Lady Antebellum (album)
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| Studio album by Lady Antebellum | ||||
| Released | April 15, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 42:44 | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
| Producer | Victoria Shaw Paul Worley |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Country Weekly | [2] |
| Country Standard Time | favorable[3] |
| Slant | [4] |
| About.com | [5] |
Lady Antebellum is the self-titled debut album by the American country music trio Lady Antebellum. It was released on April 15, 2008. Its lead-off single, "Love Don't Live Here", was released in late 2007 and entered the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in May 2008. A second single, "Lookin' for a Good Time", was issued in June 2008, and peaked at number 11. "I Run to You" followed as the third single from the album in January 2009, and became the group's first number-one single on the Hot Country Songs chart in July 2009.
The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, the first debut by a country group to achieve this. It also reached number 4 on the overall Billboard Top 200 charts.[6] It also received a nomination for Album of the Year at the 2010 Academy of Country Music Awards.
Contents
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Love Don't Live Here" | Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Lookin' for a Good Time" | Scott, Kelley, Haywood, Keith Follesé | 3:07 |
| 3. | "All We'd Ever Need" | Scott, Kelley, Haywood | 4:40 |
| 4. | "Long Gone" | Victoria Shaw, Scott, K. Follesé, Adrienne Follesé | 3:34 |
| 5. | "I Run to You" | Scott, Kelley, Haywood, Tom Douglas | 4:16 |
| 6. | "Love's Lookin' Good on You" | Shaw, Jason Deere, Matt Lopez | 3:21 |
| 7. | "Home Is Where the Heart Is" | Scott, Kelley, Haywood, Shaw | 3:45 |
| 8. | "Things People Say" | Kelley, Haywood | 3:50 |
| 9. | "Slow Down Sister" | Kelley, Haywood, Shaw, Jason "Slim" Gambill | 3:06 |
| 10. | "Can't Take My Eyes off You" | Scott, Kelley, Haywood | 4:45 |
| 11. | "One Day You Will" | Scott, Kelley, Haywood, Clay Mills | 4:30 |
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Total length:
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42:44 | ||
| iTunes Bonus Track | ||
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| 12. | "Emily" | 3:59 |
Chart performance
The album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 and at number 1 on the Top Country Albums Chart, after selling 47,000 copies during its first official week of release, and making Lady Antebellum the first country group to have their debut album enter the Top Country Albums at number 1. It has been certified double platinum by the RIAA for U.S. shipments of 2,000,000 copies. As of the chart dated January 8, 2011, the album has sold 1,826,368 copies in the US.[7]
| Chart (2008–2009) | Peak position |
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| UK Albums (OCC)[8] | 191 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9] | 1 |
| US Billboard 200[10] | 4 |
End of year charts
| Chart (2010) | Position |
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| US Billboard 200[11] | 25 |
| US Billboard Top Country Albums[12] | 6 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US Country | US | CAN | ||
| 2007 | "Love Don't Live Here" | 3 | 53 | 69 |
| 2008 | "Lookin' for a Good Time" | 11 | 67 | — |
| 2009 | "I Run to You" | 1 | 27 | 54 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[13] | Platinum |
| United States (RIAA)[14] | 2× Platinum |
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[15]
Lady Antebellum
- Hillary Scott – lead and background vocals
- Charles Kelley – lead and background vocals
- Dave Haywood – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals
Additional musicians
- Bruce Bouton – Dobro, steel guitar
- Chad Cromwell – drums, tambourine, shaker
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Larry Franklin – fiddle
- Jason "Slim" Gambill – electric guitar
- Rob McNelley – electric guitar, slide guitar
- Michael Rojas – synthesizer, piano, accordion, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer
- Victoria Shaw – background vocals
- Brice Williams – drums
- Paul Worley – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Craig Young – bass guitar
Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine; conducted and arranged by Kris Wilkinson.
References
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- ↑ "Lady Antebellum | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart
- ↑ "Lady Antebellum – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Lady Antebellum.
- ↑ "Lady Antebellum – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Lady Antebellum.
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External links
| Preceded by | Top Country Albums number-one album May 3, 2008 |
Succeeded by Troubadour by George Strait |
