10,000 Towns

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10,000 Towns
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Studio album by
Eli Young Band
ReleasedMarch 4, 2014 (2014-03-04)
Genre Country
Label Republic Nashville
Producer
Eli Young Band chronology
Life at Best
(2011)		10,000 Towns
(2014)		 Turn It On
(2015)
Singles from 10,000 Towns
  1. "Drunk Last Night"
    Released: July 1, 2013
  2. "Dust"
    Released: February 3, 2014

10,000 Towns is the fifth studio album by American country music group Eli Young Band. It was released on March 4, 2014 via Republic Nashville. [1] The band wrote over half the tracks and co-produced the album with Frank Liddell and Justin Niebank. [2] It includes the number one single "Drunk Last Night." [3] An exclusive version of the album with three bonus tracks is available at Walmart. [4]

Contents

Background

Lead singer Mike Eli said of the album: "To still be making music and going through the craziness of life together is something we'd only dreamed of when we met back in college. This album shows another chapter in our lives as a band, as husbands, as fathers and as individuals that we're really excited to share with our amazing fans." [5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Country Weekly B [7]
The Oakland Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
RoughstockStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [9]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

10,000 Towns has received positive reviews from music critics. At USA Today , Brian Mansfield rated the album three out of four stars, stating "That keeps their populist country and heartland rock from setting down roots, but lets these songs resonate everywhere." [10] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album three out of five stars, writing that "their strength lies in the sweeter stuff, how they can make crossover country-pop that seems amiable but never cloying." [6] At The Oakland Press , Gary Graff rated the album two-and-a-half stars out of four, saying that the release "touts the virtues of lowest-common-denominator country, filled with sweet melodies, rich vocal harmonies and a careful straddle of the twang/rock divide to maintain its crossover candidacy." [8] Bob Paxman of Country Weekly graded the album a B, and said that the release is "decent but not quite up to the level of those two powerhouses." [7] At Roughstock, Matt Bjorke rated the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that the album "suggests that [the] Eli Young Band has found the right formula for their sound." [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Drunk Last Night" Josh Osborne, Laura Veltz 3:40
2."10,000 Towns" Rodney Clawson, Chris Tompkins, Craig Wiseman 3:45
3."Dust"Jon Jones, James Young, Kyle Jacobs, Osborne3:20
4."Angel Like You"Heather Morgan, Liz Rose, Mike Eli3:27
5."Let's Do Something Tonight" Jimmy Robbins, David Lee Murphy, Jon Nite 3:37
6."Your Last Broken Heart"Eli, Jones, Young, Sean McConnell 3:15
7."What Does"Eli, Jones, Young, McConnell4:21
8."A Lot Like Love"Dylan Altman, Will Hoge 3:28
9."Just Add Moonlight"Hoge, Jon Randall 3:16
10."Revelations"Eli, Chris Thompson, Jones, Young, McConnell3:45
11."Prayer for the Road"Eli, Jones, Young, Thompson, Jacobs, Billy Montana 4:26
Walmart bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Traces"Eli, Thompson, Jones, Young, Lee Brice, Jacobs 
13."June, July, August"Jason Saenz, Jen Schott 
14."The Moon's On Fire" Lee Thomas Miller, Chris Stapleton, Al Anderson  

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [11]

Eli Young Band

Additional Musicians

Chart performance

10,000 Towns debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart with first week sales of 36,000 copies. [12] The album has sold 95,000 copies in the U.S. as of January 2015. [13]

Weekly charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [14] 5
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [15] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [16] 49

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country
[17] 		US Country Airplay
[18] 		US
[19] 		CAN Country
[20] 		CAN
[21]
2013"Drunk Last Night"3141251
2014"Dust"19157933—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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References

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