Pop/rock act Train returns this week with “For Me, It’s You,” its first new studio album in two-and-a-half years. The 13-track Columbia release was produced by longtime collaborator Brendan O’Brien and is led by the single “Cab,” which is No. 17 on Billboard’s Adult Top 40 chart.
According to frontman Pat Monahan, the single is “the metaphoric song on the album. Everything else seems to the point and literal. This whole album is about where I’ve been lyrically for the last couple of years, experiencing what I’ve had to experience.”
“For Me, It’s You” features a cover of Sugar’s “If I Can’t Change Your Mind” as well as the studio debuts of former Black Crowes bassist Johnny Colt and keyboardist Brandon Bush, who have been a member of the Train live band since the tour in support of 2003’s “My Private Nation.”
“It doesn’t sound like we’re trying too hard,” Monahan says of the album’s sound. “I do think this record is more personal and more genuine. It’s definitely an appropriate record for me personally.”
“My Private Nation” debuted at No. 6 on The Billboard 200 and has sold more than 1 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It spawned the single “Calling All Angels,” which reached No. 1 on both Billboard’s Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 charts.
