For You (Parmalee album)

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For You
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 30, 2021 (2021-07-30)
Genre Country
Length37:55
Label Stoney Creek
Producer David Fanning (all tracks)
Andrew Goldstein (track 7)
Kevin Bard (track 7)
Parmalee chronology
27861
(2017)
For You
(2021)
Singles from For You
  1. "Just the Way"
    Released: December 13, 2019
  2. "Take My Name"
    Released: October 4, 2021 [1]
  3. "Girl in Mine"
    Released: August 22, 2022
  4. "Gonna Love You"
    Released: October 30, 2023

For You is the seventh studio album by American country music band Parmalee. It was released on July 30, 2021, via Stoney Creek Records. [2] It includes the singles "Just the Way" and "Take My Name".

Contents

Preceded by the single "Girl in Mine", a deluxe reissue of the record titled For You 2 was released on September 22, 2023. [3]

Content

"Just the Way", featuring Blanco Brown, was released as the lead single on December 13, 2019. [4] It has been certified Platinum by the RIAA and MC. [5] [6] Its second single, "Take My Name", was released on October 4, 2021. [1]

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic praised the album as a "seamless piece of a product" in which the band don't simply "harmonize on sweet, sticky melodies." [7]

Commercial performance

For You debuted at number 35 on the Top Country Albums chart [8] in 2021 and number 43 on the Independent Albums chart. [9] It reached a peak of #24 in June 2022.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Only You"
3:05
2."Just the Way" (featuring Blanco Brown)
3:13
3."Backroad Girl"
  • M. Thomas
  • Tommy Cecil
  • Blake Bollinger
  • Brinley Addington
3:02
4."Take My Name"
2:37
5."I Do"
2:40
6."Miss You Now"
  • Michael Tyler
  • Matthew McGinn
  • Fanning
2:27
7."Greatest Hits" (featuring FITZ)
3:04
8."Better with You"
  • M. Thomas
  • Gorley
  • Fanning
2:41
9."Forget You" (featuring Avery Anna)
2:57
10."Alone Like That"
  • M. Thomas
  • Tommy Cecil
  • Fanning
  • James McNair
2:54
11."I See You"
  • M. Thomas
  • Fanning
  • Wilson
  • Steven McMorron
3:16
12."I'll Take the Chevy"
  • M. Thomas
  • Josh McSwain
  • Barry Knox
  • Zachary Kale
  • McNair
  • Josh Mirenda
3:06
13."For You"
  • M. Thomas
  • Knox
  • McSwain
  • Scott Thomas
  • Fanning
2:53
Total length:37:55
For You 2– Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Girl in Mine"
  • M. Thomas
  • Casey Brown
  • Fanning
  • Travis Wood
2:35
15."Gonna Love You"
  • M. Thomas
  • Abram Dean
  • Andy Sheridan
  • Fanning
2:58
16."Is It Just Me"
  • M. Thomas
  • Gorley
  • Johnson
  • Fanning
  • Hunter Phelps
2:44
17."Boyfriend"
2:18
18."Wish You Never Loved Me"
  • M. Thomas
  • Sheridan
  • Gorley
  • Fanning
3:11
Total length:51:41

Personnel

Adapted from For You liner notes. [10]

Parmalee

Scott Thomas, Parmalee's drummer, does not play on this album.

Additional Musicians

Chart performance

Chart (2021-2022)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [11] 24
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [12] 27

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatRef.
United StatesJuly 30, 2021 Stoney Creek
  • Digital download
  • Streaming
[13]
October 29, 2021CD [14]

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