''Mercury Lane'' is the debut album of American

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singer

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. It was released on October 12, 2018 via

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' Stoney Creek imprint. The album includes the singles "

Best Shot "Best Shot" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Jimmie Allen. He wrote the song with Josh London and J.P. Williams, and released it in February 2018 via Stoney Creek as his debut single. It appears on his 2018 debut ...

" and "

Make Me Want To "Make Me Want To" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Jimmie Allen. It is his second single overall, and the second from his 2018 debut album '' Mercury Lane''. Allen wrote the song with Paul Sikes and Jennifer Denma ...

Content

The album is named after the street on which Allen grew up. He wrote over half of the album's 15 tracks. Serving as producer are Eric Torres and

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, the latter of whom also formerly recorded on Stoney Creek. Of the album's content, Allen said that it "touches on all of those ideals and truly feels like I’m sharing a piece of my heart with the world. I’ve been working toward this moment for so long; I can’t wait to share it with everyone." The track "Boy Gets a Truck" was previously recorded by

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on his 2016 album '' Ripcord''.

Critical reception

''CelebMix'' reviewer Laura Klonowski called it "an accomplished, polished record" and "a

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country album that firmly puts Jimmie Allen on the map as the most exciting male country artist currently on the scene." Pip Ellwood-Hughes of ''Entertainment Focus'' thought that the album was "solid", while praising Allen's vocals on "Wait for It" and "Underdog" and the lyrics of "How to Be Single", but also stating that "he plays it a little too safe opting for songs that are likely to hit on radio rather than connect with the listener." It received 3 out of 5 stars from

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, who wrote that "Possessed with a friendly, unassuming voice, Allen is pleasing to hear, but he fades into the background a bit too easily."

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 11 on Top Country Albums, with 3,000 copies sold and 7,000 in

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. It sold a further 900 copies the following week. It has sold 13,800 copies in the United States as of April 2019.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from

- lead vocals, background vocals *Dave Cohen -

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*David Dorn - Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano *Lee Hendricks -

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*Mark Hill - bass guitar *Brandon Hood -

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*Evan Hutchings -

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, programming *Troy Lancaster - electric guitar *Gale Mayes - choir *Rob McNelley - electric guitar *Andrea Merritt - choir *Wendy Moten - choir *Justin Ostrander - electric guitar *Adam Shoenfeld - electric guitar *Eric Torres - background vocals *

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, electric guitar,

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References

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