for the song was first released onto YouTube on February 15, 2012.[7]
On June 11, 2012, "50 Ways to Say Goodbye" was released to adult contemporary radio in the United States as the album's second single.[8] On July 31, 2012 it was released to Mainstream Radio. The music video features David Hasselhoff.
The third single to be released was "Bruises", on November 9, 2012. The song is a duet with different female vocalists in different parts of the world. The original version, and U.S. single, features country singer Ashley Monroe. For Canada, the song was recorded in both English and French with Marilou,[9] and for Australia with Delta Goodrem. The live recording featured on the deluxe edition DVD features Megan Slankard.
"Mermaid" was released to American adult contemporary radio as the album's fourth single on December 27, 2012.[10]
On June 25th, Train is re-issuing the album as California 37: Mermaids of Alcatraz Tour Edition. It will have three additional studio recordings on it: "Futon", "To Be Loved" and a cover of John Lennon's "Imagine". The album will also have 3 live songs off of California 37 taken from our 2012 San Francisco Tour: "Drive By (Live from San Francisco)," "This'll Be My Year (Live from San Francisco)," and "When The Fog Rolls In (Live from San Francisco)." [11]
Reception
Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 53/100[12]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[13]
Goldmine 5/5 stars[14]
Jam! 3/5 stars[15]
Melodic.net 3.5/5 stars[16]
The Michigan Daily 3.5/5 stars[17]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[18]
Sputnikmusic 1/5 stars[19]
Student Life 2/5 stars[20]
USA Today 2.5/4 stars[21]
The Washington Times 2.5/4 stars[22]
California 37 received generally mixed reviews from music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 53 based on 6 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".[12] Both, BBC and The New York Times gave the album mixed reviews.[23][24] On the other hand, the Northwest Herald and Billboard gave the album a postive review.[25][26]
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart in the United Kingdom, selling 7,809 copies.[27] It is their highest-charting album there since Drops of Jupiter which peaked at number eight in 2001.[28] In the United States, California 37 debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 76,000 copies. It is their fourth top 10 album and their highest-charting album in the US.[29] As of September 2012, California 37 has sold 254,000 copies. [30]

Pat Monahan - lead vocals, percussion
Jimmy Stafford - guitars, backup vocals, 6 string, 12 string, baritone guitar
Scott Underwood - drums, percussion
Additional Musicians
Hector Maldonado - bass, backup vocals, percussion
Jerry Becker - keyboards, piano, organ, glockenspiel, accordion, mandolin
Espen Lind - guitars on tracks 2, 4, 5 & 8, bass on tracks 2, 4, 5 & 8, keyboards on tracks 2, 4 & 5, background vocals on tracks 2, 5 & 8, programming on tracks 2, 5 & 8, Weissenborn on track 4, string arrangement on track 4, ukulele on track 7, harmonium on track 7
Amund Bjorklund - programming on tracks 2, 4, 5 & 8
Ashley Monroe - vocals on track 4
Jorgen Malo - orchestration on track 4
Brad Magers - horns on track 5
The West Los Angeles Children's Choir - vocals on track 6
Lisa Kim - violin & concertmaster on track 6
Sharon Yamanda, Hyunju Lee, Kuan Cheng Lu, Anna Rabinova, Eva Burmeister, Suzanne Ornstein, Jenny Strenger, Quan Ge, Katherine Fong, Jooyoung Oh, Krzysztof Kuznik - violins on track 6
Robert Rinehart, Karen Dreyfus, Vivek Kamath, Shmuel Katz - violas on track 6
Alan Stepansky, Mina Smith, Wei Yu, Mary Wooten - cellos on track 6
John Patitucci, Kurt Muroki - basses on track 6
Jake Sinclair - programming on track 7
Jeff Kievit - trumpet on tracks 7 & 11
Aaron Heick - alto sax & oboe on tracks 7 & 11
Tim Ries - tenor sax & clarinet on tracks 7 & 11
Birch Johnson - trombone on tracks 7 & 11
Roger Rosenberg - baritone sax & bassoon on tracks 7 & 11
George Flynn - bass trombone & tuba on tracks 7 & 11
Lenny Skolnik - programming on track 9
Kathryn Tickell - Northumbrian pipes on track 10