We Are Tonight
We Are Tonight | ||||
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Released | September 17, 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2013 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
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Singles from We Are Tonight | ||||
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We Are Tonight is the fifth studio album by American country music singer Billy Currington. It was released on September 17, 2013 via Mercury Nashville. The album includes the singles "Hey Girl" and "We Are Tonight".
Content
Currington told Country Weekly that he wanted the album to be "completely happy". Unlike his previous four albums, Currington did not write any of the songs on We Are Tonight.[1]
Among the tracks are a cover of Jack Johnson's "Banana Pancakes", from his album In Between Dreams,[2] and a duet with Willie Nelson on "Hard to Be a Hippie". According to Currington, the song ended up as a duet with Nelson because Currington had told co-writer Scotty Emerick, a mutual friend of the two, that he wanted to record the song; when Emerick said that Nelson wanted to record it, Currington then suggested that they do it as a duet.[1]
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
Country Weekly | A−[4] |
Got Country Online | [5] |
Music Is My Oxygen | [6] |
The Plain Dealer | C[7] |
Roughstock | [8] |
We Are Tonight has generally received positive reviews from music critics.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hey Girl" | 3:22 | |
2. | "Wingman" | 4:00 | |
3. | "One Way Ticket" |
| 2:55 |
4. | "23 Degrees and South" | 4:00 | |
5. | "We Are Tonight" | 3:52 | |
6. | "Hard to Be a Hippie" (duet with Willie Nelson) |
| 3:40 |
7. | "Closer Tonight" | 4:59 | |
8. | "Another Day Without You" |
| 4:08 |
9. | "Banana Pancakes" | Jack Johnson | 4:37 |
10. | "Hallelujah" | 3:03 |
Personnel
Adapted from liner notes[9]
Tracks 3, 4, 6–9
- Shy Carter – background vocals & rap on "Banana Pancakes"
- J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar
- Billy Currington – lead vocals
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Wes Hightower – background vocals
- drums
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Gary Prim –
- Karyn Rochelle – background vocals
- Chris Rodriguez – background vocals
- W. David Smith – bass guitar
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
Tracks 1, 2, 5
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Billy Currington – lead vocals
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Steve Herrman – trumpet
- John Hinchey – trombone
- Jim Hoke – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Dann Huff – electric guitar
- Charlie Judge – Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards
- Chris McHugh – drums
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Ilya Toshinsky– acoustic guitar
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle
Track 10
- Joe Ayoub – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, snaps
- Shy Carter – percussion, background vocals
- Billy Currington – lead vocals
- L.J. Holifield – drums
- Ahmed Oliver – tenor guitar, organ, MPC, sugar shaker, percussion
- Andy Rose – Fender Rhodes, piano, synthesizer
- Marcus Thomas – background vocals
- Brad Warren – acoustic guitar
- Brett Warren – acoustic guitar
Chart performance
The album debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number 10, and at number five on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 26,000 copies in its first week in the US.[10] It sold 41,000 copies in three weeks.[11]
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||
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US Country | US Country Airplay | US | CAN Country
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2013 | "Hey Girl" | 5 | 1 | 39 | 18 | 58 |
"We Are Tonight" | 12 | 1 | 60 | 17 | 87 |
References
- ^ ISSN 1074-3235.
- ^ Skates, Sarah (10 June 2013). "Billy Currington Preps First Album in Three Years". MusicRow. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (September 16, 2013). "We Are Tonight – Billy Currington : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
- ^ a b Freeman, Jon (September 17, 2013). "We Are Tonight by Billy Currington". Country Weekly. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
- ^ a b Toro, Tara (September 13, 2013). "ALBUM REVIEW: Billy Currington "We Are Tonight"". Got Country Online. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
- ^ a b Burkhardt, Rob (September 19, 2013). "Billy Currington "We Are Tonight" –Album Review". Music Is My Oxygen. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
- ^ a b Yarborough, Chuck (September 20, 2013). "Billy Currington's much-anticipated 'We Are Tonight' misses the mark (CD Review)". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
- ^ a b Bjorke, Matt (September 17, 2013). "Album Review: Billy Currington – We Are Tonight". Roughstock. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
- ^ We Are Tonight (CD booklet). Billy Currington. Mercury Records Nashville. 2013. B0018447-02.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Keith Caulfield (September 25, 2013). "Jack Johnson Scores Fourth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
- ^ Matt Bjorke (October 9, 2013). "Country Album Chart News: The Week of October 9, 2013: Tyler Farr Debuts, Luke Bryan Leads, Colt Ford Returns". Roughstock.
- ^ "Billy Currington Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
- ^ "Billy Currington Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2013". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ "Billy Currington Album & Song Chart History – Canada Country". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 20, 2013.