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Eric Church
Kenneth Eric Church (born May 3, 1977) is an American country music singer-songwriter. He has released nine studio albums through Capitol Nashville since 2005. His debut album, 2006's '' Sinners Like Me'', produced three singles on the ''Billboard'' country charts including the top 20 hits " How 'Bout You", "Two Pink Lines", and "Guys Like Me". His second album, 2009's '' Carolina'', produced three more singles: "Smoke a Little Smoke" and his first top 10 hits, " Love Your Love the Most" and " Hell on the Heart". 2011's '' Chief'', his first No. 1 album, gave him his first two No. 1 singles, "Drink in My Hand" and "Springsteen", and the hits " Homeboy", " Creepin'", and "Like Jesus Does". His third No. 1 single was "The Only Way I Know", which he, Jason Aldean, and Luke Bryan recorded for Aldean's album '' Night Train''. A fourth album, '' The Outsiders'', was released in February 2014. It produced five new singles between 2013 and 2015 with the title track, "Give Me Back My Home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Pink Lines
"Two Pink Lines" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Eric Church. It was released in August 2006 as the second single from his 2006 debut album '' Sinners Like Me''. Church wrote the song with Victoria Shaw. Content The narrator befriends and has sexual intercourse with a woman during his young adult years. She takes a pregnancy test and the male becomes concerned over the results. When the test produces a negative result, the two of them are relieved, and she leaves. Critical reception The song received a favorable review from Deborah Evans Price of ''Billboard'', who wrote that "Church and co-writer Shaw have carefully crafted the lyric so the listener is drawn into the story, and Church's engaging performance brings the characters to life as they sit waiting for their future to unfold." In 2017, ''Billboard'' contributor Chuck Dauphin put "Two Pink Lines" at number five on his top 10 list of Church's best songs. Music video The music video was di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granite Falls, North Carolina
Granite Falls is a town in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,722 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Hickory–Lenoir– Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The name Granite Falls comes from the waters that splash over the granite boulders spanning Gunpowder Creek. In 1791, pioneer Andrew Baird saw that he could operate an iron works beside Gunpowder Creek, and in doing so, became owner of all the land now occupied by the Town of Granite Falls. The community would start to form from that point. Granite Falls was incorporated as a town in 1899. Before its incorporation, Granite Falls went by many other names such as Baird's Forge, Catawba View, Lovelady, and Granite. Geography Granite Falls is located near the southern border of Caldwell County at (35.800345, -81.432929). It is bordered to the south by the town of Rhodhiss, to the southwest by Rhodhiss Lake on the Catawba River (Lake Hickory), and to the west by the town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief (album)
''Chief'' is the third studio album by American country music artist Eric Church. It was released on July 26, 2011, via EMI Nashville. The album produced five singles, including Church's first two number one hits on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart—"Drink in My Hand" and "Springsteen", as well as the Top 10 hits " Creepin'" and "Like Jesus Does" and the Top 20 " Homeboy". On June 20, 2012, the album was certified triple Platinum by the RIAA, for having shipped over 3,000,000 records. As of April 2017, the album has sold 1,957,700 copies in the United States. The album received a nomination for Best Country Album at the 54th Grammy Awards and won Album of the Year at the CMA Awards and ACM Awards. In 2020, the album was ranked at 419 on ''Rolling Stone'''s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. Critical reception Upon its release, ''Chief'' received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold One
"Cold One" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Eric Church. It was released in June 2014 as the third single from his 2014 album '' The Outsiders''. The song was written by Church, Luke Hutton and Jeff Hyde. Content The song is about a lost love, told from the male's perspective. He states that she took a beer from a twelve-pack that he was drinking at the time, and describes both the beer and her sudden departure as a "cold one". Near the end of the song, Jay Joyce performs a guitar solo. Critical reception Will Hermes of ''Rolling Stone'', in his review of ''The Outsiders'', described the song as "a Little Feat-flavored swamprocker that wrings emotion out of a boozer's double-entendre and wedges nearly a minute of hot soloing into a three-minute tune." Matt Bjorke of Roughstock reviewed the single favorably: "'Cold One' tells a simple story but like the first two singles from ''The Outsiders''… it has interesting sonic sounds permeating throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Give Me Back My Hometown
"Give Me Back My Hometown" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Eric Church. It was released in January 2014 as the second single from his 2014 album '' The Outsiders''. The song reached number one on the US ''Billboard'' Country Airplay chart in May 2014. It also peaked at number 4 on Hot Country Songs. Church wrote this song with Luke Laird. Critical reception Matt Bjorke of ''Roughstock'' gave the single 4 out of 5 stars, saying that "Jay Joyce's production once again finds musically interesting things to do while Church earnestly sings about the loss of his hometown, not because it’s actually gone or changed but because the girl who helped it make it worthwhile has left him and the town back" and "for the middle of the road fan who likes the softer moments of Eric Church’s music…this one should easily be much more pleasing to them than "The Outsiders" was." Commercial performance Eric Church had his best debut on the chart when the song enter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outsiders (Eric Church Song)
"The Outsiders" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Eric Church. It was released in October 2013 as the first single and title track from his 2014 album of the same name. Church wrote this song with Casey Beathard. History Church told Taste of Country that “It’s a bit of a statement. I wanted to send a message with this album that it’s gonna be different, it’s gonna be another level". He also described it as a mix of Waylon Jennings and Metallica. Church performed the song at the 2013 telecast of the Country Music Association awards. Critical reception Giving it 3.5 stars out of 5, Will Hermes of ''Rolling Stone'' wrote that "doubles down on his hard-rock/hip-hop fixations with a song that opens on an unfuckwithable snarl-rap, ramps into a high-lonesome stadium chorus over a Southern-rock stomp, then feigns a Black Keys garage skronk before barreling into a prog-metal capper." It received 4.5 stars from Matt Bjorke of ''Roughstock'', who wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outsiders (Eric Church Album)
