Holly (album)


Holly is the debut album from Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Nozuka. The album was named after his mother Holly. It was first released on March 19, 2007 in the United Kingdom and April 3, 2007 in Canada. It was then released in the United States on April 15, 2008 by Glassnote Records, peaking at numbers six and 30 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers and Independent Albums charts respectively. To promote the album, Nozuka toured across North America with appearances at talk shows.

Promotion

On February 6, 2008 Nozuka announced an 18-city cross-Canada tour with fellow Canadian singer-songwriter Hayley Sales, beginning at Nanaimo, BC's Queen's Hotel and finishing at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre.
On August 14, he announced his first U.S. headlining tour with American rock group The Gabe Dixon Band, beginning at Buffalo's Town Ballroom and finishing at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall. He made his U.S. television debut by appearing on the talk shows Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Good Morning America.

Critical reception

Jo-Ann Greene of AllMusic praised the album for the different facets of love it explores thanks to Nozuka's songwriting and vocal performance and the tracks for having different arrangements with various genres, calling it, "A stunning debut, whose lyrics and atmospheres linger on long after the last track has played." Jamie Fisher of BBC also echoed Greene's review, praising Nozuka's mature storytelling and singing voice despite his age and choice in vocal notes, concluding that it's "a superb album, filled with raw quality. Just enjoy."

Track listings

Standard track list
Japanese track list
DVD
  2. "After Tonight"
  4. "I'm in Peace"
  6. Interview

    Personnel

Adapted from the Holly media notes.
;Musicians
;Production
;Artwork
;Management

Release history