Charleston, SC 1966

Charleston, SC 1966
Studio album by Darius Rucker
Released October 12, 2010
Genre Country
Length 48:31
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer Darius Rucker
Frank Rogers
Darius Rucker chronology

Learn to Live
(2008)		 Charleston, SC 1966
(2010)		 True Believers
(2013)
Singles from Charleston, SC 1966
  1. "Come Back Song"
    Released: July 6, 2010
  2. "This"
    Released: November 22, 2010
  3. "I Got Nothin'"
    Released: May 23, 2011

Charleston, SC 1966 is the third studio album and second country album from American artist Darius Rucker. It was released in the United States on October 12, 2010, through Capitol Nashville.[1]

Background

In a CMT, news-post, it was explained that the album title is derived from country music artist Radney Foster's 1992 album, Del Rio, TX 1959, which noted Foster's birthplace and birth year, as the title for this album had been for the birth year and birthplace of Rucker. Rucker said Foster's album "showed him the possibilities of country music".[2]

Reception

Commercial

The album debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200, and at number one on the Top Country albums chart selling 101,000 copies in its first week of release.[3] In its second week of release, the album dropped to number ten on the Billboard 200, selling 37,000 copies.[4] In its third week of release, the album jumped to number nine on the Billboard 200 selling 27,000 copies.[5] As of the chart dated July 23, 2011, the album has sold 489,681 copies in the US.[6]

Critical

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [7]
American Songwriter [8]
Country Weekly [9]
The Dallas Morning News B[10]
Entertainment Weekly B+[11]
Los Angeles Times [12]
Rolling Stone [13]
Roughstock [14]
Slant Magazine [15]
USA Today [16]

Upon its release, Charleston, SC 1966 received generally positive reviews from most music critics.[17] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 10 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[17]

Jessica Phillips with Country Weekly compared it to his previous album Learn to Live, saying "[Rucker] created a successful blend of touching love ballads and positive up-tempo meditations on life with his 2008 foray into country music, Learn to Live, and he reprises that winning mix for his sophomore country solo release", and gave it four out of five stars.[9] Matt Bjorke with Roughstock gave it a four star rating, called all of the tracks on the record "radio ready" and said "Charleston, SC 1966 may not feature many outright old school traditional tunes like Learn to Live featured but in many ways the album features quite a few songs that show off a more 'traditional' feel than most mainstream country albums do nowadays and to be perfectly honest, it’s a sound and feel that suits Darius Rucker like a glove.[14] Sarah Rodman with The Boston Globe favored the album over its predecessor saying it "surpasses its predecessor on the strength of more vibrant and charming tunes."[18] Brian Mansfield with USA Today called it a "fine-sounding country album" and said that with the release, "he seems to have made his primary home in country music".[16]

Mario Tarradell with The Dallas Morning News gave it a "B" rating, calling it a "solid follow-up" to Learn to Live, and said that he "ably captures the nuances of mainstream country".[10] Stephen Thomas Erlewine with Allmusic calleed it "a gleaming example of polished, pressed, modern country-pop" and gave it a three star rating.[7] Rick Moore with American Songwriter gave it three and a half stars, saying "Charleston, SC 1966 doesn’t break any rules or new ground, and probably wasn’t meant to [...] it’s obviously calculated to appeal to the million people who bought Learn to Live, so if you’re one of them, you’ll probably like this record."[8]

Michael McCall with the Associated Press called the tracks on the release "too radio friendly" and said that "his new focus loses the creative sweep and emotional force that made his first country album so compelling.[19] Jonathan Keefe with Slant Magazine gave it a two and a half star rating, calling the material "banal".[15]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "This"  Darius Rucker, Frank Rogers, Kara DioGuardi 3:38
2. "Come Back Song"  Rucker, Chris Stapleton, Casey Beathard 3:55
3. "Might Get Lucky"  Rucker, Radney Foster, Jay Clementi 3:45
4. "Whiskey and You"  Rucker, Rogers 4:15
5. "Southern State of Mind"  Rucker, Ashley Gorley, Chris DuBois 3:36
6. "Love Will Do That"  Rucker, Rogers, Don Sampson 3:24
7. "The Craziest Thing"  Rucker, Rogers, Monty Criswell 3:15
8. "Things I'd Never Do"  Rucker, Rogers, Clay Mills 3:47
9. "We All Fall Down"  Rucker, Kim Tribble 3:35
10. "I Don't Care" (featuring Brad Paisley)Rucker, Paisley, DuBois 4:01
11. "She's Beautiful"  Rucker, Rogers, Brett Jones 4:05
12. "I Got Nothin'"  Rucker, Mills 3:24
13. "In a Big Way"  Rucker, Beathard 3:52

