While the band hoped for a November 2006 release, the official release date was announced as March 6, 2007. Thiessen said of the album, “The way our career has gone, each of our records slightly outsells the last one. It’s been a really steady progression […] we’re building a career. And that’s why we were able to make this record. And do it exactly the way we wanted to do it.” The album features more instrumentation that of a piano, banjo and lap steel. On March 2, 2007, the entire album (except the last track, “Deathbed”) was made available for streaming on the band’s MySpace . Five Score and Seven Years Ago debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling about 64,000 copies in its first week. The album also topped the US Christian Albums chart for three weeks.
official release date was announced as March 6, 2007
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