Sinner (Aaron Lewis album)

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Sinner
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2016
Recorded2015 in Nashville, Tennessee
Genre
Length47:37
Label Dot, Big Machine [1] [2]
Producer Buddy Cannon
Aaron Lewis chronology
The Road
(2012)
Sinner
(2016)
State I'm In
(2019)
Singles from Sinner
  1. "That Ain't Country"
    Released: June 17, 2016

Sinner is the second solo studio album by an American rock musician Aaron Lewis of the nu metal band Staind. [3] It was released on September 16, 2016, through Dot Records, [4] [5] and produced by Buddy Cannon. [6] The first single, "That Ain't Country", was released on June 17, 2016, which coincided with the album announcement. [4] To support the album, Lewis conducted a series of concerts titled "The Sinner Tour". [5] [7]

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Professional ratings
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Commercial performance

Sinner debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 with 42,000 units sold, 39,000 of which were traditional album sales. [9] It also debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums chart. [10] As of March 2018 the album has sold 146,800 copies in the United States. [11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Aaron Lewis, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sinner" (featuring Willie Nelson) 3:31
2."That Ain't Country" 4:02
3."Whiskey and You" Chris Stapleton, Lee Thomas Miller 4:28
4."Northern Redneck" 3:39
5."Mama" 5:04
6."Sunday Every Saturday Night" Ira Dean, Aaron Lewis4:59
7."Lost and Lonely" 4:57
8."Story of My Life" 4:34
9."Stuck in These Shoes" 3:44
10."I Lost It All" 3:54
11."Travelin' Soldier" Bruce Robison 4:46
Total length:47:38

Personnel

Charts

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