Just Feels Good

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Just Feels Good
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 26, 2013 (2013-03-26)
Genre Country
Length44:56
Label Stoney Creek
Producer New Voice Entertainment
Thompson Square chronology
Thompson Square
(2011)
Just Feels Good
(2013)
Masterpiece
(2018)
Singles from Just Feels Good
  1. "If I Didn't Have You"
    Released: October 29, 2012
  2. "Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About"
    Released: June 10, 2013
  3. "Testing the Water"
    Released: April 21, 2014
  4. "I Can't Outrun You"
    Released: June 23, 2014

Just Feels Good is the second album by American country music duo Thompson Square. It was released on March 26, 2013, via Stoney Creek Records. [1] As with their first album, it was produced by New Voice Entertainment. [2]

Contents

Background

On October 29, 2012, "If I Didn't Have You," was released as the lead-off single from Just Feels Good. For the chart dated May 11, 2013, it ascended to the top of the Billboard Country Airplay chart, becoming their second Number One hit. "Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About" was released as the album's second single on June 10, 2013. It became the duo's fourth Top Ten hit when it reached a peak of No. 4 on the Country Airplay chart in early 2014.

"Testing the Water" was released as the third single from the album in April 2014, although was pulled shortly after spending only a few weeks on the charts. "I Can't Outrun You," a song previously recorded by Trace Adkins on his 2008 album X , was issued as the album's fourth single.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Country Weekly B+ [3]
Got Country OnlineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
The Plain Dealer C [5]
RoughstockStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Taste of Country Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Brian Mansfield of USA Today evoked how the "songs play like a rom-com with dual narrators. They've got all the elements — meet-cutes, separation, obstacles and a happy ending — plus a soundtrack that mixes '70s-rock guitar with mandolin and pedal steel." [8] Conversely, Chuck Yarborough of The Plain Dealer called it an "autobiographical album" that "is just too dang slick, and that love becomes cloying instead of sweet." [5] Tammy Ragusa of Country Weekly found that the album finds the duo "laughing in the face of fear" and in doing that have crafted a "palpable" work, which she suggest that the next album be called "Just Feels Better." [3] Taste of Country's Billy Dukes affirmed that the album "would benefit from a wider range of experiences and production approaches. It’s an album jammed full of happy love songs that, even with creative interpretation, begins to lose an edge." [7] This is because that "As a collection of songs, however, Thompson Square simply rely too much on one dimension", and suggest that having a "single song about death, dogs, tractors … anything, really, would be a great way to break up the sweet monotony." [7] However, Got Country Online's Donna Block vowed that the album "is a testament to the strength of their relationship." [4] Roughstock's Matt Bjorke suggested that the duo are "ready to up the ante" because " Everything about Just Feels Good is better" that their debut effort, and he proclaimed that "more strong albums like Just Feels Good it's hard to see their run of hits ending anytime soon." [6]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 13 on the US Billboard 200 and number 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, with first week sales of 36,000 copies. [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About"Kiefer Thompson, Shawna Thompson, David Lee Murphy, Brett James 2:58
2."Here We Go Again"K. Thompson, S. Thompson, Vicky McGehee, David Fanning 3:29
3."You Don't Get Lucky"Murphy, Bob DiPiero, Tom Shapiro 3:50
4."That's So Me and You"K. Thompson, McGehee, Kyle Jacobs 3:43
5."I Can't Outrun You"Jacobs, Joe Leathers, Ben Glover 3:02
6."Testing the Water" Luke Laird, Shane McAnally, Hillary Lindsey 3:12
7."For the Life of Me"K. Thompson, S. Thompson, Murphy, James3:06
8."If I Didn't Have You"K. Thompson, S. Thompson, Jason Sellers, Paul Jenkins3:22
9."Here's to Being Here"K. Thompson, S. Thompson, Murphy, James3:55
10."Just Feels Good" Bobby Pinson, Brad Warren, Brett Warren 3:16
11."Maybe It's You"Jacobs, McGehee, Kylie Sackley3:28
12."Run" Ross Copperman, Michael Davey3:29
13."Home Is You" Jon Nite, Jimmy Robbins 4:06
Total length:44:56
Walmart Exclusive Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Smile On My Mouth"K. Thompson, S. Thompson, Sellers, Jenkins3:44
15."That's Why We Roll"K. Thompson, S. Thompson, McGehee, Jacobs3:24
16."What Am I Gonna Do (Daddy's Song)"K. Thompson, S. Thompson, McGehee, Jacobs4:06
Total length:56:10

Personnel

Thompson Square

Additional Musicians

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US Country Airplay US CAN Country
[15]
CAN
2012"If I Didn't Have You"71491470
2013"Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About"154691172
2014"Testing the Water"55
"I Can't Outrun You"52
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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