About to Get Real
| About to Get Real | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 30, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2013–15 | |||
| Genre | Neotraditional country | |||
| Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
| Producer | Carson Chamberlain | |||
| Easton Corbin chronology | ||||
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| Singles from About to Get Real | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| AllMusic |    [1] |
About to Get Real is the third studio album by American country music artist Easton Corbin. It was released on June 30, 2015 via Mercury Nashville.[2] It includes the singles "Clockwork", "Baby Be My Love Song". and "Yup".[3] It also includes "Are You with Me" from Corbin's previous album, All Over the Road.[4] The album was produced by Carson Chamberlain.[5]
Content
About the album, Corbin said, "When deciding on an album title, About to Get Real just says it all for me. When country fans listen to this album, I want them to take away that even though the music mixes the modern with the classic, it's entirely real. Like the music of my heroes, it's the real deal."[6] The album's track listing was announced on June 9.[7]
Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote that "No matter what the album title implies – "real" usually conveys grit, a quality conspicuously absent from these 12 songs – About to Get Real is so smooth it sometimes suggests the glory days of Urban Cowboy, when modern country flirted heavily with the soft rock mainstream."[1]
Commercial performance
The album debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, and No. 13 on the Billboard 200, with 20,000 copies sold in the US in its first week.[8] The album has sold 59,800 copies in the US as of May 2016.[9]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kiss Me One More Time" |
| 3:20 |
| 2. | "Guys and Girls" | 3:48 | |
| 3. | "Clockwork" |
| 3:09 |
| 4. | "Diggin' on You" |
| 2:42 |
| 5. | "Baby Be My Love Song" | 3:21 | |
| 6. | "About to Get Real" | 3:15 | |
| 7. | "Yup" |
| 3:13 |
| 8. | "Wild Women and Whiskey" | 3:32 | |
| 9. | "Are You with Me" | 3:40 | |
| 10. | "Damn Girl" |
| 3:28 |
| 11. | "Just Add Water" |
| 3:04 |
| 12. | "Like a Song" |
| 3:48 |
Personnel
- drums
- Jimmy Carter – bass guitar
- Easton Corbin – lead vocals
- J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar, resonator guitar
- Larry Franklin – fiddle
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Gary Prim –
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
- W. David Smith – bass guitar
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Biff Watson – banjo, bouzouki, acoustic guitar
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [13] |
US Country Airplay [14] |
US [15] |
CAN Country
[16] |
CAN [17] | ||
| 2014 | "Clockwork" | 31 | 32 | 124 | — | — |
| "Baby Be My Love Song" | 11 | 3 | 56 | 5 | 77 | |
| 2015 | "Yup" | 44 | 35 | — | — | — |
| 2016 | "Are You with Me" | 46 | 41 | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
References
- ^ a b Erlewine, Steven Thomas. "About to Get Real - Easton Corbin". AllMusic. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
- ^ Bell, Rebekah (April 20, 2015). "Easton Corbin Releasing Third Album in June". Taste of Country. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ^ Thompson, Gayle (April 21, 2015). "Easton Corbin Announces Release of Third Album". The Boot. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ^ Alex, Sam (June 8, 2015). "Taste of Country Fest Performer Easton Corbin 'About to Get Real' With New Album". Taste of Country. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ^ Skates, Sarah (April 20, 2015). "Easton Corbin Preps New Album, 'About To Get Real'". MusicRow. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ^ Rutherford, Kevin (April 16, 2015). "Easton Corbin Announces New Album, Debuts 'Baby Be My Love Song' Video: Watch". radio.com. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (June 9, 2015). "Easton Corbin "About To Get Real" Tracklist & Cover Art". Roughstock. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ^ Jim Asker (July 9, 2015). "Easton Corbin Gets 'Real' With First No. 1 on Top Country Albums". Billboard.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (May 23, 2016). "Country Album Sales Chart: May 23, 2016". Roughstock.
- ^ "Easton Corbin Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
- ^ "Easton Corbin Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
- ^ "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Canada Country". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
