''Release'' is Sister Hazel's seventh studio album. It was released on August 18, 2009 through Croakin' Poets/Rock Ridge. Unlike previous Sister Hazel albums, all of the band members contributed to the songwriting. According to Ryan Newell, the album got its name because they "Took a different approach on this record and 'released' the past method."

Track listing

#"Release" (Ryan Newell, Emerson Hart, Pat McGee) - 3:51 #"Take a Bow" (Newell, Mike Daly, McGee) - 3:00 #"I Believe in You" (Andrew Copeland, Stan Lynch) - 2:51 #"Run for the Hills" (Copeland, Britton Cameron) - 3:41 #"Better Way" (Ken Kelly, Lindsey Kelly, Mark Trojanowski) - 3:56 #"Walls and Cannonballs" (

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) - 3:14 #"Vacation Rain" (Jett Beres) - 3:51 #"See Me Beautiful" (Block) - 4:06 #"One Life" (Cameron, Copeland, Lynch) - 5:13 #"Take It Back" (L. Kelly, K. Kelly, Trojanowski) - 3:49 #"Fade" (Newell, Chuck Carrier) - 3:29 #"Ghost in the Crowd" (Beres) - 5:07

Personnel

*Ken Block -

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*Jett Beres -

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*Andrew Copeland -

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*Ryan Newell -

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*Mark Trojanowski -

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References

2009 albums Sister Hazel albums {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub