Awake (Secondhand Serenade album)

Awake is the debut album by the American acoustic rock musician John Vesely working under the pseudonym Secondhand Serenade. The album was originally created as a demo in 2005, and was made available for purchase on MySpace and iTunes. In late 2006 after selling 15,000 copies of it, Secondhand Serenade signed to the label Glassnote Records and released the album on February 6, 2007, adding the songs "It's Not Over" and "Stay Close, Don't Go".

In early 2007, the album was issued by Glassnote Records with an additional two songs. It was released on February 6 and gave Vesely his first chartings, debuting at number 16 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart.^[2] Added success lead to it peaking at number 164 on the Billboard 200, number 3 on the Top Heatseekers and number 19 on the Top Independent Albums chart.^[3]

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 Red Hot Chili Peppers video for hit single "Dani California".^[4] "Vulnerable" peaked at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 64 on the Pop 100 and number 56 on the Hot Digital Songs charts.^[5]

• 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

• Official Myspace