Life at Best

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Life at Best
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 16, 2011 (2011-08-16)
StudioDark Horse Recording (Franklin, TN)
Wrucke's House (Nashville, TN)
Genre Country
Length50:19
Label Republic Nashville
Producer
Eli Young Band chronology
Jet Black & Jealous
(2008)
Life at Best
(2011)
10,000 Towns
(2014)
Singles from Life at Best
  1. "Crazy Girl"
    Released: March 7, 2011
  2. "Even If It Breaks Your Heart"
    Released: January 23, 2012
  3. "Say Goodnight"
    Released: August 27, 2012 [1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Country Weekly Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Life at Best is the third studio album by American country music group Eli Young Band. It was released on August 16, 2011 via Republic Nashville. The album includes the number one singles "Crazy Girl" and "Even If It Breaks Your Heart" as well as "Say Goodnight", which peaked at number 22 on the Country Airplay Chart. According to HITS Daily Double, the album sold 348,000 copies as of February 2014.

Contents

Reception

Critical

Giving it four stars out of five, Steve Morley of Country Weekly said that the album "rings with roots-rock guitars and meaty, often melancholy themes". [3] A less favorable review came from Andrew Leahey of AllMusic, who thought that it was a "step backwards" because he did not consider its songs as memorable as those on Jet Black & Jealous . [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Even If It Breaks Your Heart"3:40
2."Crazy Girl"3:20
3."Every Other Memory"4:44
4."On My Way"
  • Scooter Carusoe
  • Jon Jones
  • James Young
3:26
5."Skeletons"
3:21
6."I Love You"
3:20
7."The Fight"
4:25
8."My Old Man's Son"
  • Lance W. Adkins
  • Eli
  • Blu Sanders
3:42
9."Recover"
  • Eli
  • Young
  • Jacobs
2:58
10."The Falling"
  • Eli
  • Ryan James
3:38
11."War on a Desperate Man"
  • Eli
  • Sanders
4:06
12."Say Goodnight"3:08
13."How Quickly You Forget"
  • Eli
  • Hemby
  • Daniel Tashian
3:40
14."Life at Best"
  • Eli
  • Young
2:51
Total length:50:19

Personnel

Adapted from the Life at Best liner notes. [4]

Eli Young Band
Production
Additional musicians

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[10]
US Country Airplay
[11]
US
[12]
CAN
[13]
2011"Crazy Girl"13066
2012"Even If It Breaks Your Heart"12956
  • US: 3× Platinum [16]
"Say Goodnight"3122110
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [17] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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