Concrete (Sunny Sweeney album)

Concrete
Studio album by Sunny Sweeney
Released August 23, 2011
Genre Country
Length 34:09
Label Republic Nashville
Producer Brett Beavers
Sunny Sweeney chronology

Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame
(2007)		 Concrete
(2011)		 Provoked
(2014)
Singles from Concrete
  1. "From a Table Away"
    Released: June 28, 2010
  2. "Staying's Worse Than Leaving"
    Released: May 2, 2011
  3. "Drink Myself Single"
    Released: October 3, 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Roughstock [2]
Slant Magazine [3]

Concrete is the second studio album by American country music singer Sunny Sweeney. It was released on August 23, 2011 via Republic Nashville. The album includes the singles "From a Table Away", "Staying's Worse Than Leaving" and "Drink Myself Single", all of which have charted within the top 40 of Hot Country Songs.

Reception

Commercial

The album debuted at #21 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart upon its release. As of the chart dated September 24, 2011, the album has sold 26,418 copies in the US.[4]

Critical

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "traditional-minded yet thoroughly modern".[2]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Drink Myself Single"  Sunny Sweeney, Monty Holmes 2:59
2. "From a Table Away"  Sweeney, Bob DiPiero, Karyn Rochelle 3:36
3. "Staying's Worse Than Leaving"  Sweeney, Radney Foster, Jay Clementi 3:24
4. "The Old Me"  Lori McKenna, Mark D. Sanders 4:04
5. "Amy"  Sweeney, Brennen Leigh 2:42
6. "Worn Out Heart"  Sweeney, Brett Beavers 3:00
7. "Mean as You"  Brett James, Tim Nichols, Kelley Lovelace 3:00
8. "It Wrecks Me"  Sweeney, Clementi 4:08
9. "Helluva Heart"  Sweeney, Heather Little, Deanna Bryant 3:09
10. "Fall for Me"  Lisa Carver, Jaida Dreyer, Carolyn Dawn Johnson 4:07

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2011) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[5] 21
US Billboard Top Country Albums[5] 7

Singles

Year Single Peak chart
positions
US Country US
2010 "From a Table Away" 10 71
2011 "Staying's Worse Than Leaving" 38 —
"Drink Myself Single" 36 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

  1. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Concrete review". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 August, 2011. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bjorke, Matt (18 August 2011). "Concrete review". Roughstock. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Keefe, Jonathan (21 August 2011). "Concrete review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "The Country Boys Continue to Dominate the Charts". Roughstock. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Chart listing for Concrete". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 1, 2011.