''The Fall'' is the third extended play by Canadian

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music artist

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. It was released in Canada on March 15, 2019 via

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and

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. The EP was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2019

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Awards as well as Country Album of the Year at the 2020 Juno Awards. All four singles released from the project reached #1 on Billboard's

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chart: extending Smith's record-holding number of #1 hits on the chart among Canadian artists all-time to nine.

Content

The EP was noted to have more of a

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approach than Smith’s previous music. Fellow country singers

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and Brian Kelley of

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, Hardy,

Steven Lee Olsen Steven Lee Olsen (born November 25, 1985, in Newmarket, Ontario) is a Canadian country music artist and songwriter. He released his debut single "Now" in 2009 on RGK Records, taken from his 2009 debut album ''Introducing Steven Lee Olsen''. He fol ...

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and

Brett Eldredge Brett Ryan Eldredge (born March 23, 1986) is an American country music singer, songwriter and record producer, signed to Warner Music Group Nashville. Eldredge has had five No. 1 singles on the ''Billboard'' Country Airplay chart, three of ...

were among the songwriters. " Make 'Em Like You" and "Rhinestone World" were previously released as singles and became Smith’s 6th and 7th Canadian country #1s. "Friends Don’t Let Friends Drink Alone" featured fellow Canadian country singers

Dean Brody Dean Brody (born August 12, 1975) is a Canadian country music artist who has won 16 CCMA Awards and 2 JUNO Awards. Originally signed to Broken Bow Records in 2008, Brody made his debut later that year with the single "Brothers". This song, a Top ...

and

MacKenzie Porter MacKenzie Lea Porter (born January 29, 1990) is a Canadian country music, country singer, songwriter, and actress. She has released one self-titled album and achieved four Canada Country number ones with "About You (MacKenzie Porter song), About ...

. The trio performed the song together on the similarly named "Friends Don’t Let Friends Tour Alone Tour” which Smith and Brody co-headlined in late 2019.

Track listing

Chart performance

EP

Singles

Awards and nominations

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fall, The 2019 EPs Dallas Smith EPs 604 Records albums Albums produced by Joey Moi Canadian Country Music Association Top Selling Canadian Album albums