Awake (Secondhand Serenade album)

Awake is the debut studio album by American acoustic rock solo project Secondhand Serenade. The album was released on October 27, 2005 and re-released on February 6, 2007.

Awake
Studio album by Secondhand Serenade
Released	October 27, 2005 February 6, 2007 (re-release)
Recorded	2005
Genre	Acoustic rock, emo
Length	38:55 47:35 (re-release)
Label	Independent Glassnote (re-release)
Secondhand Serenade chronology
Awake (2005) A Twist in My Story (2008)
Singles from Awake
"Vulnerable" Released: April 16, 2007

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
AbsolutePunk	(70%)[2]

Re-release

In early 2007, the album was reissued by Glassnote Records with an additional two songs. It was released on February 6 and gave Vesely his first chartings, debuting at #16 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart.^[3] Added success lead to it peaking at #164 on the Billboard 200, #3 on the Top Heatseekers and #19 on the Top Independent Albums chart.^[4]

Single

Secondhand Serenade released only one song as a single from the debut album, "Vulnerable". The song spawned a music video, which was created by Frank Borin who was responsible for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' video for hit single "Dani California".^[5] "Vulnerable" peaked at #83 on the Billboard Hot 100, #64 on the Pop 100 and #56 on the Hot Digital Songs charts.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Half Alive"	3:41
2.	"Broken"	3:51
3.	"Vulnerable"	3:20
4.	"Your Call"	3:42
5.	"Maybe"	3:30
6.	"I Hate This Song"	4:36
7.	"Awake"	4:02
8.	"Let It Roll"	3:25
9.	"The Last Song Ever"	4:36
10.	"End"	4:12
Total length:		38:55

Re-release

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Half Alive"	3:43
2.	"Broken"	3:53
3.	"Vulnerable"	3:22
4.	"Your Call (Acoustic Version)"	3:44
5.	"Maybe (Acoustic Version)"	3:32
6.	"It's Not Over"	3:28
7.	"I Hate This Song"	4:38
8.	"Awake"	4:04
9.	"Take Me with You"	4:53
10.	"Let It Roll"	3:27
11.	"The Last Song Ever"	4:38
12.	"End"	4:13
Total length:		47:35

Credits

• John Vesely – guitar and vocals
• Ronnie Day – piano on tracks 4, 8 and 12
• Tracked, mixed and mastered at SF Soundworks
• Engineer: Rachel Allgood & Adam Munoz
• Mastered by: Tony Espinoza & Loredana Palomares
• Assistants: Loredanna Palomares & Aaron DeMateo