Lady Antebellum (album)

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Lady Antebellum
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ReleasedApril 15, 2008 (2008-04-15)
Genre Country
Length42:44
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer
Lady Antebellum chronology
Lady Antebellum
(2008)
Need You Now
(2010)
Singles from Lady Antebellum
  1. "Love Don't Live Here"
    Released: October 2, 2007
  2. "Lookin' for a Good Time"
    Released: June 9, 2008
  3. "I Run to You"
    Released: January 26, 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Lady Antebellum is the debut studio album by American country music trio Lady Antebellum. It was released on April 15, 2008, through Capitol Nashville. The production on the album was handled by Victoria Shaw and Paul Worley. The album was supported by three singles: "Love Don't Live Here", "Lookin' for a Good Time" and "I Run to You", which became the group's first number one on the US Hot Country Songs chart.

Contents

Lady Antebellum received generally positive reviews from music critics and was also a commercial success. The album debuted at four on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 43,000 copies in its first week. [6] The album also debuted at number one on the US Top Country Albums chart, becoming the first debut by a country group to achieve this. [7] It also received a nomination for Album of the Year at the 2010 Academy of Country Music Awards.

Singles

Its lead-off single, "Love Don't Live Here", was released in late 2007 and entered the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in May 2008. A second single, "Lookin' for a Good Time", was issued in June 2008, and peaked at number 11. "I Run to You" followed as the third single from the album in January 2009, and became the group's first number-one single on the Hot Country Songs chart in July 2009.

Commercial performance

Lady Antebellum debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 43,000 copies in its first week. [6] This became Lady Antebellum's first US top-ten debut. [6] The album also debuted at number one on the US Top Country Albums chart. [8] On November 10, 2010, the album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over two million copies in the US. [9] As of January 2011, the album has sold 1,826,368 copies in the United States. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Don't Live Here"3:50
2."Lookin' for a Good Time"
3:07
3."All We'd Ever Need"
  • Scott
  • Kelley
  • Haywood
4:40
4."Long Gone"
3:34
5."I Run to You"
4:16
6."Love's Lookin' Good on You"
3:21
7."Home is Where the Heart Is"
  • Scott
  • Kelley
  • Haywood
  • Shaw
3:45
8."Things People Say"
  • Kelley
  • Haywood
3:50
9."Slow Down Sister"
  • Kelley
  • Haywood
  • Shaw
  • Jason "Slim" Gambill
3:06
10."Can't Take My Eyes off You"
  • Scott
  • Kelley
  • Haywood
4:45
11."One Day You Will"
4:30
Total length:42:44
iTunes Bonus Track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Emily"
  • Scott
  • Kelley
  • Haywood
  • Shaw
4:00

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [11] [12]

Lady Antebellum

Additional musicians

Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine; conducted and arranged by Kris Wilkinson.

Production

Charts

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US CAN
2007"Love Don't Live Here"35369
2008"Lookin' for a Good Time"1167
2009"I Run to You"12754

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [23] Platinum100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [24] Silver60,000
United States (RIAA) [9] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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