Matt Kennon (album)

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Matt Kennon
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 11, 2010 (2010-05-11)
Genre Country
Label BamaJam/Stroudavarious
Producer Matt Kennon
Chip Martin
Aaron Scherz
Brian Kolb
Julian King
James Stroud
Matt Kennon chronology
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Matt Kennon is the self-titled debut studio album by American country music singer Matt Kennon. It was released on May 11, 2010 (see 2010 in country music) via BamaJam Records. The album's first single release is "The Call," which was released in November 2009 and peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. [1] "You Can Still Wear White" and "Too Loud" were also released as singles, though both failed to chart.

Contents

Country Weekly reviewer Jessica Phillips gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that Kennon showed a "rocker-with-a-cause image" and had a "distinctive voice," but thought that Kennon's singing "overwhelm[ed]" the song "Then There Was You." [2] Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave it a five-star rating, comparing it to Jeffrey Steele's solo albums in sound, also praising Kennon's "gritty vocals" and the songwriting. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Drive It Like You Stole It"Jami Grooms, Garrett Parris3:09
2."The Man I Used to Be" Matt Kennon, Rob Crosby 3:47
3."The Call"Kennon, Noah Gordon, Jeremy Campbell3:57
4."Mama Raised the Hell Outta Me"Kennon, Dan Murph, Brian Gene White3:10
5."If I Was Any Kind of Man"Kennon, Aaron Scherz3:52
6."Ride with Me"Kennon, Jan Linville, Chip Martin3:27
7."Some People Piss Me Off" Ben Hayslip, Jimmy Yeary 4:04
8."Too Loud"Kennon, Billy Crain, Adam Wheeler3:28
9."Then There Was You"Kennon, Crosby3:21
10."You Can Still Wear White"Kennon, Scherz3:03
11."Cry Like Memphis"Gary Duffey, Ron Wallace 4:28
12."That's Love"Lonnie Williams, Dave Brainard, Kenny Roister3:42

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2010)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums19
U.S. Billboard 200116
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers1
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums24

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References

  1. "Matt Kennon: Billboard Singles". Allmusic . Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  2. Phillips, Jessica (17 May 2010). "Reviews". Country Weekly . 17 (20): 52. ISSN   1074-3235.
  3. Peacock, Bobby (10 May 2010). "Matt Kennon review". Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2010.