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Back to Us
File:Rascal Flatts - Back to Us (album cover).jpg
Studio album by Rascal Flatts
Released May 19, 2017 (2017-05-19)
Genre Country
Length 35:14 (Standard edition)[1]
45:11 (Deluxe edition)[2]
Label Big Machine
Producer
Rascal Flatts chronology
The Greatest Gift of All
(2016)		 Back to Us
(2017)		 How They Remember You
(2020)
Singles from Back to Us

Back to Us is the tenth and final studio album by American country music trio Rascal Flatts. It was released on May 19, 2017 through Big Machine Records. The group produced the album themselves, save one track on the deluxe edition, which was produced by Busbee.[3] "Yours If You Want It" was released in January 2017 as the album's lead single, followed by "Back to Us" released the same year. The album serves as a follow-up to 2014's Rewind. Back to Us earned the group their twelfth top-10 album on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. A deluxe edition of the album also includes the songs "Hands Talk," "Thieves," and "Roller Rink."

This is the group's first album not to be produced by Dann Huff since 2004's Feels Like Today.

Content

Country singer Lauren Alaina features on the track "Are You Happy Now", which was co-written by all three members of Rascal Flatts.[4] "I Know You Won't" was previously recorded by Carrie Underwood on her 2007 album, Carnival Ride.[5]

Singles

The record's lead single, "Yours If You Want It", was released on January 9, 2017. One of the song's writers, Andrew Dorff, died shortly before its release.[6] Another single "Back to Us" was released on August 21, 2017.[7]

Commercial performance

Back to Us debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200 chart dated June 10, 2017 with 30,000 album equivalent units (of which 25,000 were traditional album sales). The album also entered the Top Country Albums chart the same week at number 2, earning the group their twelfth top-10 album.[8] The album has sold 68,600 copies in the US as of December 2017.[9] The album did reach No. 1 on the Australian country album charts upon release.

Track listing

Back to Us – Standard edition[1]
No. Title Length
1. "Yours If You Want It"   3:25
2. "Back to Us"   3:58
3. "I Know You Won't"   3:53
4. "Hopin' You Were Lookin'"   2:56
5. "Dance"   3:21
6. "Are You Happy Now" (with Lauren Alaina) 3:59
7. "Love What You've Done with the Place"   3:31
8. "Kiss You While I Can"   3:14
9. "Vandalized"   3:22
10. "Our Night to Shine"   3:35
Total length:
 35:14
Notes
  • All songs produced by Rascal Flatts except "Hands Talk", produced by busbee.

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic[10]

Rascal Flatts
Additional Musicians
  • Casey Brown – programming
  • Dave Cohen – keyboards
  • David Dorn – keyboards
  • Rob McNelley – electric guitar
  • Danny Rader – acoustic guitar, bouzouki, mandolin
  • Travis Toy – steel guitar
  • Dorian Crozier – drums
  • Evan Hutchings – drums
  • Jim Riley – drums
  • Jimmy Bowland – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Chris McDonald – trombone, horn arrangements
  • Jeff Bailey – trumpet
  • Steve Patrick – trumpet
  • Carole Rabinowitz – cello
  • Betsy Lamb – viola
  • Kristin Wilkinson – viola, string arrangements
  • David Angell – violin
  • Zeneba Bowers – violin
  • David Davidson – violin
  • Conni Ellisor – violin
  • Lauren Alaina – lead and harmony vocals on "Are You Happy Now"

Production

  • Rascal Flatts – producers
  • busbee – producer on "Hands Talk"
  • Allison Jones – A&R
  • Derek Bason – engineer, mixing, digital editing
  • Sean Neff – engineer, digital editing
  • Justin Niebank – mixing
  • Nick Lane – assistant engineer
  • Bryce Roberts – assistant engineer
  • Chris Small – assistant engineer, mix assistant
  • David Huff – digital editing
  • Adam Ayan – mastering
  • Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
  • Laurel Kittleson – production coordinator
  • Janet Soled – production coordinator
  • Sandi Spika Borchetta – art direction, design
  • Becky Reiser – art direction, design
  • David McClister – photography

Charts

Release history

Country Date Format Label Catalog no. Ref.
Worldwide May 19, 2017 CD Big Machine TBA [20]
Digital download N/A [2]

References

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  15. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Rascal Flatts – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Rascal Flatts. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Rascal Flatts – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Rascal Flatts. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
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