Ocean (Lady Antebellum album)

Ocean is the eighth studio album by American country pop trio Lady Antebellum, and the final one released under that name before it was changed to "Lady A". The album was released on November 15, 2019, through BMLG Records. This is their first album with the label, and first to be produced by Dann Huff.

Ocean
Studio album by Lady Antebellum
Released	November 15, 2019 (2019-11-15)
Length	47:33
Label	BMLG
Producer	Dann Huff
Lady Antebellum chronology
Heart Break (2017) Ocean (2019)
Singles from Ocean
"What If I Never Get Over You" Released: May 17, 2019 "Ocean" Released: October 7, 2019 "What I'm Leaving For" Released: February 18, 2020

Background

In August 2018, Lady Antebellum signed with BMLG Records after their recording contract with Capitol Nashville ended. In March 2019, while performing in London, the trio announced that they were working on new music.

Singles

"What If I Never Get Over You" was released on May 17, 2019, as the album's lead single. The song debuted at number 14 on the Hot Country Songs chart,[1] and at number 25 on the Country Airplay chart.[2] As of September 2019, it has sold 68,000 units in the United States.[3] The song topped the Country Airplay chart in January 2020, becoming their first number one since 2014.[4]

The title track was released on September 20, 2019 as a promotional single, and was sent to adult contemporary radio as the album's second single on October 7, 2019.[5][6]

"What I'm Leaving For" was released as a promotional single on October 25, 2019 and was released to country radio on February 18, 2020 as the third official single.[7][4]

"Pictures", "Boots", and "Be Patient with My Love" were also released as promotional singles ahead of the album.[8][9]

Commercial performance

Ocean debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Top Country Albums with 29,000 equivalent album units, 21,000 of which are in pure album sales.[10] The album has sold 62,400 copies in the United States as of March 2020,[11] with 172,000 units consumed in total as of February 2020.[12]

Track listing

Adapted from Taste of Country and Lady Antebellum's Instagram.[13][14]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"What If I Never Get Over You"	Sam Ellis Ryan Hurd Laura Veltz Jon Green	3:26
2.	"Pictures"	Dave Haywood Charles Kelley Hillary Scott Sarah Buxton Cory Crowder	2:58
3.	"Crazy Love"	Kelley Nathan Chapman	3:25
4.	"You Can Do You"	Haywood Kelley Crowder Jordan Schmidt	4:08
5.	"What I'm Leaving For"	Ellis Veltz Micah Premnath	3:23
6.	"Be Patient with My Love"	Kelley Dave Barnes Ben West	5:06
7.	"Alright"	Haywood Kelley Scott busbee Justin Ebach	3:16
8.	"Let It Be Love"	Scott Jordan Reynolds Amy Wadge	3:38
9.	"On a Night Like This"	Barnes	3:23
10.	"Boots"	Kelley Ross Copperman	3:33
11.	"The Thing That Wrecks You" (featuring Little Big Town)	Daniel Tashian Tenille Townes Kate York	4:35
12.	"Mansion"	Chris DeStefano Hillary Lindsey Josh Miller	3:12
13.	"Ocean"	Buxton Tofer Brown Abe Stoklasa	3:30

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic[15]

Lady Antebellum

• Dave Haywood – acoustic guitar, background vocals, banjo, creative director, keyboards, mandolin, resonator guitar
• Charles Kelley – background vocals, creative director, lead vocals
• Hillary Scott – background vocals, creative director, lead vocals

Additional musicians

David Angell – violin Monisa Angell – viola David Davidson – violin Stuart Duncan – fiddle Conni Ellisor – violin Paul Franklin – steel guitar Dann Huff – accordion, acoustic guitar, banjo, bass guitar, bouzouki, dobro, Fender Rhodes, resonator guitar, Hammond B3, keyboards, mandolin, percussion, piano, soloist, synthesizer, synthesizer piano, synthesizer strings Charlie Judge – Hammond B3, keyboards, lap steel guitar, piano, synthesizer piano, synthesizer strings Anthony La Marchina – cello Elizabeth Lamb – viola

Little Big Town – featured artist Gordon Mote – piano Carole Rabinowitz – cello Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass Aaron Sterling – drums, percussion Ilya Toshinskiy – acoustic guitar, banjo, dobro, resonator guitar, mandolin, soloist Derek Wells – electric guitar Kris Wilkinson – string arrangement Kristin Wilkinson – viola Karen Winkleman – violin Alex Wright – Hammond B3, steel guitar, Wurlitzer

Production

Adam Ayan – mixing Drew Bollman – engineer Nathan Chapman – programming Ross Copperman – programming Cory Crowder – programming Shawn Daugherty – assistant Josh Ditty – assistant Parker Foote – graphic design Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordination Dann Huff – digital editing, producer, programming Charlie Judge – programming

Seth Morton - engineer Abby Murdock - graphic design Joshua Sage Newman – graphic design Justin Niebank – mixing, programming Ryon Nishimori – graphic design Doug Rich – copy coordination Dove Shore - photography Chris Small – digital editing Janice Soled – copy coordination Ben West – programming Alex Wright – programming

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16]	7
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17]	17
Scottish Albums (OCC)[18]	10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19]	24
UK Albums (OCC)[20]	29
UK Country Albums (OCC)[21]	1
US Billboard 200[22]	11
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[23]	2

References

1. Roland, Tom (July 10, 2019). "Makin' Tracks: Lady Antebellum Recaptures a Vintage Sound with 'What If I Never Get Over You'". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
2. Asker, Jim (May 21, 2019). "Eli Young Band's 'Love Ain't' Tops Country Airplay Chart". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
3. Bjorke, Matt (September 20, 2019). "Top 30 Digital Country Downloads: September 4, 2019". Roughstock. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
4. Asker, Jim (January 13, 2020). "Lady Antebellum Lands First Country Airplay No. 1 Since 2014 With 'What If I Never Get Over You'" (PDF). Billboard. p. 5. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
5. Ryan Reichard (September 20, 2019). "Lady Antebellum's New Song 'Ocean' Is a Tearjerker [Listen]". Taste of Country. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
6. "Lady Antebellum - Ocean". Daily Play MPE. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
7. @ladyantebellum (October 25, 2019). "10/25/19 🎞️ "What I'm Leaving For"" (Tweet). Retrieved October 25, 2019 – via Twitter.
8. @ladyantebellum (August 8, 2019). "8/9/19 🎞️ "Pictures"" (Tweet). Retrieved August 9, 2019 – via Twitter.
9. @ladyantebellum (October 11, 2019). "10/11/19 🎞️ "Boots"" (Tweet). Retrieved October 11, 2019 – via Twitter.
10. Asker, Jim (December 26, 2019). "Lady Antebellum Sails Onto Top Country Albums; Keith Urban, Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber Add Top 10s". Billboard.
11. Bjorke, Matt (March 10, 2020). "Top 10 Country Albums Pure Sales Chart: March 9, 2020". RoughStock. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
12. Bjorke, Matt (February 10, 2020). "Country Music's Most-Consumed Album Chart: February 10, 2020". Roughstock. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
13. Whitaker, Sterling (September 20, 2019). "Lady Antebellum's New Album Includes Little Big Town Collaboration". Taste of Country.
14. https://www.instagram.com/ladyantebellum/?hl=en
15. "Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
16. "Australiancharts.com – Lady Antebellum – Ocean". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
17. "Lady Antebellum Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
18. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
19. "Swisscharts.com – Lady Antebellum – Ocean". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
20. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
21. "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
22. "Lady Antebellum Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
23. "Lady Antebellum Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 26, 2019.