I Don't Dance (album)

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I Don't Dance
Leebriceidontdance.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2014 (2014-09-09)
Genre Country
Length48:56
Label Curb
Producer
Lee Brice chronology
Hard 2 Love
(2012)
I Don't Dance
(2014)
Lee Brice
(2017)
Singles from I Don't Dance
  1. "I Don't Dance"
    Released: February 18, 2014
  2. "Drinking Class"
    Released: September 8, 2014
  3. "That Don't Sound Like You"
    Released: May 11, 2015

I Don't Dance is the third studio album by American country music artist Lee Brice. It was released on September 9, 2014 via Curb Records.

Contents

Content

The album's lead single is its title track, [1] which became a number one single on Country Airplay in mid 2014. "Drinking Class" is the second single.

Brice produced the title track by himself; [2] he co-produced with Jon Stone of American Young on tracks 2, 7–9, and 11–13, and Kyle Jacobs and Matt McClure on tracks 3–6, and 10. He also played every instrument on the track "Girls in Bikinis". [3]

"Sirens" appears in the video game Madden NFL 16.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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I Don't Dance received positive reviews from music critics. It has a score of 69 out of 100 on Metacritic indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 4 critics reviews.[ citation needed ] Jon Freeman of Country Weekly rated the album "B". He praised the songwriting of the title track, as well as "Drinkin' Class", "My Carolina", and "The Airport Song", and described Brice's voice as "spectacular, ranging from a gentle whisper to a right-from-the-gut, serrated-edge howl that elevates even the most forgettable material into high drama." Freeman also praised the sparseness of the album's production. [5]

Commercial performance

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 5, and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart with 39,000 copies sold in the United States in its debut week. [6] The album has sold 247,400 copies in the US as of March 2016. [7] On October 18, 2017, the song received gold status by the RIAA. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Don't Dance"3:41
2."No Better Than This"
4:13
3."Show You Off Tonight"
3:54
4."Always the Only One"
3:53
5."Good Man"
3:24
6."Drinking Class"
3:27
7."That Don't Sound Like You"3:30
8."Girls in Bikinis"3:13
9."Sirens"
  • Brice
  • Hatch
  • Jon Stone
  • Lance Miller
3:54
10."Somebody's Been Drinking"3:41
11."Hard to Figure Out (The Airport Song)"
  • Brice
  • Joe Leathers
  • Nicole Witt
3:25
12."My Carolina"
  • Brice
  • Phillip Lammonds
3:57
13."Panama City"
4:15
Deluxe Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."More My Style"
  • Brice
  • McGehee
  • Montana
  • Brian Davis
3:45
15."Closer"
4:08
16."Whiskey Used to Burn"
  • Brice
  • Hatch
  • Miller
3:32

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [9]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2014–16)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 70
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [11] 5
US Billboard 200 [12] 5
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [13] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [14] 43
Chart (2015)Position
US Billboard 200 [15] 157
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [16] 34

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US Country Airplay US CAN Country CAN
2014"I Don't Dance"5133340
"Drinking Class"32531166
2015"That Don't Sound Like You"1310643875

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [17] Platinum1,000,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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