Blackbird is the second studio album by American rock band Alter Bridge, released on October 5, 2007.

It was then announced on May 11, 2007 (by guitarist Mark Tremonti on www.thealterbridgenation.com), that the recording of the album was complete, the mixing had been finished, and only a few small minor things were still to be done.

Three days later, Alter Bridge uploaded two new songs to their official MySpace page for fans to listen to as a taste of the new album.

They were then removed on Saturday, August 25, as their discovery resulted in many fans accessing them in a short period of time.

Alter Bridge left Wind-Up Records in 2006 due to Wind-Up pressing for a Creed reunion, which, in fact, actually later happened (all of Alter Bridge's members excluding Kennedy are also members of Creed), and subsequently signed to Universal Republic Records.

The single received a release date in the UK set for October 15, on both CD and 7" Picturedisc.

[4] At their concert on October 30, 2007 in Dallas, Texas, the group recorded a live music video for a future single, "Ties That Bind".

There is also currently a duet version of "Watch Over You" featuring Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil found on the band's MySpace.