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| Released | October 18, 2019 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 38:39 | |||
| Label | Warner Nashville | |||
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Real Friends is the third studio album by American country music singer Chris Janson. It was released via Warner Records Nashville on October 18, 2019. The album contains the singles "Good Vibes" and "Done" and "Waitin' on 5".
Janson produced the album with Tommy Cecil, Brock Berryhill, and Zach Crowell, who also co-wrote tracks on the album. It is also Cecil's first production credit. Blake Shelton sings duet vocals on the title track. Janson said that he wanted the album to have a positive theme, and told Billboard that "We wrote it with a positive narrative and tone all the way through." [3]
"Hawaii on Me" was later recorded by Joe Nichols for his 2022 album Good Day for Living .
Rating it 3.5 out of 5 stars, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic said of the album that it was "a cheerful, breezy affair, filled with reassuring ballads and party tunes that mindfully avoid pressing the pedal to the metal." [4]
The album debuted at No. 12 on Billboard's Top Country Albums with 3,400 copies sold. [5] It has sold 9,900 copies in the United States as of March 2020. [6]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Good Vibes" | 2:44 | |
| 2. | "Check" |
| 2:43 |
| 3. | "Done" |
| 3:40 |
| 4. | "Normal People" |
| 2:56 |
| 5. | "Say About Me" |
| 3:00 |
| 6. | "Waitin' on 5" |
| 2:54 |
| 7. | "Hawaii on Me" |
| 3:12 |
| 8. | "Mine Does" |
| 3:13 |
| 9. | "God’s Gotta Be a Good Ole Boy" |
| 2:50 |
| 10. | "Real Friends" (featuring Blake Shelton) |
| 3:06 |
| 11. | "Everybody’s Going Through Something" |
| 2:47 |
| 12. | "Beer Me" |
| 2:40 |
| 13. | "Country USA" |
| 2:54 |
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [8] | 41 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [9] | 12 |
| US Billboard 200 [10] | 110 |
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