Hunter Hayes (album)

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Hunter Hayes
Studio album by Hunter Hayes
Released October 11, 2011 (2011-10-11)
Recorded Nashville, Tennessee at Castle Recording Studios, The Grip, The Good Noise Room, Dark Horse Recording, Blackbird Studios
Genre Country
Length 44:46
Label Atlantic
Producer Dann Huff, Hunter Hayes
Singles from Hunter Hayes
  1. "Storm Warning"
    Released: May 16, 2011
  2. "Wanted"
    Released: March 5, 2012
  3. "Somebody's Heartbreak"
    Released: October 22, 2012
Hunter Hayes (Encore)
Singles from Hunter Hayes (Encore)
  1. "I Want Crazy"
    Released: April 7, 2013
  2. "Everybody's Got Somebody but Me"
    Released: September 3, 2013

Hunter Hayes is the debut major-label studio album by American country artist Hunter Hayes. It was released on October 11, 2011, via Atlantic Records.[1] Hayes wrote or co-wrote every track on the album and plays every instrument and sings every vocal track[2] with the exception of the Encore tracks.

At the 55th Grammy Awards, Hunter Hayes was nominated for Best Country Album and "Wanted" was nominated for Best Country Solo Performance while Hayes was nominated for Best New Artist.[3] The album was certified platinum by the RIAA on August 8, 2013, and as of January 2014, the album including the Encore edition has sold 1,071,000 copies in the US.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [5]
Roughstock [6]
Taste of Country [7]

The album is generally well received by the critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic thought that Hayes, "while happy with the middle of the road", "also has crisp, bright, relentless melodies designed to win over any audience.[5] Billy Dukes of Taste of Country was impressed that Hayes wrote, produced and played every instrument on his debut album, but thought that the "lack of participants leaves a tonal homogeneity." He also felt the songs "feel at times plastic," but "what Hayes lacks in "wow" he makes up for with a consistency most artists hope to achieve by album three." Matt Bjorke of Roughstock was enthusiastic and considered it a "fantastic debut album," and that it "really only feels like the beginning of a superstar career for an artist who is able to rise above looking like the next matinee idol on the cover of this record."[6]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Storm Warning"  Hunter Hayes, Gordie Sampson, busbee 3:59
2. "Wanted"  Hayes, Troy Verges 3:49
3. "If You Told Me To"  Hayes, Liz Rose 3:26
4. "Love Makes Me"  Hayes, Katrina Elam, Bonnie Baker 3:20
5. "Faith to Fall Back On"  Hayes, Barry Dean 3:08
6. "Somebody's Heartbreak"  Hayes, Andrew Dorff, Luke Laird 3:49
7. "Rainy Season"  Hayes, Elam, Baker 5:08
8. "Cry with You"  Hayes, Dean 3:48
9. "Everybody's Got Somebody but Me"  Hayes, Dave Brainard, Jennifer Zuffineti 2:40
10. "What You Gonna Do"  Hayes 4:48
11. "More Than I Should"  Hayes, Rivers Rutherford, Jeremy Stover 3:15
12. "All You Ever"  Hayes, Sam Ellis 3:36
Total length:
 44:46
Japanese bonus tracks[8]
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
13. "Storm Warning" (Live)Hayes, Sampson, busbee 5:28
14. "Wanted" (Live)Hayes, Verges 4:06
15. "Somebody's Heartbreak" (Live)Hayes, Dorff, Laird 5:34
Total length:
 59:54

