The Whippoorwill | ||||
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Released | August 14, 2012 (US), February 17, 2014 (Europe) | |||
Recorded | July 21 – August 4, 2011 | |||
Genre | Southern rock, country rock, country, bluegrass | |||
Length | 54:29 | |||
Label | Southern Ground, Earache Records | |||
Producer | Blackberry Smoke, Clay Cook, Matt Mangano and Zac Brown. | |||
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The Whippoorwill is the third studio album by American southern/country rock band Blackberry Smoke. It was released on August 14, 2012 through Southern Ground Records in the North America and on February 17, 2014 through Earache Records in Europe. The latter contained three additional live tracks; "Country Side of Life", "Pretty Little Lie" and "Six Ways to Sunday". [3]
No. | Title | Written by | Length |
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1. | "Six Ways to Sunday" | Charlie Starr | 3:27 |
2. | "Pretty Little Lie" | Travis Meadows, Starr | 3:34 |
3. | "Everybody Knows She's Mine" | Starr | 3:49 |
4. | "One Horse Town" | Meadows, Jeremy Spillman, Starr | 4:16 |
5. | "Ain't Much Left of Me" | David Lee Murphy, Blackberry Smoke | 4:58 |
6. | "The Whippoorwill" | Starr | 5:31 |
7. | "Lucky Seven" | Meadows, Blackberry Smoke | 4:17 |
8. | "Leave a Scar" | Meadows, Starr | 3:34 |
9. | "Crimson Moon" | Zac Brown, Matt Mangano, Starr | 4:00 |
10. | "Ain't Got the Blues" | Starr | 4:03 |
11. | "Sleeping Dogs" | Gordon Kennedy, Blackberry Smoke | 3:22 |
12. | "Shakin' Hands with the Holy Ghost" | Starr | 3:45 |
13. | "Up the Road" | Starr | 5:53 |
Brendan Wallace - Bagpipes
The album debuted on the Top Country Albums chart at No. 59 before their album's official release in August 2012, and re-entered the chart 4 weeks later at No.8 on its official release (chart date September 1, 2012). It also debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 40 on its official release, as well as No. 10 on the Independent Albums chart and No. 12 on the Top Rock Albums chart. [4] The album has sold 51,000 copies in the US as of October 2012. [5]
The album was released in the UK in February 2014, and it debuted at No.30 on the UK album Top 100 chart and No. 1 on the UK Country Album Chart with 2,973 copies sold for the week. [6]
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] | 97 |
UK Albums (OCC) [8] | 30 |
US Billboard 200 [9] | 40 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [10] | 8 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [11] | 30 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [12] | 10 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [13] | 12 |
Year | Single | Peak positions |
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US Country Airplay [14] | ||
2013 | "Pretty Little Lie" | 46 |
"Ain't Much Left of Me" | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
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