''Nightfall'' is the ninth studio album by American country music group Little Big Town. It was released on January 17, 2020, by Capitol Nashville, and was self produced by Little Big Town with major production assistance from Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. It includes the singles "Over Drinking", "The Daughters", and " Wine, Beer, Whiskey". It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Album and both "The Daughters" and " Sugar Coat" were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.

Critical reception

''Nightfall'' received positive reviews from music critics, respectively. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 74 based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews." The album was placed fourth on the Billboard (magazine) list of Top Country Albums of 2020. Billboard editors describe the band as reaching “substantive emotional richness that few groups can touch” on the albu

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of AllMusic wrote that "The labor is evident, particularly in the careful construction of the compositions and the subtle shading on individual tracks" and "it's music for meditative mornings or for afternoons in need of a dose of consolation and comfort." He also compared the band's sound favorably to

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Commercial performance

''Nightfall'' debuted at No. 1 on Top Country Albums with 31,000 equivalent album units, 26,000 in of which are in traditional album sales. As of March 2020, it has sold 43,800 copies in the United States.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic Little Big Town * Karen Fairchild – vocals * Kimberley Schlapman – vocals * Philip Sweet – vocals, guitar * Jimi Westbrook – vocals, guitar Additional musicians * Avery Bright – viola * Tofer Brown – bass guitar,

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, electric guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, percussion, piano, programming, synthesizer, background vocals * Jacob Bryant – trumpet * Zach Casebolt – violin * Matt Combs – violin * Spencer Cullum –

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* Ian Fitchuk – bass guitar, drums, acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion * Cara Fox – cello * Jesse Frasure – programming * Tim Galloway – guitar, acoustic guitar * Dan Grech-Marguerat – programming * Jon Green – guitar * Jedd Hughes – guitar, electric guitar, background vocals * Claire Indie – cello * Katelyn Kelly – violin * Hillary Lindsey – acoustic guitar * Todd Lombardo – acoustic guitar * Sean McConnell – acoustic guitar, programming, background vocals * Hubert Payne – drums, percussion * K.S. Rhodes – string conductor * Daniel Tashian – bass guitar, baritone guitar, electric guitar,

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