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''Save Me, San Francisco'' is the fifth album from California rock band Train and was released on October 27, 2009, through Columbia Records. The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on September 9, 2010 and as of April 2012 has sold 954,000 copies in the US.〔http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/497060/train-tries-to-follow-a-massive-hit-again-on-california-37〕〔(Gold And Platinum Searchable Database ) RIAA, Retrieved August 13, 2011〕 The album's first single, "Hey, Soul Sister", which marked a return to the group's folk-rock roots, was released to digital retailers on August 11, 2009. The single has since become Train's fourth career Top 40 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and second career top 10 hit, reaching number three 26 weeks after it was released. It is also the band's highest-peaking single to date in their native United States, as well as Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and New Zealand. The follow-up single, "If It's Love", became Train's fourth-career chart-topping single on the Adult Top 40 and peaking at #34 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Marry Me" was released on October 25 as the third single from the record — it debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at #95 and has reached #34. "Save Me, San Francisco" was released on April 25, 2011 as the fifth single from the record, and peaked at #75 on the Hot 100. ==Background== Despite debuting in the Top Ten of the ''Billboard'' 200 and garnering numerous positive reviews, the band's previous album, ''For Me, It's You'', was a commercial failure, lacking longevity on the aforementioned chart and being the first Train album to fail to garner an RIAA certification or spawn a ''Billboard'' Hot 100-charting single. The band has since attributed the album's failure to resonate to listeners to their own internal struggles at the time. After considering breaking up altogether at one point,〔("Train stages an unlikely comeback with the bouncy hit 'Hey, Soul Sister'" ) by Scott Mervis, posted March 25, 2010〕 the band finally decided to take a hiatus and pursue solo projects. Lead singer and lyricist Pat Monahan recorded his debut solo record, ''Last of Seven'', which was released in September 2007, shortly after the band went on hiatus. Despite garnering positive reviews, the album was a commercial failure, debuting and peaking at a disappointing #82 on the ''Billboard'' 200 composite chart. In early 2009, in an effort to restore the band, the now-trio regrouped. Lead guitarist Jimmy Stafford reflected on their intentions at the time:〔 After deciding to change management and restore the band to its core trio, the band found motivation in writing new songs; reportedly writing a total of 80. The band also made a habitual departure from collaborating with a sole producer each previous album era in deciding to record and collaborate with numerous producers, including famed producer and frontman of OneRepublic Ryan Tedder, Dave Katz and Sam Hollander of the 2008 Rolling Stone Hot List Producers of the Year-awarded recording duo S *A *M & Sluggo, and Espen Lind and Amund Bjørklund of the famed Norwegian producing duo Espionage, who produced and co-wrote the album's single "Hey, Soul Sister" and the album track "Brick by Brick". Lead singer and lyricist Pat Monahan attributed the band's new-found momentum to approaching their work ethic with a happy disposition:〔("Train keeps rollin': Band had to switch some players to get back on track" ) by Wayne Bledsoe, posted April 1, 2010〕 The recording sessions, according to the band, also marked a return to the band's roots; both musically as well as culturally to their native San Francisco:〔("Train’s Jimmy Stafford Gets Back to San Fran Vibe" ) by Iris Wiener, posted March 14, 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Save Me, San Francisco」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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