Concrete (Sunny Sweeney album)

Concrete
Studio album by Sunny Sweeney
Released	August 23, 2011 (2011-08-23)
Genre	Country
Length	34:09
Label	Republic Nashville
Producer	Brett Beavers
Sunny Sweeney chronology
Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame (2007) Concrete (2011) Provoked (2014)
Singles from Concrete
"From a Table Away" Released: June 28, 2010 "Staying's Worse Than Leaving" Released: May 2, 2011 "Drink Myself Single" Released: October 3, 2011

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Roughstock	[2]
Slant Magazine	[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.

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.	Title	Writer(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 Jay Clementi Radney Foster	3:24
4.	"The Old Me"	Lori McKenna Mark D. Sanders	4:04
5.	"Amy"	Sweeney Brennen Leigh	2:42
6.	"Worn Out Heart"	Sweeney Brett Beavers	3:00
7.	"Mean as You"	Brett James Kelley Lovelace Tim Nichols	3:00
8.	"It Wrecks Me"	Sweeney Clementi	4:08
9.	"Helluva Heart"	Sweeney Deanna Bryant Heather Little	3:09
10.	"Fall for Me"	Lisa Carver Jaida Dreyer Carolyn Dawn Johnson	4:07
Total length:			34:09

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic ^[5]

• Steve Brewster - drums
• Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
• Bob Britt - electric guitar
• Nicole Broussard - background vocals
• Jimmy Carter - bass guitar
• J.T. Corenflos - electric guitar
• Larry Franklin - fiddle
• Mike Johnson - lap steel guitar
• Greg Morrow - drums
• Mike Rojas - accordion, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano
• Scotty Sanders - dobro, steel guitar, lap steel guitar
• Bryan Sutton - acoustic guitar
• Sunny Sweeney - lead vocals
• Russell Terrell - background vocals

Chart performance

Album

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

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "Concrete review". Allmusic . Retrieved August 23, 2011.
2. Bjorke, Matt (August 18, 2011). "Concrete review". Roughstock. Archived from the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
3. Keefe, Jonathan (August 21, 2011). "Concrete review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved August 21, 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. "Chart listing for Concrete". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved September 1, 2011.