Fingerprints (Eli Young Band album)

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Fingerprints
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 16, 2017 (2017-06-16)
Genre Country [1]
Label Valory Music
Producer
Eli Young Band chronology
Turn It On
(2015)
Fingerprints
(2017)
This Is Eli Young Band: Greatest Hits
(2019)

Fingerprints is the sixth studio album by American country music ensemble Eli Young Band. The work was released on 16 June 2017. [2] The album includes the single "Saltwater Gospel".

Contents

Critical reception

Rating it 3 out of 5 stars, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic wrote that "By stripping away some of the gloss, it's easier to hear how the Eli Young Band have both melodic muscle and musical variety." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Saltwater Gospel" (Ross Copperman, Nicolle Galyon, Ashley Gorley) - 3:08
  2. "Fingerprints" (Copperman, Josh Osborne, Mike Eli, James Young) - 3:02
  3. "Never Again" (Ryan Hurd, Jimmy Robbins, Laura Veltz) - 2:58
  4. "Old Songs" (Andrew DeRoberts, Eli, Adam Hambrick, Jason Nix) - 3:40
  5. "Drive" (Copperman, Eli, Gorley, Tom Douglas) - 3:33
  6. "Skin & Bones" (Phil Barton, Eli, Lori McKenna) - 4:01
  7. "A Heart Needs a Break" (Copperman, Osborne, Shane McAnally) - 2:39
  8. "Once" (Eli, Young, Osborne, Veltz) - 2:47
  9. "Never Land" (Copperman, Jon Nite, Eli, Young) - 3:24
  10. "God Love the Rain" (Erik Dylan, Eli, Jason Nix) - 3:37
  11. "The Days I Feel Alone" (Andrew DeRoberts, Eli, Nix, Hambrick) - 3:06

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [3]

Eli Young Band

Additional Musicians

Chart positions

Album

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 116
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [5] 17

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country
[6]
US Country Airplay
[7]
2016"Saltwater Gospel"4341
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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