Boom (Walker Hayes album)

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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 8, 2017 (2017-12-08)
Genre
Length31:05
Label Monument
Producer Walker Hayes
Shane McAnally [2]
Walker Hayes chronology
8Tracks (Vol. 2): Break the Internet
(2016)
boom.
(2017)
8Tracks (Vol. 3): Black Sheep
(2019)
Singles from boom.
  1. "You Broke Up with Me"
    Released: January 27, 2017
  2. "Craig Brogan"
    Released: April 23, 2018

Boom (stylized as boom.) is the second studio album by American country pop singer Walker Hayes. [3] The album, containing 10 songs, was released on December 8, 2017. [4] [5]

Contents

Background

The release date was announced by Hayes label in the first week of September 2017. [6] [7] [8] The album's lead single, "You Broke Up with Me", was released on June 26, 2017. [9] [10] [11] Hayes spoke of the album, he said "'Boom!' It's my favorite word. It's what I text my team every time another station adds 'You Broke Up With Me'... It's the first thing I say after I play a song from the album for anyone... So, it's what we had to call the album." [2]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 6 on Billboard's Top Country Albums, with 12,300 copies sold. [12] It has sold 32,600 copies in the United States as of May 2018. [13]

Track listing

Track listing adapted from Megacountry [14]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Beautiful" Walker Hayes 3:00
2."Shut Up Kenny"
  • Hayes
  • AJ Babcock
  • Pete Good
3:00
3."You Broke Up with Me"
  • Hayes
  • Thomas Archer
  • Kylie Sackley
3:16
4."Halloween" (featuring Nicolle Galyon)3:20
5."Dollar Store"
  • Hayes
  • Scott Stepakoff
3:17
6."Beer in the Fridge"
2:27
7."Beckett"
  • Hayes
  • McAnally
2:55
8."Mind Candy"
  • Hayes
  • Archer
3:40
9."Prescriptions"3:00
10."Craig Brogan"Hayes3:10
Total length:31:05

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic [15]

Charts

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