The Disturbia Chronicles

The Disturbia Chronicles is the third album by American artist, Jake Tracey. The album was released on October 17, 2008 by Columbia Records. The album exposes a major shift in Tracey's music style, and it differentiates from his two previous albums as it shows a darker, solemn side of his music. The album includes more alternative, rock, and hip-hop elements. It is also the first album for Tracey to include collaborations. The Disturbia Chronicles includes collaborations with Swayze, Andy Milonakis, and Jay-Z.

While the album spawned two successful singles, "Into the Blue" and "Let it Be", the album did not garner the amount of success as his previous albums. The album hit at #8 on the US Billboard 200, and #10 on the US Pop Charts, although it hit at #2 on the Top Hip-Hop Albums. Upon its released, the album was critically panned by both critics and fans, who shown disappointment in the album's direction, and described Tracey's vocals as disturbing, weak, and lazy. The album, to critics, overall did not make an impression, while only praising the singles, "Into the Blue" and "Torn Down"

Singles:


 * Hot - June 21, 2008
 * Into the Blue - August 2, 2008
 * Credit Man - October 6, 2008
 * Haunted Love - November 7, 2008

Background
Tracey had began his recording for The Disturbia Chronicles during the release of "Nothing You Can Say" from his second album. However, these songs were only demos an were only used to set out the tone that Tracey wanted for his third album. Tracey stated that he chose the title for the album to show a different, unexpected style for all. While being influenced by Rihanna for her hit single, "Disturbia", Tracey had decided to base his album off of that song.

Reception
The Disturbia Chronicles was critically panned with a score of 49 out of 100 by Metacritic. From Andy of Allmusic, the album sets a very bad tone for Jake's music career, considering that Highlighted was favorable, he considers the album his least memorable. "The songs do not seem very "skip-worthy" and they do not set the tone for Tracey's career." While Chicago Tribune describes Jake's vocals as 'weak, lazy, and disturbing," in each song, and there was strong inconsistency.