Icon (Gary Allan album)

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Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 6, 2012
Genre Country
Length40:21
Label MCA Nashville
Gary Allan chronology
Get Off on the Pain
(2010)
Icon
(2012)
Set You Free
(2013)

Icon is a compilation album by American country music artist Gary Allan. It was released on March 6, 2012. It is part of a series of similar Icon albums released by Universal Music Enterprises.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Watching Airplanes" Jim Beavers, Jonathan Singleton 4:03
2."Man to Man" Jamie O'Hara 3:41
3."Life Ain't Always Beautiful" Cyndi Goodman, Tommy Lee James 3:44
4."Best I Ever Had" Matt Scannell 4:06
5."Her Man" Kent Robbins 2:44
6."Smoke Rings in the Dark" Rivers Rutherford, Houston Robert4:18
7."Tough Little Boys"Don Sampson, Harley Allen 3:56
8."The One"Karen Manno, Billy Lee4:18
9."It Would Be You"Dana Hunt Black, Robbins2:56
10."Right Where I Need to Be" Casey Beathard, Kendell Marvel3:04
11."Nothing On but the Radio" Byron Hill, Brice Long, Odie Blackmon3:31
Total length:40:21

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Steve Leggett of Allmusic notes the album is "a great introduction to a woefully unsung American artist." [1]

Chart performance

Icon debuted at number 29 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 200 on the Billboard 200. [2]

Chart (2012)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums20
U.S. Billboard 200151

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References

  1. 1 2 Leggett, Steve. "Icon review". Allmusic . Retrieved April 19, 2012.
  2. "Chart listing for Icon". Allmusic . Retrieved April 19, 2012.