Personnel

Production
  • Brady Barnett - Digital Editing
  • Richard Barrow - Engineer, Overdub Engineer
  • Steve Beers - Assistant Engineer
  • Drew Bollman - Mixing Assistant
  • Neal Cappellino - Overdub Engineer
  • Joanna Carter - Art Direction
  • Michelle Hall - Producer
  • Gina Ketchum - Make-Up, Wardrobe
  • Tyler Moles - Digital Editing
  • Seth Morton - Mixing Assistant
  • John Netti - Assistant Engineer
  • Justin Niebank - Mixing
  • Rich Ramsey - Assistant Engineer
  • Frank Rogers - Producer
  • Wendy Stamberger - Design
  • Phillip Stein - Digital Editing, Production Assistant
  • Hank Williams - Mastering
  • Brian David Willis - Digital Editing
  • Jim Wright - Photography
Additional musicians
  • Mike Brignardello - Bass
  • Pat Buchanan - Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar
  • Sam Bush - Mandolin
  • J. T. Corenflos - Baritone Guitar, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar
  • John Cowan - Background Vocals
  • Eric Darken - Percussion
  • Dan Dugmore - Steel Guitar
  • Béla Fleck - Banjo
  • Shannon Forrest - Drums
  • Aubrey Haynie - Fiddle, Mandolin
  • Wes Hightower - Background Vocals
  • Gordon Mote - Keyboards, Piano, Wurlitzer
  • Brad Paisley - Acoustic and Electric Guitar
  • Michael Rhodes - Bass, Fretless Bass
  • Bryan Sutton - Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin
  • Ilya Toshinsky - Banjo, Bouzouki, Mandolin, National Steel Guitar

Charts and certifications

Album

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Canadian Albums Chart[20] 12
UK Country Albums Chart [21] 1
US Billboard 200[20] 2
US Billboard Top Country Albums[20] 1

Certifications

Country Certification
United States Gold[22]

End of year charts

Chart (2010) Year-end
2010
US Billboard 200 160[23]
US Billboard Top Country Albums 32[24]

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US CAN
2010 "Come Back Song"[25] 1 37 87
"This"[26] 1 51 84
2011 "I Got Nothin'"[27] 17 84 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Chart procession

Preceded by
Bullets in the Gun by Toby Keith		 Top Country Albums number-one album
October 30, 2010 		Succeeded by
The Incredible Machine by Sugarland

References

  1. ↑ "Amazon.com: Charleston, SC 1966: Darius Rucker: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  2. ↑ "CMT : News : Darius Rucker Schedules New Album, Charleston, SC 1966, for Oct. 12". CMT. 2010-07-16. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  3. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (2010-10-20). "Lil Wayne's 'Human Being' Leaps 16-1 on Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
  4. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (2010-10-27). "Sugarland Tops Kings of Leon on Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  5. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (2010-11-03). "Taylor Swift Sizzles on Billboard 200, Ke$ha Tops Digital Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  6. ↑ "The Country Boys Continue to Dominate the Charts". Roughstock. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Charleston, SC 1966 - Darius Rucker". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Moore, Rick (2010-10-12). "Darius Rucker: Charleston, SC 1966". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Phillips, Jessica. "Charleston, SC 1966 : Darius Rucker - Reviews - Country Weekly Magazine". Country Weekly. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Tarradell, Mario (2010-10-11). "CD review: Darius Rucker solidifies his country cred". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on 2010-10-15. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  11. ↑ Wood, Mikael (2010-10-15). "Charleston, SC 1966 Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  12. ↑ Lewis, Randy (2010-10-12). "Album review: Darius Rucker's 'Charleston, SC 1966'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  13. ↑ Kemp, Mark (2010-10-12). "Charleston, SC 1966". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Bjorke, Matt (2010-10-08). "Darius Rucker - Charleston, SC 1966 | Country Music Reviews". Roughstock.com. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Keefe, Jonathan (2010-10-11). "Darius Rucker: Charleston, SC 1966 | Music Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Mansfield, Brian (2010-10-06). "Listen Up: Darius Rucker is at home in 'Charleston, SC 1966' - USATODAY.com". USA Today. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Charleston, SC 1966 Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  18. ↑ Rodman, Sarah (2010-10-11). "Darius Rucker, 'Charleston, SC 1966' - The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  19. ↑ McCall, Michael (2010-10-11). "Rucker a little too radio friendly on new CD - Boston.com". Associated Press. The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "Chart listing for Charleston SC, 1966". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
  21. ↑ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/country-artist-albums-chart/
  22. ↑ "Gold & Platinum Search". RIAA. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  23. ↑ "Best of 2010 - Billboard Top 200". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  24. ↑ "Best of 2010 - Top Country Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  25. ↑ "Come Back Song - Darius Rucker", Billboard, retrieved December 10, 2010
  26. ↑ "This - Darius Rucker", Billboard, retrieved December 12, 2010
  27. ↑ "I Got Nothin' - Darius Rucker", Billboard, retrieved June 11, 2012