Easy Does It (Jake Owen album)

Easy Does It is the second studio album by American country music singer Jake Owen. It was released on February 24, 2009, by RCA Records Nashville. It includes the Top 10 hits "Don't Think I Can't Love You" and "Eight Second Ride." As with his first album, Easy Does It is produced by Jimmy Ritchey, with whom Owen co-wrote several of the songs. It has sold 120,000 copies as of November 2009.

Easy Does It
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2009
GenreCountry
LabelRCA Nashville
ProducerJimmy Ritchey
Jake Owen chronology
Startin' with Me
(2006)
Easy Does It
(2009)
Barefoot Blue Jean Night
(2011)
Singles from Easy Does It
  1. "Don't Think I Can't Love You"
    Released: August 25, 2008
  2. "Eight Second Ride"
    Released: June 15, 2009
  3. "Tell Me"
    Released: April 12, 2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Engine 145[2]
Roughstockfavorable[3]

Content

Owen co-wrote eight of the ten songs on the album. Among the co-writes are the lead-off single "Don't Think I Can't Love You", which became his highest-charting single with a peak of number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on April 21, 2009. "Eight Second Ride", the album's second single, is a re-recording of a song from Owen's 2006 debut album Startin' with Me. "Tell Me" was the album's third single.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tell Me"Jake Owen, Jimmy Ritchey, Don Poythress4:38
2."Eight Second Ride"Eric Durrance, Owen3:07
3."Easy Does It"Owen, Ritchey, Patrick Jason Matthews3:35
4."Don't Think I Can't Love You"Owen, Ritchey, Kendell Marvel3:05
5."Cherry on Top"Mark Stephen Jones, Travis Meadows3:37
6."Who Said Whiskey (Was Meant to Drink a Woman Away)"Owen, Ritchey, Rob Hatch3:27
7."Green Bananas"Owen, Ritchey, Bob Regan3:20
8."Anything for You"Owen, Ritchey, Regan3:52
9."Every Reason I Go Back"Owen, Casey Beathard, Dave Turnbull3:34
10."Nothin' Grows in Shadows"Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, Doug Johnson5:01

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2009) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 2
U.S. Billboard 200 13

End of year charts

Chart (2010) Year-end
2010
US Billboard Top Country Albums 74[4]

Singles

Year Single Peak chart
positions
US Country US
2008 "Don't Think I Can't Love You" 2 57
2009 "Eight Second Ride" 11 70
2010 "Tell Me" 35
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
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References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Easy Does It review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  2. Greenberg, Pierce. "Album Review: Jake Owen – Easy Does It". Engine 145. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  3. Bjorke, Matt. "Jake Owen - Easy Does It". Roughstock. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  4. "Best of 2010 - Top Country Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
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