''Sitting Pretty on Top of the World'' is the third studio album by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

singer Lauren Alaina. It was released in September 2021 via

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Content

The album consists of fifteen songs, fourteen of which Alaina co-wrote. Two singles, "

Getting Good "Getting Good" is a song recorded by American country music singer Lauren Alaina. It was released on October 7, 2019 as the second single from her EP of the same name, and the version with Trisha Yearwood was later included on the tracklisting fo ...

" and the Jon Pardi duet "

Getting Over Him "Getting Over Him" is a song by American country music singers Lauren Alaina and Jon Pardi. Alaina co-wrote the song with Emily Weisband and the record's producer, Paul DiGiovanni. It was released to country radio February 22, 2021 as the lead sin ...

", were released prior to the album. Both of these appeared on

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s prior to the album's release; on ''Sitting Pretty on Top of the World'', "Getting Good" was remixed as a duet with Trisha Yearwood. Paul DiGiovanni and David Garcia produced the album.

Critical reception

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rated the album three stars out of five, stating that "as a collection of individual tracks, ''Sitting Pretty on Top of the World'' hits its target squarely in the middle of the road: it's adult contemporary country where Alaina feels equally at home on the light pop tunes and melodramatic showstoppers."

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from album's liner notes. Musicians * Lauren Alaina – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (all tracks) * Dave Cohen –

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(track 3) *Paul DiGiovanni –

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(track 9),

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(tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14), keyboards (tracks 2, 4, 5, 8, 10-15), programming (all tracks except 3), background vocals (tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15) *Jacob Durrett – programming (track 13) *Jeneé Fleenor –

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(track 9) * David Garcia – electric guitar (track 3), keyboards (track 3), programming (track 3) * Lukas Graham – duet vocals (track 7) *Ben Johnson – programming (track 9) * Hillary Lindsey – background vocals (tracks 1, 4, 8, 14) *Tony Lucido –

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(tracks 6, 9) *Miles McPherson –

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(track 3) *Rob McNelley – electric guitar (track 3) * Jon Pardi – duet vocals (track 9) *Jordan Reynolds – programming (track 5) * Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar (tracks 1-5, 8, 10-15) * Ernest K. Smith – background vocals (track 13) * Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar (all tracks except 7) * Derek Wells – electric guitar (all tracks except 7) *Alex Wright – keyboards (all tracks except 3) * Trisha Yearwood – duet vocals (track 3) * Nir Z. – drums (all tracks except 3 & 7) Production *Joel McKenney – assistant engineering (all tracks except 3) * Cary Barlowe – vocal recording (all tracks except 3) *Jim Cooley – engineering, mixing (all tracks except 3) *Adam Ayan – mastering (all tracks except 3) *Jeff Balding – engineering (track 3) *David Garcia – vocal recording (track 3) * Mark Endert – mixing (track 3) * Stephen Marcussen – mastering (track 3) Imagery *Karen Naff – art direction *Wendy Stamberger – design *Katie Kauss – photography *Amber Cannon, Meri Fernandes – hair and makeup *Amber Lehman – wardrobe stylist *Kera Jackson – art production

Chart performance

References

{{Lauren Alaina 2021 albums Lauren Alaina albums Mercury Records albums