Concrete (Sunny Sweeney album)

Last updated
Concrete
Sunnyconcrete.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 23, 2011 (2011-08-23)
Genre Country
Length34:09
Label Republic Nashville
Producer Brett Beavers
Sunny Sweeney chronology
Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame
(2007)
Concrete
(2011)
Provoked
(2014)
Singles from Concrete
  1. "From a Table Away"
    Released: June 28, 2010
  2. "Staying's Worse Than Leaving"
    Released: May 2, 2011
  3. "Drink Myself Single"
    Released: October 3, 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
RoughstockStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Slant MagazineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Concrete is the second studio album by American country music singer Sunny Sweeney. It was released on August 23, 2011 via Republic Nashville. The album includes the singles "From a Table Away", "Staying's Worse Than Leaving" and "Drink Myself Single", all of which have charted within the top 40 of Hot Country Songs.

Contents

Reception

Commercial

The album debuted at #21 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart upon its release. As of the chart dated September 24, 2011, the album has sold 26,418 copies in the US. [4]

Critical

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "traditional-minded yet thoroughly modern". [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Drink Myself Single"Sunny Sweeney, Monty Holmes 2:59
2."From a Table Away"Sweeney, Bob DiPiero, Karyn Rochelle 3:36
3."Staying's Worse Than Leaving"Sweeney, Radney Foster, Jay Clementi3:24
4."The Old Me" Lori McKenna, Mark D. Sanders 4:04
5."Amy"Sweeney, Brennen Leigh2:42
6."Worn Out Heart"Sweeney, Brett Beavers 3:00
7."Mean as You" Brett James, Tim Nichols, Kelley Lovelace 3:00
8."It Wrecks Me"Sweeney, Clementi4:08
9."Helluva Heart"Sweeney, Heather Little, Deanna Bryant3:09
10."Fall for Me"Lisa Carver, Jaida Dreyer, Carolyn Dawn Johnson 4:07

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic [5]

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2011)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [6] 21
US Billboard Top Country Albums [6] 7

Related Research Articles

<i>Good Guys</i> (album) 2012 studio album by Bucky Covington

Good Guys is the second studio album by American country music singer Bucky Covington. It was released on September 11, 2012. via E1 Music. The album includes the singles "I Want My Life Back", "Gotta Be Somebody", and "A Father's Love ", all of which Covington released for the defunct Lyric Street Records between 2009 and 2010. "I Wanna Be That Feeling" was promoted as the album's official lead single by E1 Music, and "Drinking Side of Country" was released as the follow-up.

<i>Ride Through the Country</i> 2008 studio album by Colt Ford

Ride Through the Country is the debut album released by country rap artist Colt Ford. It was released on December 2, 2008, on the independent Average Joe's label. It features guest appearances by John Michael Montgomery on the title track as well as an appearance from Jamey Johnson on "Cold Beer". "Dirt Road Anthem" was later covered by co-writer Brantley Gilbert on his album Halfway to Heaven, and once again by Jason Aldean for his album My Kinda Party, both from 2010.

<i>Doin My Thing</i> 2009 studio album by Luke Bryan

Doin' My Thing is the second studio album by American country music artist Luke Bryan. It was released on October 6, 2009 by Capitol Nashville. The album includes the singles "Do I," which peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, "Rain Is a Good Thing", Bryan's first number one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and "Someone Else Calling You Baby." Also included is a cover version of OneRepublic's "Apologize." The album has sold over a million copies in the United States by February 2016. This was Luke's first album to have a crossover-friendly country-pop sound, which was a departure from the neotraditional country sound of his first album.

<i>Bullets in the Gun</i> 2010 studio album by Toby Keith

Bullets in the Gun is the fourteenth studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released on October 5, 2010 by Show Dog-Universal Music. The album produced three singles with "Trailerhood", the title track, and "Somewhere Else". "Trailerhood" peaked at number 19 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, while the title track and "Somewhere Else" both reached number 12. This was Keith's first studio album to not produce a single Top 10 hit on the US country charts.

<i>Steel Magnolia</i> (album) 2011 studio album by Steel Magnolia

Steel Magnolia is the self-titled and only studio album from country music duo Steel Magnolia. The album was released on January 11, 2011, via Big Machine Records. Prior to the release of the album, the duo released an extended play titled Steel Magnolia — EP on February 23, 2010.

<i>Love and Theft</i> (Love and Theft album) 2012 studio album by Love and Theft

Love and Theft is the second studio album by the American country music duo of the same name. It was released on July 24, 2012, via RCA Nashville. The album includes the number 1 single "Angel Eyes." The album's second single, "Runnin' Out of Air," was released to country radio in November 2012. The album's third single, "If You Ever Get Lonely", was released to country radio on June 3, 2013. This song was originally recorded by John Waite on his 2011 album Rough & Tumble.

