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The Head and the Heart ( album ) - Wikipedia The Head and the Heart ( album ) <Th_colspan="2"> The Head and the Heart <Td_colspan="2"> <Th_colspan="2"> Studio album by The Head and the Heart Released April 19 , 2011 Genre Folk rock , pop Length 39 : 26 Label Sub Pop <Th_colspan="2"> The Head and the Heart chronology <Td_colspan="2"> The Head and the Heart ( 2011 ) Let 's Be Still ( 2013 ) <Th_colspan="2"> Professional ratings <Th_colspan="2"> Review scores Source Rating Allmusic link Pitchfork Media ( 3.8 / 10 ) link Bowlegs link The A.V. Club C -- link The Head and the Heart is the first studio album by folk rock band The Head and the Heart , released on April 19 , 2011 , on Sub Pop . A deluxe edition of the album was released in August 2011 and included ' Chasing A Ghost ' ( live ) , ' Josh McBride ' ( Live ) and ' Rivers and Roads ' ( live ) . Initially , the band had self - released the album in June 2009 , selling it at concerts , by word of mouth , and through local record stores . In the ensuing months the album sold 10,000 copies . Their music plays heavily on the trio of vocal harmonies , piano and violin melodies , and prominent drums and percussion . It was the top - selling album of the year 2010 for the independent Sonic Boom Records in the band 's home neighborhood of Ballard , Seattle . The song `` Rivers and Roads '' was used in the series finale of NBC 's Chuck , in the 16th episode of the seventh season of CBS 's hit comedy How I Met Your Mother , also at the season finale of the fourth season of Fox 's series New Girl , and also in The Good Doctor . Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Commercial performance 4 Charts 5 References Track listing ( edit ) All songs by Josiah Johnson , Jon Russell , Charity Thielen , Kenny Hensley , Chris Zasche and Tyler Williams . No . Title Length 1 . `` Cats and Dogs '' 1 : 55 2 . `` Coeur D'Alene '' 4 : 21 3 . `` Ghosts '' 4 : 18 4 . `` Down in the Valley '' 5 : 03 5 . `` Rivers and Roads '' 4 : 44 6 . `` Honey Come Home '' 3 : 21 7 . `` Lost in My Mind '' 4 : 19 8 . `` Winter Song '' 2 : 43 9 . `` Sounds Like Hallelujah '' 3 : 10 10 . `` Heaven Go Easy on Me '' 5 : 40 Personnel ( edit ) Charity Rose Thielen - vocals , violin , percussion Josiah Johnson - vocals , guitar , percussion Jonathan Russell - vocals , guitar , percussion Tyler Williams - drums , percussion , vocals Chris Zasche - bass , vocals Kenny Hensley - piano , vocals Commercial performance ( edit ) The Head and the Heart peaked at number 109 with 4,000 copies sold on Billboard 200 . Charts ( edit ) Chart ( 2011 -- 12 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard 200 109 U.S. Billboard Folk Albums U.S. Billboard Rock Albums 23 U.S. Billboard Alternative Albums 18 U.S. Billboard Independent Albums 14 References ( edit ) Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Heavenly Recordings press - release Jump up ^ Leahey , Andrew . `` Best of What 's Next : The Head and the Heart '' . Paste Magazine . Retrieved 23 April 2011 . Jump up ^ `` And The No. 1 Selling Record Of 2010 At Sonic Boom Ballard Was ... '' Sound on the Sound . Retrieved 23 April 2011 . Jump up ^ Caulfield , Keith ( 2013 - 10 - 23 ) . `` Pearl Jam Earns Fifth No. 1 Album On Billboard 200 '' . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved 2013 - 10 - 23 . ^ Jump up to : `` US Billboard Chart History '' . Billboard . Retrieved 9 September 2011 . This 2010s folk album - related article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Head_and_the_Heart_(album)&oldid=866280804 '' Categories : 2011 albums Sub Pop albums The Head and the Heart albums 2010s folk album stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 29 October 2018 , at 12 : 03 ( UTC ) . Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply . By using this site , you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation , Inc. , a non-profit organization . About Wikipedia
1. The Head and the Heart - first studio album by folk rock band
2. Released on April 19, 2011
3. Genre: Folk rock, pop
4. Top-selling album of 2010 for Sonic Boom Records
5. Includes popular songs like "Rivers and Roads"