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| Released | April 13, 2018 | |||
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| Length | 46:52 | |||
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| Producer | Michael Knox | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Paste | 6.8 [2] |
Rearview Town is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Jason Aldean. It was released on April 13, 2018 via Broken Bow Records. It debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart, becoming Aldean's fourth consecutive number one album in the United States.
As with all of Aldean's previous albums, Rearview Town was released on Broken Bow Records, with Michael Knox serving as producer. The lead single is "You Make It Easy", a song that was co-written by both members of Florida Georgia Line. [3] The album includes a total of 15 songs, including a duet with Miranda Lambert. An article in Rolling Stone Country stated that the album's title track "hits on the theme of leaving the past behind and moving forward to something better." [4]
"Rearview Town" debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, making it his fourth consecutive studio album to do so. This also makes him only the second country music act after Rascal Flatts to have four consecutive albums debut at the top of that chart. It shifted 183,000 equivalent album units, of which 162,000 were in traditional album sales. [5] It also debuted atop the Top Country Albums chart. It was the fifth best-selling album in the United States with 463,000 copies sold. [6]
The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 8, 2018. [7] It has sold 500,700 copies in the United States as of October 2019, [8] and 1.32 million equivalent album units as of February 2020. [9]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dirt to Dust" |
| 2:48 |
| 2. | "Set It Off" |
| 2:50 |
| 3. | "Girl Like You" |
| 3:12 |
| 4. | "You Make It Easy" | 3:16 | |
| 5. | "Gettin' Warmed Up" |
| 2:55 |
| 6. | "Blacktop Gone" |
| 3:26 |
| 7. | "Drowns the Whiskey" (featuring Miranda Lambert) |
| 3:22 |
| 8. | "Rearview Town" | 3:03 | |
| 9. | "Love Me or Don't" |
| 3:13 |
| 10. | "Like You Were Mine" |
| 3:12 |
| 11. | "Better at Being Who I Am" |
| 3:19 |
| 12. | "I'll Wait for You" |
| 3:18 |
| 13. | "Ride All Night" |
| 2:56 |
| 14. | "Up in Smoke" |
| 3:05 |
| 15. | "High Noon Neon" |
| 2:54 |
| Total length: | 46:49 | ||
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| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||
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| US Country | US Country Airplay | US | CAN Country | CAN | ||
| 2018 | "You Make It Easy" | 2 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 17 |
| "Drowns the Whiskey" | 3 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 13 | |
| "Girl Like You" | 5 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 15 | |
| 2019 | "Rearview Town" | 4 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 11 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada) [27] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA) [7] | Platinum | 1,318,000 [9] / 500,700 [8] |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
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