''Nothing Like This'' is the seventh studio album by American

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Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts is an American country music band founded in 1999. The band members were Gary LeVox (lead vocals), Jay DeMarcus (bass guitar, background vocals), and Joe Don Rooney (lead guitar, background vocals). DeMarcus is LeVox's second cousi ...

. It is their debut release after signing with

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after

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's name was retired, and was released on November 16, 2010. The album's lead-off single, " Why Wait," was released on August 2, 2010. This song became their first

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." The album's second single, " I Won't Let Go" was released to country radio on January 10, 2011. The third single, " Easy" was released to country radio on June 27, 2011. This was the band's last album to go platinum.

Content

In the weeks leading up to the album's release, three promotional singles were released for music download; "I Won't Let Go" was released on October 25, 2010, "Play" on November 2, 2010, and the title track on November 9, 2010. In 2022, bassist

Jay DeMarcus Jay DeMarcus (born Stanley Wayne DeMarcus Jr.; on April 26, 1971) is an American bassist, vocalist, pianist, record producer and songwriter. From 1999 to 2021, he was a member of the country pop group Rascal Flatts. Early life DeMarcus was born ...

re-recorded the track "All Night To Get There" with his new group, Generation Radio, singing lead vocals.

Reception

Commercial

The album debuted at number six on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 and number one on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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, selling 165,000 copies in its first week of release. It has sold 1.1 million copies in the United States as of the chart dated March 24, 2012.

Critical

''Nothing Like This'' has received positive reviews from most critics.

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gave the album a four-star review, saying "''Nothing Like This'' doesn’t offer anything new, it’s Rascal Flatts who have never strayed from the sunny sound of their 2000 debut - but everything from the melodies to the very sound of the tight 11-track record seems brighter than the trio’s last few records. It’s a fresh coat of paint on a sturdy old house". Gary Graff of ''

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'' magazine gave it a favorable review, saying that " e trio's harmonies remain as crisp as a fresh pair of Wranglers; polished, deceptively effortless and relentlessly tuneful, ''Nothing Like This'' is everything we've come to expect from Rascal Flatts". Michael McCall of the

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gave the album a positive review, saying that it had a "breezier, melodic sound" compared to the group's previous releases. Kyle Ward of Roughstock gave it three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that it was more consistent than the band's last two albums for former label

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. Jessica Phillips of ''

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'' gave the album a four-star rating, saying that Rascal Flatts "sounded re-energized", and commented saying "overall the Flatts boys haven’t sounded this good in a while".

Track listing

Personnel

;Rascal Flatts *

– keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals *

Gary Levox Gary LeVox (born Gary Wayne Vernon Jr., July 10, 1970) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for being the lead vocalist of the contemporary country music band Rascal Flatts, and his stage name was taken from the studio-console label ...

– lead vocals *

Joe Don Rooney Joe Don Rooney (born September 13, 1975 in Baxter Springs, KS) is an American musician. From 1999 to 2021, he was the lead guitarist and high octave harmony singer in the American country pop trio Rascal Flatts. In addition to the Electric guit ...

– electric guitar, backing vocals ;Additional Musicians * Tim Akers – acoustic piano * Robbie Buchanan – acoustic piano,

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* Charlie Judge – keyboards, synthesizers, Hammond B3 organ *

Tom Bukovac Tom Bukovac is an American session musician and producer. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in nearby Willowick, Ohio. He has been a Nashville-based musician since 1992. He previously owned 2nd Gear, a used music consignment shop in Sou ...

– electric guitar *

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...

– electric guitar, acoustic guitar,

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Tim Pierce Tim Pierce (born 1959 in Albuquerque) is an American session guitarist. He has worked for artists such as Joe Cocker, Crowded House, Goo Goo Dolls, Michael Jackson, Beth Hart, Roger Waters, Alice Cooper, Johnny Hallyday, Phil Collins, and the C ...

– electric guitar * Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar *

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– acoustic guitar *

Dan Dugmore Dan Dugmore is an American session musician known primarily for playing the pedal steel guitar Born in 1949, Dugmore was raised in Pasadena, California. Influenced by the Flying Burrito Brothers, he learned to play steel guitar after Flying B ...

–

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–

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, mandolin * Dorian Crozier – drums *

Shannon Forrest Shannon Forrest (born August 22, 1973 in Easley, South Carolina) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. As a session drummer, he has contributed to the work of many well-known artists, and he is also a pr ...

– drums *

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– drums * David Huff – percussion, programming *

Natasha Bedingfield Natasha Anne Bedingfield (born 26 November 1981) is a British singer and songwriter. Bedingfield released her debut album, '' Unwritten'', in 2004, which contained primarily up-tempo pop songs and was influenced by R&B music. It enjoyed intern ...

– lead and harmony vocals on "Easy"

Production

* Dann Huff – producer * Rascal Flatts – producers * Brian Kennedy – co-producer (2) * Ben Fowler – recording * Justin Niebank – recording, mixing * Drew Bollman – recording assistant, mix assistant * Tomas Del Toro-Diaz – recording assistant * Leland Elliott – recording assistant * Seth Morton – recording assistant * David Huff – digital editing * Sean Neff – digital editing * Christopher Rowe – digital editing * Adam Ayan – mastering * Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator * Whitney Sutton – copy coordinator * Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, package design * Chapman Baehler – photography * John Murphy – wardrobe * Melissa Schleicher – hair, makeup

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

Release history

References

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