Ocean (Lady Antebellum album)

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Ocean
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Studio album by
Lady Antebellum
ReleasedNovember 15, 2019 (2019-11-15)
Genre Country pop [1]
Length47:38
Label BMLG
Producer Dann Huff
Lady Antebellum chronology
Heart Break
(2017)		Ocean
(2019)		 What a Song Can Do
(2021)
Singles from Ocean
  1. "What If I Never Get Over You"
    Released: May 17, 2019
  2. "Ocean"
    Released: October 7, 2019
  3. "What I'm Leaving For"
    Released: February 18, 2020
  4. "Champagne Night"
    Released: April 13, 2020

Ocean is the eighth studio album by American country pop trio Lady Antebellum, and the final one released under that name before it was shortened to "Lady A". The album was released on November 15, 2019, through BMLG Records. This is their first album with the label, and first to be produced by Dann Huff. A deluxe edition of the album was released November 20, 2020 under their name "Lady A".

Contents

Background

In August 2018, Lady Antebellum signed with BMLG Records after their recording contract with Capitol Nashville ended. In March 2019, while performing in London, the trio announced that they were working on new music.

Singles

"What If I Never Get Over You" was released on May 17, 2019, as the album's lead single. The song debuted at number 14 on the Hot Country Songs chart, [2] and at number 25 on the Country Airplay chart. [3] As of September 2019, it has sold 68,000 units in the United States. [4] The song topped the Country Airplay chart in January 2020, becoming their first number one since 2014. [5]

The title track was released on September 20, 2019 as a promotional single, and was sent to adult contemporary radio as the album's second single on October 7, 2019. [6] [7]

"What I'm Leaving For" was released as a promotional single on October 25, 2019 and was released to country radio on February 18, 2020 as the third official single. [8] [5] A ballad about leaving one's family to go to work, it was later pulled from radio in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. [9]

"Pictures", "Boots", and "Be Patient with My Love" were also released as promotional singles ahead of the album. [10] [11]

Commercial performance

Ocean debuted at number two on the US Top Country Albums earning 29,000 equivalent album units (including 21,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week, according to Nielsen Music. [12] The album also debuted at number 11 on the US Billboard 200 chart, becoming the group's first album to miss the top-ten. [13] As of February 2020, the album has earned with 172,000 album-equivalent units in the US. [14] As of March 2020, the album has sold 62,400 copies in the United States. [15]

Track listing

Adapted from Taste of Country and Lady Antebellum's Instagram. [16] [17]

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."What If I Never Get Over You"
Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott3:26
2."Pictures"
Scott2:58
3."Crazy Love"
Kelley3:25
4."You Can Do You"
Kelley, Scott4:08
5."What I'm Leaving For"
  • Ellis
  • Veltz
  • Micah Premnath
Scott, Kelley3:23
6."Be Patient with My Love"
Kelley5:06
7."Alright"
  • Haywood
  • Kelley
  • Scott
  • busbee
  • Justin Ebach
Scott3:16
8."Let It Be Love"
Scott, Kelley3:38
9."On a Night Like This"BarnesScott, Kelley3:23
10."Boots"
Kelley3:33
11."The Thing That Wrecks You" (featuring Little Big Town)
Kelley, Jimi Westbrook, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild4:35
12."Mansion"
Scott3:12
13."Ocean"
  • Buxton
  • Tofer Brown
  • Abe Stoklasa
Scott3:30
Total length:47:38
Ocean - Deluxe Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
14."Heroes" (featuring Thomas Rhett)
  • Scott
  • Kelley
  • Haywood
  • busbee
Kelley, Rhett3:57
15."Champagne Night" (from Songland )
Scott, Kelley3:05
16."Underwater"
  • Corey Sanders
  • Green
  • Veltz
Kelley3:17
17."Let It Be Love" (at Home version)
  • Scott
  • Reynolds
  • Wadge
Scott, Kelley3:41
18."Champagne Night" (Tiki Bar version)
  • Scott
  • Kelley
  • Haywood
  • Merlo
  • McAnally
  • Parol
  • Thomson
  • Conroy
Scott, Kelley3:05
19."What If I Never Get Over You" (Live from 3rd and Lindsley)
  • Ellis
  • Hurd
  • Veltz
  • Green
Kelley, Scott3:31
Total length:68:14

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic [18]

Lady Antebellum

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

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