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.