''Spark'' is the debut studio album of 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 Drake White. It was released on August 19, 2016 via

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, an imprint of

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. The album has produced three singles, "It Feels Good",

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" and "Makin' Me Look Good Again", all of which have reached the Top 40 on the '' Billboard'' Country Airplay chart. White co-wrote eleven of the album's twelve tracks. Ross Copperman and

Jeremy Stover Jeremy Stover (born August 20, 1972) is an American country music songwriter and record producer. Stover is an alumnus of Belmont University. Stover has written singles for Tim McGraw, Jon Pardi, Wynonna, Martina McBride, and others. His fir ...

produced all tracks except for track 10, with assistance from White on tracks 3, 6, 7, and 8. Andrew Petroff and Adam Schwind produced track 10.

Commercial reception

The album debuted at No. 34 on ''Billboard'' 200, and No. 4 on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 11,000 copies in its first week. It has sold 58,900 copies in the US as of September 2017.

Track listing

Personnel

;Musicians * Jon Aanestad – harmonica * Joe Andrews –

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* Paul Armstrong –

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–

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Clay Cook Douglas "Clay" Cook (born April 20, 1978) is an American songwriter, producer, and musician who is best known as a member of the Zac Brown Band. After dropping out of college, he and classmate John Mayer formed the band Lo-Fi Masters. Cook co-wro ...

– background vocals * Ross Copperman – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, background vocals * Sam Damewood – fiddle * Jimmy de Martini – background vocals * Kris Donegan – electric guitar *

Fred Eltringham The Wallflowers is an American rock solo project of American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jakob Dylan. The Wallflowers were originally a roots rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1989 by Dylan and guitarist Tobi Miller. The band ...

– drums *

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– drums * Mark Hill –

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John Driskell Hopkins John Driskell Hopkins (born May 3, 1971) is best known for his role as a founding member, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter for the Grammy Award winning group Zac Brown Band. Hopkins co-wrote, with Zac Brown, Wyatt Durette, and Shawn ...

– background vocals * Carolyn Dawn Johnson – background vocals *

Jaren Johnston Jaren Ray Johnston (born October 4, 1980) is an American country music and rock singer and songwriter. He is a member of the group The Cadillac Three. Career Jaren is a multiple time Grammy nominated songwriter and producer. Johnston was former ...

– background vocals * Jason Lehning – keyboards * Tony Lucido – bass guitar * Matt McDaniel – banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards,

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* Miles McPherson – drums * Jimmy Nichols – keyboards * Billy Nobel – keyboards * Phillip Pence – bass guitar, acoustic guitar,

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* Andrew Petroff –

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* Ethan Pilzer – bass guitar *

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– banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin * Mike Rojas – keyboards * Adam Schwind – drums, percussion, background vocals * Carlos Sosa –

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* Dawn Soul – tambourine * Russell Terrell – background vocals *

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– acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Raúl Vallejo –

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* Derek Wells – acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Drake White – lead vocals ;Production * Natthaphol Abhigantaphand – production assistant * Daniel Bacigalupi – production assistant * Joe Baldridge – engineer * Adam Bokesch – production assistant * Drew Bollman – production assistant * Ross Copperman – digital editing, engineer, producer, programming * Paul Cossette – production assistant * Andrew Darby – production assistant * Brian David – digital editing * Steve Dewey – production assistant * Angella Grossi – production assistant * Bob Holland – engineer mixing * Travis Humbert – production assistant * Scott Johnson – production coordination * Allison Jones – A&R * Laurel Kittleson – production coordination * Jason Kyle – engineer * Nick Lane – engineer * Jasper Lemaster – production assistant, engineer * Andrew Mendelson – mastering * Buckley Miller – engineer, mixing * Justin Niebank – mixing * Andrew Petroff – engineer, producer * Richard Ridgell – production assistant * Lindsay Rimes – programming * Adam Schwind – producer *

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– engineer, mixing * Brianna Steinitz – production coordination *

– producer * Drake White – producer * Chris Wilkinson – production assistant

Chart performance

Album

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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