Town Line

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Town Line
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EP by
ReleasedMarch 1, 2011
Genre
Length32:57
Label Stroudavarious
Producer
Aaron Lewis chronology
Town Line
(2011)
The Road
(2012)
Singles from Town Line
  1. "Country Boy"
    Released: December 7, 2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Country Weekly Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Engine 145Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Town Line is the first EP by American rock musician Aaron Lewis, and is his first solo release. An extended play consisting of country songs, it was released on March 1, 2011, on Stroudavarious Records. [4] As of the chart dated September 3, 2011, the album has sold 200,208 copies in the US. [5]

Contents

Content

The first single, "Country Boy", which features George Jones, Charlie Daniels, and Chris Young, was released on December 7, 2010. This song has charted on both Hot Country Songs and Rock Songs. [6] The track "Tangled Up in You" is a re-recording of a song from Staind's album The Illusion of Progress . [2]

Live versions of the songs "Vicious Circles" and "Country Boy" also appear on the deluxe edition of Lewis' 2012 album, The Road .

Critical reception

Giving it three stars out of five, Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly thought that the songs were "rich with imagery." She also praised Lewis for "resist[ing] the temptation to don a faux twang", but criticized the single "Country Boy" as "an unfortunately overextended string of rural impressions." [2] Sam Gazdziak of Engine 145 rated it two stars out of five, calling "Country Boy" "turgid" and "polarizing", also criticizing the three versions present on the EP.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Aaron Lewis.

No.TitleLength
1."The Story Never Ends"4:47
2."Vicious Circles"5:07
3."Country Boy" (featuring George Jones and Charlie Daniels)4:43
4."Tangled Up in You" (featuring Alexa Carter)4:29
5."Massachusetts"5:03
6."Country Boy" (radio edit)4:20
7."Country Boy" (acoustic version)4:20

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [7]

Charts

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US US Country US Main US Rock
2011"Country Boy" (with George Jones and Charlie Daniels)87502339

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