How Country Feels | ||||
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Released | January 22, 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2012-2013 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 56:30 | |||
Label | Stoney Creek | |||
Producer | Derek George | |||
Randy Houser chronology | ||||
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Singles from How Country Feels | ||||
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Country Weekly | A− [2] |
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How Country Feels is the third studio album by American country music artist Randy Houser. [4] It was released on January 22, 2013, through Stoney Creek Records. [5] Houser wrote seven of the album's fifteen tracks. [6] The album was produced by Derek George, a former member of the bands Pearl River and Williams Riley. The album's first single, the title track, became Houser's first Number One song on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. [7] Its second single, "Runnin' Outta Moonlight", was released to country radio on March 4, 2013. Both singles were certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album's third single, "Goodnight Kiss", was released to country radio on September 23, 2013. The album's fourth single, "Like a Cowboy", was released to country radio on May 19, 2014. The third and fourth singles were certified Gold.
The album had sold 228,000 copies in the US as of January 2015. [8]
The album features a duet with Kristy Lee Cook on "Wherever Love Goes," which was later re-recorded and released in August 2013 as a single with Cook as the lead artist and Houser as the featured artist.
Giving How Country Feels an A-minus, Tammy Ragusa of Country Weekly praised the "authenticity" of Houser's voice and said that the "project is overflowing with hooky, singalong tracks." [2] Taste of Country gave the album four stars out of five, saying that it was an "even effort with no bruises, but few moments that take your breath away," and saying Houser proved he "is one of country music’s top male vocalists." [3]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Runnin' Outta Moonlight" | Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace | 3:13 |
2. | "Growin' Younger" | Randy Houser, Brett James, Justin Weaver | 4:53 |
3. | "Top of the World" | Rob Hatch, Vicky McGehee, Lance Miller, Jason Sellers | 3:17 |
4. | "The Singer" | Drew Smith, Trent Willmon | 4:20 |
5. | "Power of a Song" | Houser, Cory Batten, Kent Blazy | 3:42 |
6. | "Absolutely Nothing" | Lee Brice, Joe Leathers, McGehee | 3:02 |
7. | "Wherever Love Goes" (with Kristy Lee Cook) | Sellers, Neil Thrasher, Paul Jenkins | 4:16 |
8. | "Like a Cowboy" | Houser, Brice Long | 4:22 |
9. | "How Country Feels" | McGehee, Wendell Mobley, Thrasher | 3:05 |
10. | "Along for the Ride" | Zac Brown, Levi Lowrey, Houser | 3:35 |
11. | "Sunshine on the Line" | Davidson, Houser | 3:20 |
12. | "Goodnight Kiss" | Hatch, Sellers, Houser | 3:26 |
13. | "Let's Not Let It" | Ash Bowers, Lisa Hentrich, Thrasher | 3:10 |
14. | "Shine" | Mobley, Thrasher, Trent Summar | 4:57 |
15. | "Route 3 Box 250 D" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip, Houser | 3:52 |
Total length: | 56:30 |
Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200 | 11 |
US Billboard Top Country Albums | 3 |
US Billboard Independent Albums | 3 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [9] | Gold | 500,000![]() |
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