| The Way It Feels | ||||
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| Released | April 10, 2020 | |||
| Recorded | 2017–2019 | |||
| Studio | Ocean Way, Nashville | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 48:52 | |||
| Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
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| Maddie & Tae chronology | ||||
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The Way It Feels is the third studio album by American country music duo Maddie & Tae. It was released on April 10, 2020. [1] It is a concept album and serves as the follow-up to their 2015 debut album Start Here .
After releasing their debut album in 2015 with Dot Records, the label announced that they would be shutting down in early 2017. At the time, the duo had already begun working on their second album. [2]
In June 2017, the duo announced that they had signed with Universal Music Group under their Mercury Nashville imprint. [3] Marlow revealed that they "started fresh" and got to work writing new songs for their sophomore record. By the summer of 2018, the duo revealed that the album had been completed and was awaiting a release date, [4] though "Bathroom Floor" was a track that ended up being added to the album in 2019. [5]
Prior to the release of their second album, the duo released two five-track EPs: One Heart to Another in April 2019 and Everywhere I'm Goin' in October 2019. All ten tracks appear on The Way It Feels.
"Friends Don't" was released on May 14, 2018, as the duo's first single off of their sophomore album. [6] The song served as their first single in two years and the first to be released under Mercury Nashville.
The album's second single, "Die from a Broken Heart," was released on October 20, 2018. Both singles had first appeared on the duo's EP One Heart to Another that was released in April 2019.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [7] |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that the duo "and their cast of supporting writers know how to sculpt tuneful, sincere country tunes and their harmonies aren't merely convincing, but prove a balm, sounding sweet and soulful even underneath the layers of gloss by producers Jimmy Robbins and Derek Wells." [7]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Everywhere I'm Goin" |
| 3:28 |
| 2. | "Bathroom Floor" |
| 2:33 |
| 3. | "My Man" |
| 3:01 |
| 4. | "Tourist in This Town" |
| 3:25 |
| 5. | "Drunk or Lonely" |
| 3:43 |
| 6. | "One Heart to Another" |
| 3:38 |
| 7. | "Trying on Rings" |
| 3:05 |
| 8. | "Write a Book" |
| 3:26 |
| 9. | "Water in His Wine Glass" |
| 3:21 |
| 10. | "Die from a Broken Heart" |
| 3:29 |
| 11. | "Ain’t There Yet" |
| 2:58 |
| 12. | "Lay Here with Me" (featuring Dierks Bentley) |
| 3:08 |
| 13. | "Friends Don't" |
| 3:08 |
| 14. | "I Don't Need to Know" |
| 3:20 |
| 15. | "New Dog Old Tricks" |
| 3:09 |
| Total length: | 48:52 | ||
Adapted from the album's liner notes. [8]
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [9] | 86 |
| UK Country Albums (OCC) [10] | 8 |
| UK Album Downloads (OCC) [11] | 37 |
| US Billboard 200 [12] | 74 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [13] | 7 |
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