Encore edition

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Storm Warning"  Hayes, Sampson, busbee 3:59
2. "Wanted"  Hayes, Verges 3:49
3. "If You Told Me To"  Hayes, Rose 3:26
4. "Love Makes Me"  Hayes, Elam, Baker 3:20
5. "Faith to Fall Back On"  Hayes, Dean 3:08
6. "Somebody's Heartbreak"  Hayes, Dorff, Laird 3:49
7. "Rainy Season"  Hayes, Elam, Baker 5:08
8. "Cry with You"  Hayes, Dean 3:48
9. "Everybody's Got Somebody but Me" (featuring Jason Mraz)Hayes, Brainard, Zuffineti 2:39
10. "What You Gonna Do" (with Ashley Monroe)Hayes 5:38
11. "More Than I Should" (Re-recorded)Hayes, Rutherford, Stover 3:22
12. "All You Ever"  Hayes, Ellis 3:36
13. "In a Song"  Hayes, Ellis 4:18
14. "I Want Crazy"  Hayes, Lori McKenna, Verges 3:56
15. "A Thing About You"  Hayes, Elam, Baker 3:18
16. "Better Than This"  Hayes, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley 3:32
17. "Light Me Up"  Hayes, busbee, Shane McAnally 4:04
Total length:
 64:55
iTunes bonus videos[9]
No. Title Length
18. "The Making of Encore"   9:32
19. "Behind the Scenes of "What You Gonna Do" (with Ashley Monroe) 4:30
20. "I Want Crazy" (Music video) 4:43

Personnel

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2011–2013) Peak
position
Canadian Albums Chart 12
UK Country Artist Albums Chart[11] 6
US Billboard Top Country Albums 1
US Billboard 200[12] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Position
US Billboard Top Country Albums[13] 22
US Billboard 200[14] 107
Chart (2013) Position
US Billboard Top Country Albums[15] 6
US Billboard 200[16] 27

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US Country Airplay US US
Pop		 US
Adult		 US
AC		 CAN Country
[17]		 CAN
2011 "Storm Warning" 14 — 78 — — — — —
2012 "Wanted" 1 1 16 23 12 13 — 27
"Somebody's Heartbreak" 7 1 54 — — — 5 66
2013 "I Want Crazy" 2 2 19 — — — 1 14
"Everybody's Got Somebody but Me" (featuring Jason Mraz) 18 15 77 — — — 33 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Preceded by
Here's to the Good Times by Florida Georgia Line		 Top Country Albums number-one album
July 6, 2013 		Succeeded by
Here's to the Good Times by Florida Georgia Line

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[18] Gold 40,000^
United States (RIAA)[19] Platinum 1,071,000[4]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Wyland, Sarah (August 27, 2011). "Hunter Hayes to Release Debut Album October 11". Great American Country. Retrieved September 21, 2011. 
  2. ↑ Mahan, Kelly (September 13, 2011). "Hunter Hayes Is 'Most Wanted' on Headlining Tour". The Boot. Retrieved September 21, 2011. 
  3. ↑ http://www.grammy.com/nominees
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bjorke, Matt (January 2, 2014). "Country Album Chart News: The Week of January 2, 2013: Garth Brooks, Duck Dynasty, Cassadee Pope, Danielle Bradbery & Scotty McCreery". Roughstock. Retrieved January 2, 2014. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Hunter Hayes review". Allmusic. Retrieved October 11, 2011. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Matt Bjorke (April 16, 2012). "Album Review: Christmas With Scotty McCreery". Roughstock. Retrieved December 29, 2012. 
  7. ↑ Billy Dukes (October 11, 2011). "Hunter Hayes, ‘Hunter Hayes’ – Album Review". Taste of Country. 
  8. ↑ "Hunter Hayes / Warner Music Japan". Warner Music Japan. Retrieved May 4, 2013. 
  9. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Hunter Hayes (Encore)". iTunes Store. Retrieved May 4, 2013. 
  10. ↑ "Hunter Hayes credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 8 January 2012. 
  11. ↑ "Top 40 Country Artist Albums Archive 2nd March 2013". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 24, 2013. 
  12. ↑ "Billboard 200 chart for June 26, 2013". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 26, 2013. 
  13. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/top-country-albums?begin=21&order=position
  14. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/the-billboard-200?begin=101&order=position
  15. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/top-country-albums
  16. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/the-billboard-200?page=2&begin=21&order=position
  17. ↑ "Hunter Hayes Album & Song Chart History – Canada Country". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 20, 2013. 
  18. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Hunter Hayes – Hunter Hayes". Music Canada. 
  19. ↑ "American album certifications – Hunter Hayes – Hunter Hayes". Recording Industry Association of America.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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