Everybody (Chris Janson album)

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Everybody
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2017 (2017-09-22)
Genre Country
Length37:27
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer
Chris Janson chronology
Buy Me a Boat
(2015)
Everybody
(2017)
Real Friends
(2019)
Singles from Everybody
  1. "Fix a Drink"
    Released: May 22, 2017
  2. "Drunk Girl"
    Released: December 11, 2017

Everybody is the second studio album by American country music artist Chris Janson. It was released on September 22, 2017 via Warner Bros. Records. It includes the singles "Fix a Drink" and "Drunk Girl".

Contents

Critical reception

Rating it 3.5 out of 5 stars, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that "He delivers these (mostly) sweet songs with a grin and the hooks aren't pushed, they roll easy, and these two qualities turn Everybody into a sunny, appealing album." [1]

Commercial performance

Everybody debuted at No. 7 on Billboard's Top Country Albums, selling 8,000 copies in pure sales (11,000 units including streams and track sales). [2] The album has sold 46,600 copies in the United States as of January 2019. [3]

Track listing

Everybody track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) [4] Length
1."Who's Your Farmer"
Scott Hendricks 2:50
2."Everybody"Janson2:52
3."Name on It"Hendricks2:43
4."Eyes for Nobody"Hendricks3:37
5."Fix a Drink"
  • Janson
  • DuBois
  • Gorley
3:09
6."Out There"
  • Janson
  • Corey Crowder
Hendricks2:59
7."Little Bit of Both"
  • Hendricks
  • Wiseman
3:14
8."Our World"
Hendricks3:04
9."Bein' a Dad"
Hendricks3:47
10."When You Like Me"
  • Janson
  • Beathard
  • Kelly Roland
Hendricks2:57
11."Redneck Life"
  • Janson
  • Oglesby
  • Janson
  • Hendricks
2:48
12."Drunk Girl"
  • Janson
  • Scooter Carusoe
  • Douglas
Hendricks3:27
Total length:37:27

Personnel

Adapted from Everybody liner notes. [4]

Musicians

Technical

All tracks except 2, 5, 7, 11

  • Jeff Balding – recording
  • Dave Cook – mixing assistant
  • Matt Coles – production assistant
  • Scott Hendricks – producer, recording, digital editing
  • Jeff Juliano – mixing
  • Brian David Willis – digital editing
  • Nir Z – digital editing

On "Everybody"

  • Chris Janson – producer
  • Justin Ostrander – recording
  • Ben Phillips – recording, digital editing, mixing
  • Jason Kyle Saetveit – recording

On "Fix a Drink"

  • Brent Anderson – producer
  • Jeff Balding – recording
  • Matt Coles – recording assistant
  • Chris DuBois – producer
  • Ben Phillips – recording, mixing, digital editing
  • Dan Shike – mastering
  • Lance "McGee" Van Dyke – recording assistant

On "Little Bit of Both"

  • Jeff Balding – recording
  • Dave Cook – mixing assistant
  • Jim Cooley – recording
  • Justin Francis – recording assistant
  • Scott Hendricks – producer, recording, digital editing
  • Jeff Juliano – mixing
  • Craig Wiseman – producer
  • Brian David Willis – digital editing

On "Redneck Life"

  • Dave Cook – mixing assistant
  • Scott Hendricks – producer, recording
  • Chris Janson – producer
  • Jeff Juliano – mixing
  • Ben Phillips – recording, digital editing
  • Jason Kyle Saetveit – recording, digital editing
  • Chris Utley – recording
  • Brian David Willis – digital editing

All tracks

  • Scott Johnson – production assistant
  • Andrew Mendelson – mastering

Charts

Chart performance for Everybody
Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [5] 53
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [6] 7

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  2. Asker, Jim (October 3, 2017). "'Pretty' Good: Kenny Chesney Scores 28th Country Airplay No. 1; Midland, Home Free And Chris Janson Make Top 10 Debuts On Country Albums". Billboard.
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