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, and Taylor Davis.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 4 on the Top Country Albums chart, and No. 48 on the

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, selling 9,700 copies in its debut week in the US. The album has sold 63,200 copies in the US as of April 2017.

Track listing

Personnel

* Austin Brown -

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and

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* Rob Lundquist - tenor lead and backing vocals * Chris Rupp - baritone lead and backing vocals, bass backing vocals * Tim Foust - vocal bass, bass lead and backing vocals, baritone and tenor lead vocals * Adam Rupp -

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, backing vocals On parts of some songs Tim Foust would briefly move from bass to either baritone or tenor and Chris Rupp would take his place, both live and in the studio.

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2015 albums Home Free (group) albums Columbia Records albums