Tailgates & Tanlines

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Tailgates & Tanlines
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Studio album by
Luke Bryan
ReleasedAugust 9, 2011 (2011-08-09)
Genre Country
Length47:43
Label Capitol Records Nashville
Producer
Luke Bryan chronology
Doin' My Thing
(2009)		Tailgates & Tanlines
(2011)		 Crash My Party
(2013)
Singles from Tailgates & Tanlines
  1. "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)"
    Released: March 14, 2011
  2. "I Don't Want This Night to End"
    Released: September 5, 2011
  3. "Drunk on You"
    Released: February 13, 2012
  4. "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"
    Released: August 6, 2012
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Tailgates & Tanlines is the third studio album by American country music artist Luke Bryan. It was released on August 9, 2011 by Capitol Records Nashville. [1] Bryan co-wrote eight of the album's thirteen tracks, including its first single, "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)." [2] American Songwriter called Tailgates & Tanlines "a soundtrack for fun and sun, along with an instantaneous cure for the summertime blues." [3] The song "Too Damn Young" was originally recorded by Julie Roberts on her 2006 album Men & Mascara .

Contents

Commercial performance

Tailgates & Tanlines debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart and number one on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 145,295 copies in its first week. [4] It was Luke Bryan best-selling album until it was surpassed by Crash My Party in April 2015. As of April 2017, the album has sold 2,570,700 copies in the US. [5] On September 5, 2017, the album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over four million copies in the United States.

In Canada, the album debuted at number six on the Canadian Albums Chart. The album was certified by Music Canada for sales of over 80,000 copies in Canada.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Country Girl (Shake It for Me)"
3:45
2."Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"
3:23
3."Drunk on You"
3:33
4."Too Damn Young"
  • Arlis Albritton
  • Casey Koesel
3:36
5."I Don't Want This Night to End"
3:40
6."You Don't Know Jack"
  • McAnally
  • Erin Enderlin
3:16
7."Harvest Time"
  • Bryan
  • Clawson
3:27
8."I Know You're Gonna Be There"
3:36
9."Muckalee Creek Water"
  • Bryan
  • Patrick Jason Matthews
3:56
10."Tailgate Blues" (featuring Ashton Shepherd on backing vocals)
3:43
11."Been There, Done That"
  • Bryan
  • Rachel Thibodeau
4:29
12."Faded Away"
3:48
13."I Knew You That Way"
3:32

Personnel

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)Position
US Billboard 200 [12] 61
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [13] 14
Chart (2012)Position
US Billboard 200 [14] 6
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [15] 2
Chart (2013)Position
US Billboard 200 [16] 33
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [17] 8
Chart (2014)Position
US Billboard 200 [18] 112
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard) [19] 7
Chart (2015)Position
US Billboard 200 [20] 162
Chart (2017)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [21] 61

Decade-end charts

Chart (2010–2019)Position
US Billboard 200 [22] 49
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [23] 7

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Hot Country US Country Airplay US CAN
2011"Country Girl (Shake It for Me)" [24] 4—2250
"I Don't Want This Night to End"1—2248
2012"Drunk on You"1—1628
"Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"312946
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [25] Platinum80,000^
United States (RIAA) [26] 4× Platinum4,000,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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