I Don't Dance (album)

I Don't Dance
Studio album by Lee Brice
Released September 9, 2014
Genre Country
Label Curb
Producer Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs, Matt McClure, Jon Stone
Lee Brice chronology

Hard 2 Love
(2012)		 I Don't Dance
(2014)
Singles from I Don't Dance
  1. "I Don't Dance"
    Released: February 18, 2014
  2. "Drinking Class"
    Released: September 8, 2014
  3. "That Don't Sound Like You"
    Released: May 11, 2015

I Don't Dance is the third studio album by American country music singer Lee Brice. It was released on September 9, 2014 via Curb Records.

Content

The album's lead single is its title track,[1] which became a number 1 single on Country Airplay in mid 2014. "Drinking Class" is the second single.

Brice produced the title track by himself;[2] he co-produced with Jon Stone of American Young on tracks 2, 7-9, and 11-13, and Kyle Jacobs and Matt McClure on tracks 3, 6, and 10. He also played every instrument on the track "Girls in Bikinis".[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [4]

I Don't Dance received positive reviews from music critics. It currently has a score of 69 out of 100 on Metacritic indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 4 critics reviews. Jon Freeman of Country Weekly rated the album "B". He praised the songwriting of the title track, as well as "Drinkin' Class", "My Carolina", and "The Airport Song", and described Brice's voice as "spectacular, ranging from a gentle whisper to a right-from-the-gut, serrated-edge howl that elevates even the most forgettable material into high drama." Freeman also praised the sparseness of the album's production.[5]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "I Don't Dance"  Lee Brice, Rob Hatch, Dallas Davidson 3:59
2. "No Better Than This"  Brice, Hatch, Vicky McGehee 4:13
3. "Show You Off Tonight"  Brice, Kyle Jacobs, McGehee, Ben Glover 3:54
4. "Always the Only One"  Brice, Jacobs, Joe Don Rooney 3:53
5. "Good Man"  Brice, Jacobs, McGehee, Billy Montana 3:24
6. "Drinking Class"  Josh Kear, David Frasier, Ed Hill 3:27
7. "That Don't Sound Like You"  Brice, Rhett Akins, Ashley Gorley 3:30
8. "Girls in Bikinis"  Brice, Rodney Clawson, Thomas Rhett, Chris Tompkins 3:13
9. "Sirens"  Brice, Hatch, Jon Stone, Lance Miller 3:54
10. "Somebody's Been Drinking"  Gorley, Hillary Lindsey, Shane McAnally 3:41
11. "Hard to Figure Out (The Airport Song)"  Brice, Joe Leathers, Nicole Witt 3:25
12. "My Carolina"  Brice, Phillip Lammonds 3:57
13. "Panama City"  Mark Irwin, Tompkins, Kear 4:15
Deluxe Edition
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
14. "More My Style"  Brice, McGehee, Montana, Brian Davis 3:45
15. "Closer"  Brice, Jon Stone, Jerrod Niemann 4:08
16. "Whiskey Used to Burn"  Brice, Hatch, Miller 3:32

Chart performance

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 5, and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart with 39,000 copies sold.[6] The album has sold 160,200 copies in the US as of March 2015.[7]

Weekly charts

Chart (2014–15) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 91
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9] 5
US Billboard 200[10] 5
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[11] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[12] 43

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US Country Airplay US CAN Country CAN
2014 "I Don't Dance" 5 1 33 3 40
"Drinking Class"A 3 2 53 11 67
2015 "That Don't Sound Like You"B 39 75
Preceded by
Platinum by Miranda Lambert		 Top Country Albums number-one album
September 27, 2014 		Succeeded by
Sundown Heaven Town by Tim McGraw

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lee-brice-reveals-dance-details-20140609
  2. ↑ http://www.musicrow.com/2014/06/lee-brice-unveils-new-album-coming-sept-9/
  3. ↑ http://www.countryweekly.com/news/lee-brice-schedules-new-album-i-dont-dance
  4. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "I Don't Dance – Lee Brice". AllMusic. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  5. ↑ Freeman, Jon (September 29, 2014). "Review: I Don't Dance". Country Weekly 21 (39): 66. ISSN 1074-3235.
  6. ↑ Wade Jessen (September 18, 2014). "Lee Brice Does No. 1 'Dance' on Top Country Albums Chart". Billboard.
  7. ↑ Matt Bjorke (March 18, 2015). "Country Album Chart Report For March 18, 2015". Roughstock. Sales figure given here
  8. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. March 23, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Lee Brice Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Lee Brice.
  10. ↑ "Lee Brice Album & Song Chart History" Billboard 200 for Lee Brice.
  11. ↑ "Lee Brice Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Top Country Albums for Lee Brice.
  12. ↑ "Top Country Albums: 2014 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Future Releases for Country Radio Stations". All Access. Retrieved August 19, 2014.