'' 27861 '' is the sixth studio album from American

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ensemble

Parmalee Parmalee is an American country music band consisting of brothers Matt Thomas (lead vocals, guitar) and Scott Thomas (drums), along with their cousin Barry Knox (bass) and Josh McSwain (guitar), who is a best friend since childhood. They are si ...

. It was released on July 21, 2017.

Background

Parmalee had first released the lead single from the album, "Roots", on April 11, 2016, however it only reached No. 35 on Country Airplay. The lead singer of Parmalee Matt Thomas then started to co-write a number of new songs with other songwriters, such as Craig Wiseman, Jim Beavers, Josh Osborne, busbee, and Tom Douglas. The group also decided to co-produce these new tracks through their own initiative with other producers, primarily Tommy Cecil and Brock Berryhill. One of these new songs, "Sunday Morning", was released to radio as the second single on May 1, 2017. The songs from the album were recorded in five different locations, including Pegram Palace, where the Thomas brothers live. The number 27861 is the

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of Parmele, the hometown of the group. Each of the four bandmembers has a tattoo of those digits. Matt Thomas said: "We've had that album title for a while; we've really been wanting to use it. We just felt like now was the time to use it".

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, selling 3,800 copies in the first week. As of September 2017, it has sold 7,300 copies in the United States.

Track listing

Personnel

* Barry Knox -

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, backing vocals * Josh McSwain -

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, backing vocals * Matt Thomas - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals * Scott Thomas - drums,

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Background

Commercial performance

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Singles

Music videos

References