What a Song Can Do

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What a Song Can Do
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 22, 2021 (2021-10-22)
Genre Country pop [1]
Length51:24
Label Big Machine
Producer
Lady A chronology
Ocean
(2019)
What a Song Can Do
(2021)
Singles from What a Song Can Do
  1. "Like a Lady"
    Released: March 15, 2021 (2021-03-15)
  2. "What a Song Can Do"
    Released: January 31, 2022 (2022-01-31) [2]

What a Song Can Do is the ninth studio album by American country music trio Lady A. It was released on October 22, 2021, through Big Machine Records. The album includes the single "Like a Lady" and thirteen other tracks. It is also the first new album released under the name Lady A and second after the deluxe edition of Ocean in 2020.

Contents

Background

Prior to the album's release, the band issued the extended play What a Song Can Do (Chapter One) , containing tracks from the album. This extended play contains seven songs, and the album contains seven more. Thirteen of the project's fourteen songs were co-written by at least one member of the band; Dave Haywood wrote "Workin' on This Love" by himself and even sings lead vocals on it, making this the first and so far only album to feature a solo from him. [3] The track "Friends Don't Let Friends" features guest vocals from Carly Pearce, Thomas Rhett, and Darius Rucker. Dann Huff is the album's producer. [4]

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that "The 14 songs never deviate from the middle of the road, a path they follow with the urgency of a Sunday afternoon drive[...] they give the arrangements enough room to be breezy and help keep the melody in the forefront -- tricks that make for a very pleasant listen, even if it is quite a familiar one." [1]

Track listing

What a Song Can Do track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Talk of This Town"Kelley, Scott3:45
2."What a Song Can Do"Kelley, Scott3:41
3."Like a Lady"
Scott3:01
4."Things He Handed Down"
Kelley3:18
5."Fire"
  • Scott
  • Kelley
  • Haywood
  • Justin Ebach
Scott3:14
6."Chance of Rain"
  • Kelley
  • Haywood
  • Tofer Brown
  • Ebach
Kelley3:31
7."Worship What I Hate"
Scott4:20
8."Where Would I Be" David Garcia, Hemby, Jordan MintonScott, Kelley3:43
9."Friends Don't Let Friends" (featuring Thomas Rhett, Darius Rucker, and Carly Pearce)Rhett, Kelley, Bunetta, Ashley Gorley Kelley, Rhett, Rucker, Pearce, Scott3:32
10."In Waves"Kelley, Joey Hendricks, Alysa Vanderheym, Michael WhitworthKelley3:22
11."You Keep Thinking That"Kelley, Dave Cohen, Chris Gelbuda, Steven Lee Olsen Scott3:01
12."Be That for You"Haywood, Kelley, Corey CrowderKelley, Scott4:43
13."Workin’ on This Love"HaywoodHaywood3:49
14."Swore I Was Leaving"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Reynolds, Parker WellingScott, Kelley4:24
Total length:51:24

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [5]

Lady A

Additional musicians

Chart performance

Weekly chart performance for What a Song Can Do
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 48
Australian Country Albums (ARIA) [7] 5
Scottish Albums (OCC) [8] 31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 52
UK Country Albums (OCC) [10] 1
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [11] 18
US Billboard 200 [12] 135
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [13] 12

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