<i>Edens Edge</i> (album) 2012 studio album by Edens Edge

Edens Edge is the self-titled debut album of the American country music group Edens Edge. It was released on June 12, 2012 via Big Machine Records. Its first single, "Amen," was released in March 2011. It includes four of the five songs from their debut EP. The second single, "Too Good to Be True," was released April 2012. Mark Bright and Dann Huff produced the album.

<i>Dustin Lynch</i> (album) 2012 studio album by Dustin Lynch

Dustin Lynch is the debut studio album by American country music artist Dustin Lynch. It was released on August 21, 2012 by Broken Bow Records. Lynch wrote or co-wrote ten of the album's thirteen tracks, including the first single, "Cowboys and Angels". The album's second single, "She Cranks My Tractor", was released to country radio on November 19, 2012. The album has sold 100,000 copies as of December 2012. The album's third single, "Wild in Your Smile", was released to country radio on May 27, 2013.

<i>Fall Into Me</i> (album) 2013 studio album by Katie Armiger

Fall Into Me is the name of the fourth studio album of country music artist Katie Armiger. It was released January 15, 2013, via Cold River Records. The album's track listing was released December 10, 2012; and Armiger had her hand in writing all of the album's 14 songs.

<i>Love Will...</i> 2013 studio album by Trace Adkins

Love Will... is the fourteenth studio album by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released on May 14, 2013, via Show Dog-Universal Music. The album features collaborations with Colbie Caillat, Exile and the Harlem Gospel Choir.

<i>It Goes Like This</i> 2013 studio album by Thomas Rhett

It Goes Like This is the debut album by American country music singer Thomas Rhett. It was released on October 29, 2013, via Valory Music Group. The album's release was announced on August 22.

<i>Eric Paslay</i> (album) 2014 studio album by Eric Paslay

Eric Paslay is the debut album by American country music artist Eric Paslay. It was released on February 4, 2014 via EMI Nashville. The album includes the singles "Never Really Wanted", "Friday Night", "Song About a Girl" and "She Don't Love You".

<i>Cole Swindell</i> (album) 2014 studio album by Cole Swindell

Cole Swindell is the debut studio album by the American country music artist of the same name. It was released on February 18, 2014 via Warner Bros. Records. The album includes the number one single "Chillin' It".

<i>Provoked</i> (Sunny Sweeney album) 2014 studio album by Sunny Sweeney

Provoked is the third studio album by American country music singer Sunny Sweeney. It was released on August 5, 2014, via Thirty Tigers/Aunt Daddy Records. The album includes the singles "Bad Girl Phase" and "My Bed," which were Number One hits on the Texas Music Charts.

<i>Illinois</i> (Brett Eldredge album) Album by Brett Eldredge

Illinois is the second studio album by American country music artist Brett Eldredge. It was released on September 11, 2015 via Atlantic Records Nashville. Its lead single, "Lose My Mind", was released to country radio on May 4, 2015. The album's second single, "Drunk on Your Love" was released to country radio on November 9, 2015. The album's third single, "Wanna Be That Song" released to country radio on May 23, 2016. Eldredge co-wrote every song, and produced the album with Ross Copperman and Brad Crisler.

<i>Fighter</i> (David Nail album) 2016 studio album by David Nail

Fighter is the fourth studio album by American country music artist David Nail. It was released on July 15, 2016, via MCA Nashville. It includes the singles "Night's on Fire" and "Good at Tonight", a duet with Brothers Osborne.

Something's Going On is the sixteenth studio album by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released on March 31, 2017 via Wheelhouse Records.

<i>Brett Eldredge</i> (album) 2017 studio album by Brett Eldredge

Brett Eldredge is the fourth studio album by American country music artist of the same name. It was released on August 4, 2017, by Atlantic Nashville.

<i>Texoma Shore</i> Album by Blake Shelton

Texoma Shore is the eleventh studio album by American country music singer Blake Shelton. The album was released on November 3, 2017 by Warner Bros. Records. Its lead single is "I'll Name the Dogs". As with his previous several albums, Scott Hendricks served as producer.

<i>9</i> (Jason Aldean album) 2019 studio album by Jason Aldean

9 is the ninth studio album by American country music singer Jason Aldean. It was released on November 22, 2019 via Broken Bow Records. It debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart. It also debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart.

References

  1. Jurek, Thom. "Concrete review". Allmusic . Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  2. 1 2 Bjorke, Matt (18 August 2011). "Concrete review". Roughstock. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  3. Keefe, Jonathan (21 August 2011). "Concrete review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  4. "The Country Boys Continue to Dominate the Charts". Roughstock. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  5. "Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Chart listing for Concrete". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved September 1, 2011.