''The Outsiders'' is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Eric Church. It was released on February 11, 2014, via EMI Nashville. Like all of his previous albums, it is produced by Jay Joyce. It was before the release that Church received media attention for saying "I think genres are dead." Two singles were released prior to the album's release: the title track and "Give Me Back My Hometown". Both were met with positive reviews from critics, and charted in the top 10 Hot Country Songs chart. The latter also reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Country Airplay chart, becoming his fourth chart-topping single. The album's third single, "Cold One", was released in June 2014 and was a top 20 hit. The fourth single, " Talladega", was released to country radio on September 15, 2014, and became Church's fourth No. 1 hit. The fifth single, " Like a Wrecking Ball", was released to country radio on March 9, 2015. The album received critical acclaim, and debuted at numb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Train (Jason Aldean Album)
''Night Train'' is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Jason Aldean. It was released on October 16, 2012, via Broken Bow Records. The album features a collaboration with Luke Bryan and Eric Church on "The Only Way I Know". It was produced by Michael Knox and features Aldean's road band, with songs written by various songwriters. The album debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200, making it Aldean's first album to do so. ''Night Train'' sold 409,000 copies on its first week, making it the biggest opening sales for a country album since Taylor Swift's ''Speak Now'' sold 1,049,000 copies in 2010, as well as the fourth biggest opening sales for an album in 2012. Content "Wheels Rollin'" was written specifically for Aldean. "Black Tears" had previously been recorded by Florida Georgia Line on their debut EP, ''Anything Like Me''. Reception Commercial The album debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200, and the Top Country Albums chart, selling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Bryan
Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan (born July 17, 1976) is an American country music, country singer, songwriter, and television personality. He began his music career writing songs for Travis Tritt and Billy Currington before signing with Capitol Records Nashville, Capitol Nashville in 2007. He is one of the most successful and awarded country artists of the 2010s and 2020s. Bryan's first ten albums – ''I'll Stay Me'' (2007), ''Doin' My Thing'' (2009), ''Tailgates & Tanlines'' (2011), ''Crash My Party'' (2013), ''Spring Break...Here to Party'' (2013), ''Spring Break...Checkin' Out'' (2015), ''Kill the Lights (Luke Bryan album), Kill the Lights'' (2015), ''Farm Tour... Here's to the Farmer'' (2016), ''What Makes You Country'' (2017), and ''Born Here Live Here Die Here'' (2020) – have included 27 number-one hits. Bryan often co-writes with Jeff Stevens (singer), Jeff Stevens. Since 2018, Bryan has been a judge on ''American Idol''. Bryan is a five-time "Entertainer of the Year", bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Aldean
Jason Aldean (born Jason Aldine Williams; February 28, 1977) is an American country music singer. Since 2005, he has been signed to BBR Music Group, Broken Bow Records, a record label for which he has released ten albums and 40 singles. His 2010 album, ''My Kinda Party'', is certified quadruple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His 2012 album ''Night Train (Jason Aldean album), Night Train'' is certified double-platinum, while his 2005 Jason Aldean (album), self-titled debut, 2007 album ''Relentless (Jason Aldean album), Relentless'', 2009 album ''Wide Open (Jason Aldean album), Wide Open'', 2014 album ''Old Boots, New Dirt'' are all certified platinum. Aldean has received five Grammy Award nominations throughout his career, twice for Grammy Award for Best Country Album, Best Country Album. 27 of his 38 singles have reached #1 on either the Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts with "Why (Jason Aldean song), Why", "She's Country", "Big Green ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Only Way I Know
"The Only Way I Know" is a song written by David Lee Murphy and Ben Hayslip and recorded by American country music artist Jason Aldean featuring Luke Bryan and Eric Church. It was released in November 2012 as the second single from Aldean's 2012 album '' Night Train''. Content This song is about hard work, loyalty, small town values, and southern work ethic. The singers explain that they were raised in a small town southern atmosphere and were taught to work hard to earn a living. They had not realized that other lifestyles existed and were practiced and the one by which they grew up is "the only way heyknow." The song's verses are largely spoken-word, with Aldean on the first verse, Bryan on the second, and Church on the third. Aldean also sings the choruses. Critical reception Billy Dukes of ''Taste of Country'' gave "The Only Way I Know" a four-star review, saying that it "sounds best at neighbor-irritating volumes." Ashley Cooke of ''Roughstock'' also gave the song a four-star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Like Jesus Does
"Like Jesus Does" is a song written by Casey Beathard and Monty Criswell and recorded by American country music artist Eric Church. It was released in January 2013 as the fifth and final single from Church's 2011 album ''Chief''. It was also his eighth consecutive single to be certified gold by the RIAA. It is the only song on any of Church’s albums that he himself is not credited as a writer. Content The song is a mid-tempo ballad in which the narrator says that his lover accepts his personality and "loves imlike Jesus does". Critical reception Giving it 3.5 stars out of 5, Billy Dukes of ''Taste of Country'' praised the lyrics and "vulnerability", but criticized the "plodding melody". Commercial performance The song has sold 509,000 copies in the United States as of June 2013. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on June 13, 2013, and then Platinum on November 11, 2016 for a million units in sales and streams. Music video "Like Jesus Does" was directed by John Peets premiered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
