Concrete (Sunny Sweeney album)
Concrete is the second studio album by American country music singer Sunny Sweeney. It was released on August 23, 2011 via Republic Nashville. The album includes the singles "From a Table Away", "Staying's Worse Than Leaving" and "Drink Myself Single", all of which have charted within the top 40 of Hot Country Songs.
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| Released | August 23, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 34:09 | |||
| Label | Republic Nashville | |||
| Producer | Brett Beavers | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    |
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Reception
Commercial
The album debuted at #21 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart upon its release. As of the chart dated September 24, 2011, the album has sold 26,418 copies in the US.[4]
Critical
Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "traditional-minded yet thoroughly modern".[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Drink Myself Single" | Sunny Sweeney, Monty Holmes | 2:59 |
| 2. | "From a Table Away" | Sweeney, Bob DiPiero, Karyn Rochelle | 3:36 |
| 3. | "Staying's Worse Than Leaving" | Sweeney, Radney Foster, Jay Clementi | 3:24 |
| 4. | "The Old Me" | Lori McKenna, Mark D. Sanders | 4:04 |
| 5. | "Amy" | Sweeney, Brennen Leigh | 2:42 |
| 6. | "Worn Out Heart" | Sweeney, Brett Beavers | 3:00 |
| 7. | "Mean as You" | Brett James, Tim Nichols, Kelley Lovelace | 3:00 |
| 8. | "It Wrecks Me" | Sweeney, Clementi | 4:08 |
| 9. | "Helluva Heart" | Sweeney, Heather Little, Deanna Bryant | 3:09 |
| 10. | "Fall for Me" | Lisa Carver, Jaida Dreyer, Carolyn Dawn Johnson | 4:07 |
Chart performance
Album
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[5] | 21 |
| US Billboard Top Country Albums[5] | 7 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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| 2010 | "From a Table Away" | 10 | 71 | ||||||
| 2011 | "Staying's Worse Than Leaving" | 38 | — | ||||||
| "Drink Myself Single" | 36 | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
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References
- Jurek, Thom. "Concrete review". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- Bjorke, Matt (18 August 2011). "Concrete review". Roughstock. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- Keefe, Jonathan (21 August 2011). "Concrete review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- "The Country Boys Continue to Dominate the Charts". Roughstock. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
- "Chart listing for Concrete". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
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