Grand National (album)

Grand National
Studio album by
John Butler Trio
Released24 March 2007 (2007-03-24)
GenreRoots rock, traditional, jam, indie rock
Length59:32
LabelJarrah
Atlantic[1]
ProducerJohn Butler and Mario Caldato Jr.
John Butler Trio chronology
Live at St. Gallen
(2005) 		Grand National
(2007) 		April Uprising
(2010)
Singles from Grand National
  1. "Funky Tonight"
    Released: December 2006
  2. "Good Excuse"
    Released: March 2007
  3. "Better Than"
    Released: 23 August 2007
  4. "Used to Get High"
    Released: November 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Grand National is the fourth album by the John Butler Trio. Somewhere between 22 and 25 songs were considered for this album, some created during or before Sunrise Over Sea.

At the J Awards of 2007, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.[3]

The album reached number one on the ARIA Albums Chart and the Billboard Heatseekers chart in the US, and as of 10 March 2008 it has reached triple Platinum Status (210,000+ copies sold). Grand National was the 7th highest selling album in Australia in 2007, remaining in the ARIA top 20 album charts for over nine months.

The title of the album is derived from the antique dobro resophonic guitar that Butler inherited from his grandfather. In the 1920s the Dobro and National were competitors in the development of resonator or resophonic guitars, in 1934 they merged to form the National-Dobro Corporation, and hence the name of the album.

  1. ^ "John Butler Trio – Three". Discogs. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ "The J Award 2007". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2020.