I Don't Dance (album)
I Don't Dance | ||||
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Studio album by Lee Brice | ||||
Released | September 9, 2014 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 45:65 | |||
Label | Curb | |||
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Singles from I Don't Dance | ||||
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I Don't Dance is the third studio album by American country music artist Lee Brice. It was released on September 9, 2014 via Curb Records.
Content
The album's lead single is its title track,[1] which became a number one single on Country Airplay in mid 2014. "Drinking Class" is the second single.
Brice produced the title track by himself;[2] he co-produced with Jon Stone of American Young on tracks 2, 7–9, and 11–13, and Kyle Jacobs and Matt McClure on tracks 3–6, and 10. He also played every instrument on the track "Girls in Bikinis".[3]
Critical reception
Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [4] |
I Don't Dance received positive reviews from music critics. It currently has a score of 69 out of 100 on Metacritic indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 4 critics reviews. Jon Freeman of Country Weekly rated the album "B". He praised the songwriting of the title track, as well as "Drinkin' Class", "My Carolina", and "The Airport Song", and described Brice's voice as "spectacular, ranging from a gentle whisper to a right-from-the-gut, serrated-edge howl that elevates even the most forgettable material into high drama." Freeman also praised the sparseness of the album's production.[5]
Commercial performance
The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 5, and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart with 39,000 copies sold in the United States in its debut week.[6] The album has sold 247,400 copies in the US as of March 2016.[7]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Don't Dance" |
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3:59 |
2. | "No Better Than This" |
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4:13 |
3. | "Show You Off Tonight" |
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3:54 |
4. | "Always the Only One" |
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3:53 |
5. | "Good Man" |
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3:24 |
6. | "Drinking Class" | 3:27 | |
7. | "That Don't Sound Like You" | 3:30 | |
8. | "Girls in Bikinis" | 3:13 | |
9. | "Sirens" |
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3:54 |
10. | "Somebody's Been Drinking" | 3:41 | |
11. | "Hard to Figure Out (The Airport Song)" |
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3:25 |
12. | "My Carolina" |
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3:57 |
13. | "Panama City" |
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4:15 |
Deluxe Edition | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
14. | "More My Style" |
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3:45 |
15. | "Closer" |
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4:08 |
16. | "Whiskey Used to Burn" |
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3:32 |
Personnel
- Hari Bernstein – strings
- Travis Bettis – electric guitar
- Jessica Blackwell – strings
- Lee Brice – banjo, clapping, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, horn arrangements, keyboards, string arrangements, lead vocals, background vocals, whistle, group vocals
- Sara Brice – talking girl
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Perry Coleman – background vocals
- Chad Cromwell – drums
- Eric Darken- percussion
- Charles Kenneth Dixon – strings, copyist
- Chip Esten – clapping, group vocals
- Dan Frizsell – programming
- Ben Glover – background vocals
- Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar
- Adrienne Harmon – strings
- Mark Hill – bass guitar
- Jun Iwasaki – strings
- Mike Johnson – steel guitar
- Charlie Judge – Hammond B-3 organ, horn arrangements, keyboards, piano, programming, string arrangements
- Jeff King – electric guitar
- Jennifer Kummer – french horn
- Phillip Lammonds – acoustic guitar
- Tim Lauer – keyboards
- Tony Lucido – bass guitar
- Donnie Marple – drums
- Matt McClure – programming
- Pat McGrath – acoustic guitar
- Jerry McPherson – e-bow, electric guitar
- Miles McPherson – drums
- Greg Morrow – drums
- Emily Nelson – strings
- Justin Niebank – programming
- Kelly Norman – background noise
- Kelly Norris – background vocals
- Russ Pahl – steel guitar
- Sarighandi D Reist – strings
- Paul Rippee – bass guitar
- Maggie Rose – background vocals
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Bradley Smith – Hammond B-3 organ, piano, background vocals
- Jon Stone – clapping, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Patrick Walle – French horn
- Carolyn Wann Bailey – strings
- Jason Webb – Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano, programming
- Derek Wells – electric guitar
- Nir Z – drums
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Chart (2014–16) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] | 70 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9] | 5 |
US Billboard 200[10] | 5 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[11] | 1 |
Year-end charts
Chart (2014) | Position |
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US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[12] | 43 |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||
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US Country | US Country Airplay | US | CAN Country | CAN | ||
2014 | "I Don't Dance" | 5 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 40 |
"Drinking Class" | 3 | 2 | 53 | 11 | 66 | |
2015 | "That Don't Sound Like You" | 13 | 10 | 64 | 38 | 75 |
References
- ↑ "Lee Brice Reveals 'Dance' Details".
- ↑ "Lee Brice Unveils New Album Coming Sept. 9". 10 June 2014.
- ↑ "Country Music News - Nash Country Daily".
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "I Don't Dance – Lee Brice". AllMusic. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
- ↑ Freeman, Jon (September 29, 2014). "Review: I Don't Dance". Country Weekly. 21 (39): 66. ISSN 1074-3235.
- ↑ Wade Jessen (September 18, 2014). "Lee Brice Does No. 1 'Dance' on Top Country Albums Chart". Billboard.
- ↑ Bjorke, Matt (March 28, 2016). "Country Album Chart: March 29, 2016". Roughstock.
- ↑ Ryan, Gavin (March 19, 2016). "ARIA Albums: Matt Corby 'Telluric' Is 100th No 1 Australian Album". Noise11. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Lee Brice – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Lee Brice.
- ↑ "Lee Brice – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Lee Brice.
- ↑ "Lee Brice – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Lee Brice.
- ↑ "Top Country Albums: 2014 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
Preceded by Platinum by Miranda Lambert |
Top Country Albums number-one album September 27, 2014 |
Succeeded by Sundown Heaven Town by Tim McGraw |