Nothing Like This (album)

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Nothing Like This
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ReleasedNovember 16, 2010 (2010-11-16)
RecordedMarch–June 2010
Genre Country
Length41:51
Label Big Machine
Producer
Rascal Flatts chronology
Unstoppable
(2009)
Nothing Like This
(2010)
The Best of Rascal Flatts Live
(2011)
Singles from Nothing Like This
  1. "Why Wait"
    Released: August 2, 2010
  2. "I Won't Let Go"
    Released: January 10, 2011
  3. "Easy"
    Released: June 27, 2011

Nothing Like This is the seventh studio album by American country music group Rascal Flatts. Released on November 16, 2010, it is their debut release after signing with Big Machine Records after Lyric Street went out of business. The album's lead-off single, "Why Wait," was released on August 2, 2010. [1] [2] This song became their first number one single on the Hot Country Songs charts since "Here Comes Goodbye." [3] The album's second single, "I Won't Let Go" was released to country radio on January 10, 2011. The third single, "Easy" was released to country radio on June 27, 2011. This was the band's last album to go platinum.

Contents

Content

In the weeks leading up to the album's release, three promotional singles were released for music download; "I Won't Let Go" was released on October 25, 2010, "Play" on November 2, 2010, and the title track on November 9, 2010. [4]

In 2022, bassist Jay DeMarcus re-recorded the track "All Night To Get There" with his new group, Generation Radio, singing lead vocals.

Reception

Commercial

The album debuted at number six on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number one on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums, selling 165,000 copies in its first week of release. [5] It has sold 1.1 million copies in the United States as of the chart dated March 24, 2012. [6]

Critical

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Associated Press (positive) [8]
Billboard (favorable) [9]
Country Weekly Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
RoughstockStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Nothing Like This has received positive reviews from most critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine with AllMusic gave the album a four-star review, saying "Nothing Like This doesn't offer anything new, it's Rascal Flatts who have never strayed from the sunny sound of their 2000 debut - but everything from the melodies to the very sound of the tight 11-track record seems brighter than the trio's last few records. It's a fresh coat of paint on a sturdy old house". [7] Gary Graff of Billboard magazine gave it a favorable review, saying that "[t]he trio's harmonies remain as crisp as a fresh pair of Wranglers; polished, deceptively effortless and relentlessly tuneful, Nothing Like This is everything we've come to expect from Rascal Flatts". [9]

Michael McCall of the Associated Press gave the album a positive review, saying that it had a "breezier, melodic sound" compared to the group's previous releases. [8] Kyle Ward of Roughstock gave it three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that it was more consistent than the band's last two albums for former label Lyric Street Records. [11] Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly gave the album a four-star rating, saying that Rascal Flatts "sounded re-energized", and commented saying "overall the Flatts boys haven't sounded this good in a while". [12]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Why Wait" Neil Thrasher, Tom Shapiro, Jimmy Yeary 3:45
2."Easy" (duet with Natasha Bedingfield) Katrina Elam, Michael Mobley3:38
3."Sunday Afternoon" Joe Don Rooney, busbee 3:51
4."Play"Bonnie Baker, Elam, Hunter Hayes 3:44
5."Nothing Like This"Michael Dulaney, Shapiro, Thrasher3:55
6."All Night to Get There" Jay DeMarcus, Paul Jenkins, Jason Sellers 3:21
7."Red Camaro"Joe Collins, Chris Tompkins 3:46
8."They Try"Thrasher, Shapiro, Yeary4:15
9."Summer Young" Gary LeVox, Wendell Mobley, Thrasher4:12
10."Tonight Tonight"LeVox, Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Ryan Tedder 3:42
11."I Won't Let Go" Steve Robson, Sellers3:47
Total length:41:51

Personnel

Rascal Flatts
Additional Musicians

Production

Charts

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US US AC CAN
2010"Why Wait"14860
2011"I Won't Let Go"23139
"Easy" (with Natasha Bedingfield)34320
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

Region Certification
Canada (Music Canada) [19] Gold
United States (RIAA) [20] Platinum

Release history

CountryDateLabelEdition(s)
United States [21] November 16, 2010 Big Machine Records CD, Digital download
Canada [22] Universal Music
Australia [23] November 19, 2010
New Zealand
Sweden [24] January 23, 2013 Lionheart Music Group

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