Pain Killer (Little Big Town album)

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Pain Killer
File:PainKiller.jpg
Studio album by Little Big Town
Released October 21, 2014 (2014-10-21)
Genre Country
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer Jay Joyce
Little Big Town chronology
Tornado
(2012)Tornado2012		 Pain Killer
(2014)		 Wanderlust
(2016)Wanderlust2016
Singles from Pain Killer
  1. "Day Drinking"
    Released: June 9, 2014
  2. "Girl Crush"
    Released: December 15, 2014
  3. "Pain Killer"
    Released: August 24, 2015

Pain Killer is the sixth studio album by American country music group Little Big Town. It was released on October 21, 2014, through Capitol Nashville.[1] Little Big Town co-wrote eight of the album's thirteen tracks.[2][3] Pain Killer was produced by Jay Joyce.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 83/100[5]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic[6] 4.5/5 stars
Billboard[7] 4/5 stars
Country Weekly[8] B+
Los Angeles Times[9] 3/4 stars

Critical

Giving it a "B+" Bob Paxman of Country Weekly praised the group's vocal harmonies and the songwriting, particularly the songs written by Lori McKenna, but criticized the "overly cluttered" production on some tracks.[8] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic called the album as "the rarest thing in contemporary country, a record with an expansive world-view delivered with a kinetic kick and infallible melodies, a record that gives no indication of where it's going upon first listen but remains compelling upon further spins".[6]

Commercial

The album debuted at No. 7 on Billboard 200 and No. 3 on Top Country Albums chart, with 42,000 copies sold in the U.S. in its first week.[10] The album has sold 465,000 copies in the U.S. as of April 2016.[11]

Award nominations

Year Association Category Result
2015 Academy of Country Music Album of the Year Nominated
2015 Country Music Association Album of the Year Nominated
2016 Grammy Awards Best Country Album Nominated

Track listing

The album's track listing was announced on July 14.[12][13]

No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Quit Breaking Up with Me"  
  • Fairchild
  • Schlapman
 3:24
2. "Day Drinking"  
  • Karen Fairchild
  • Jimi Westbrook
  • Phillip Sweet
  • Troy Verges
  • Barry Dean
 Fairchild 2:58
3. "Tumble and Fall"  
Westbrook 4:41
4. "Pain Killer"  
Fairchild 3:11
5. "Girl Crush"  
  • McKenna
  • Rose
  • Lindsey
 Fairchild 3:13
6. "Faster Gun"  
  • Jeremy Spillman
  • Ryan Tyndell
  • Westbrook
  • Sweet
  • Sweet
  • Westbrook
 4:10
7. "Good People"  
Schlapman 3:41
8. "Stay All Night"  
  • Sweet
  • Westbrook
 2:45
9. "Save Your Sin"  
  • McKenna
  • Rose
  • Lindsey
 Schlapman 2:46
10. "Live Forever"  
  • Fairchild
  • Westbrook
  • Sweet
  • Schlapman
  • Spillman
  • Tyndell
 Sweet 4:14
11. "Things You Don't Think About"  
Fairchild 3:36
12. "Turn the Lights On"  
  • Fairchild
  • Westbrook
  • Sweet
  • Schlapman
  • Hemby
  • Joyce
  • Spillman
 Fairchild 4:08
13. "Silver and Gold"  
Westbrook 3:33

Personnel

Adapted from Allmusic and Pain Killer liner notes.[6][14]

Little Big Town
  • Karen Fairchild — vocals
  • Kimberly Schlapman — vocals
  • Philip Sweet — vocals, drums, acoustic guitar
  • Jimi Westbrook — vocals, acoustic guitar

Charts and certifications

References

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