Getting Dressed in the Dark

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Getting Dressed in the Dark
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 22, 2010 (2010-06-22)
Recorded2009-2010
Genre Country
Length36:40
Label Jaronwood/Universal Republic
Big Machine
Producer Jaron Lowenstein
Singles from Getting Dressed in the Dark
  1. "Pray for You"
    Released: November 30, 2009
  2. "That's Beautiful to Me"
    Released: September 7, 2010
  3. "It's a Good Thing"
    Released: April 18, 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
RoughstockStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Getting Dressed in the Dark is the debut country music album of artist Jaron Lowenstein, more commonly known as Jaron and the Long Road to Love. It was released on June 22, 2010 via Universal Republic. [3]

Contents

The album's first single, "Pray for You", was released in November 2009, and has become a Top 20 single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, as well as a Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100. The album's second single, "That's Beautiful to Me" was released on radio on September 7, 2010, but it failed to reach the Top 40. A third single, "It's a Good Thing", was released on April 18, 2011, but it failed to chart.

Content

Lowenstein wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on the album. "It's a Good Thing" was co-written by Sarah Buxton, and Lowenstein's twin brother Evan, with whom he formerly recorded as Evan and Jaron.

Critical reception

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the album a four-star rating, calling each song "well-written and produced country/pop tunes" and a "strong storyteller's album." [2] Giving it two-and-a-half stars, Andrew Leahey of Allmusic thought that the lyrics were "ballsy" by country music standards, but thought that the album's sound was bland and more influenced by pop than country. [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jaron Lowenstein, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Petals Back on the Rose"3:52
2."Meantime Girl"3:06
3."Beat Back Love" (Greg Barnhill,[Jaron Lowenstein)3:23
4."Without Her Leaving"3:53
5."It's a Good Thing" (Sarah Buxton, Andy Davis, J. Lowenstein, Evan Lowenstein)3:47
6."Without a Woman I Love"3:52
7."Kill Me For Loving You"4:04
8."I Hope You Hit Traffic"4:26
9."Pray for You" (Joel Brentlinger, J. Lowenstein)3:10
10."That's Beautiful to Me"3:07

Personnel

Chart performance

The album debuted and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and number 16 on the Billboard 200, selling 23,916 copies in its first week. [4] As of November 2010, the album has sold 110,000 copies in the U.S. [5]

Album

Chart (2010)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums [6] 2
U.S. Billboard 200 [7] 16

End of year charts

Chart (2010)Year-end
2010
US Billboard Top Country Albums 54 [8]

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country
[9]
US
[10]
CAN
[11]
2009"Pray for You"133470
2010"That's Beautiful to Me"44
2011"It's a Good Thing"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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