Corn Fed (album)

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Corn Fed
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2006 (2006-02-28)
Genre Country
Length45:26
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer John Rich
Singles from Corn Fed
  1. "Corn Fed"
    Released: September 26, 2005 [1]
  2. "Pearls"
    Released: February 27, 2006 [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Entertainment Weekly C− [4]

Corn Fed is the debut studio album by American country music artist Shannon Brown, released on February 28, 2006, via Warner Bros. Nashville. This was Brown's first album to be officially released, as her two previously recorded albums for Arista Nashville and BNA (A Tour of My Heart and Untangle My Heart) went unreleased following lackluster success of their singles at radio. John Rich of the successful duo Big & Rich produced this album, making it similar to the sounds of other country acts at the time such as Gretchen Wilson.

Contents

Corn Fed was received favorably by music critics. Two singles were released, the title track and "Pearls". "Corn Fed," the title track, became her first chart entry since 2002's "Untangle My Heart," hitting number 47 on the US Hot Country Songs chart. "Pearls" meanwhile, did not chart. The album reached the top ten of the Heatseekers Albums chart while also entering the Top Country Albums and Billboard 200 charts.

Two songs were previously recorded by other artists; "She Brings the Lightning Down" was initially recorded by Rich on his 1999 debut studio album Underneath the Same Moon , which would officially get a release the same year, and "Why", which would become a number one single for Jason Aldean and was included on his 2005 self-titled debut studio album.

Track listing

Corn Fed track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."AM Radio" 0:20
2."Corn Fed"
3:17
3."Big Man"
  • Brown
  • Rich
  • McGehee
2:51
4."High Horses"
  • Julian Bunetta
  • Blair Daly
  • Rich
3:55
5."Turn to Me"
3:54
6."Can I Get an Amen"
4:07
7."Something Good"
  • Brown
  • Billy Crain
  • Tammy Hyler
4:27
8."Good Ole Days"
3:31
9."I Love 'Em All"
  • Brown
  • Rich
  • McGehee
3:00
10."Why"
5:00
11."Pearls"
  • Brown
  • Hyler
  • Shaye Smith
3:18
12."She Brings the Lightning Down"
  • McGehee
  • Rich
3:26
13."Small Town Girl"
  • Brown
  • Phillip B. White
4:18
Total length:45:26

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2006)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [5] 34
US Billboard 200 [6] 163
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [7] 6

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