The Band Perry (album)

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The Band Perry
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Studio album by
The Band Perry
ReleasedOctober 12, 2010 (2010-10-12)
Recorded2009–2010
StudioOmniSound Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre Country pop, country, bluegrass
Length39:45
Label Republic Nashville
Producer Nathan Chapman
Paul Worley [1]
The Band Perry chronology
The Band Perry EP
(2010)		The Band Perry
(2010)		 Pioneer
(2013)
Singles from The Band Perry
  1. "Hip to My Heart"
    Released: November 16, 2009
  2. "If I Die Young"
    Released: June 7, 2010
  3. "You Lie"
    Released: January 18, 2011
  4. "All Your Life"
    Released: August 8, 2011
  5. "Postcard from Paris"
    Released: March 5, 2012

The Band Perry is the debut studio album by American country music group The Band Perry. The album includes five songs from the band's digital EP The Band Perry EP , which was released in April 2010. The album produced five singles: "Hip to My Heart", "If I Die Young", "You Lie", "All Your Life", and "Postcard from Paris". Of these, "If I Die Young" and "All Your Life" were number one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Country Weekly Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
RoughstockStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]

Thom Jurek of Allmusic gave the album a three-star rating out of five, saying that the album was "carefully crafted" and thought that the singles were among the strongest tracks on it. [2] Country Weekly reviewer Jessica Phillips said that the album was "more introspective and engrossing than typical radio fare", and praised Kimberly's "unpolished" voice, but thought that some songs had "aimless" lyrics. She also gave it three stars out of five. [3] Also giving it a positive review, Michael McCall of the Associated Press compared the band favorably to Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum, and said that the album's "emphasis is on easygoing, back-porch music." [7] BBC Music's Sid Smith cautioned that "whilst there’s no faulting the tightly-drilled performances turned in by the trio and an array of skilled sessioneers, the delivery has a by-the-numbers feel that’s workman-like rather than inspired", yet he reasoned that "perhaps the fault lies with a set of committee-written tunes that are well-worn and overly-familiar." [8] Lastly, Smith said that with respect to this album its "blandness becomes difficult to ignore". [8]

At Entertainment Weekly , Leah Greenblatt found that the listener needs to "think of them as a more modest, homegrown Lady Antebellum" that comes "with twangier roots and dustier boots." [4] However, Maddy Costa at The Guardian evoked how "their country-rock sound has been lacquered to a high gloss, burying Neil Perry's mandolin and Stuart Duncan's fiddle beneath slick guitar, domineering pop rhythms and sickly strings. Frontwoman Kimberley Perry has a belter of a voice, but it's too clean to communicate real emotion." [5] Costa found only one good track, which was "Double Heart" that she suggested what the "band could be", and the song has "one part sleazy rock'n'roll, two parts country sass and snarl, it has more personality than the rest of the album put together." [5] Roughstock's Bobby Peacock did not agree with Costa, when he wrote that this is a "surprisingly diverse debut album", and this is done with Kimberly voice that is "matched perfectly to an uncluttered, mostly acoustic production that's clean without being slick." [6] Furthermore, Peacock argued that Kimberly as being the featured songwriter "has a solid command of the language, she sometimes falls into a Clint Black-esque trap of getting so wrapped up in the turns of phrase that the storyline gets a little ensnarled; however, even when these pitfalls occur, the songwriting is still quite impressive." [6] Lastly, Peacock told that "the songs are vaguely reminiscent of Taylor Swift's exuberance, lyrical detail and boy-craziness, not to mention her way with a catchy melody." [6]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 4 on the US Billboard 200 chart upon its release, selling 53,000 copies in its first week. [9] It was eventually certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over a million copies in the United States. As of May 2013, the album has sold 1,505,000 copies in the US. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Lie" Aaron Henningsen, Brian Henningsen, Clara Henningsen 3:36
2."Hip to My Heart" Brett Beavers, Kimberly Perry, Neil Perry, Reid Perry3:00
3."If I Die Young"K. Perry3:44
4."All Your Life"B. Henningsen, C. Henningsen3:52
5."Miss You Being Gone"A. Henningsen, B. Henningsen, C. Henningsen, K. Perry, N. Perry, R. Perry2:56
6."Double Heart"Beavers, K. Perry, N. Perry, R. Perry3:38
7."Postcard from Paris"Jeff Cohen, Kara DioGuardi, K. Perry. N. Perry, R. Perry3:36
8."Walk Me Down the Middle"K. Perry, N. Perry, R. Perry4:01
9."Independence"A. Henningsen, B. Henningsen, C. Henningsen, K. Perry, N. Perry, R. Perry3:37
10."Quittin' You"K. Perry, N. Perry, R. Perry3:20
11."Lasso"A. Henningsen, B. Henningsen, C. Henningsen, K. Perry, N. Perry, R. Perry4:25
Total length:39:45
North American iTunes Store pre-order bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Queen Maybelline"Rodney Clawson, John Rich4:28
International bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."If I Die Young" (pop mix)K. Perry3:35

Personnel

The Band Perry

Additional musicians

Charts

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[22] 		US
[23] 		US AC
[24] 		US
Adult 		US
Pop
[24] 		CAN
[25]
2009"Hip to My Heart" [A] 20101————
2010"If I Die Young"114141248
2011"You Lie"242————
"All Your Life"137———62
2012"Postcard from Paris"660————
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [32] Platinum80,000^
United States (RIAA) [33] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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