Southern Style (Darius Rucker album)

Southern Style
Studio album by Darius Rucker
Released March 31, 2015
Recorded 2014
Genre Country
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer Frank Rogers, Keith Stegall[1] (tracks 3, 5, 8, 11, 13)
Darius Rucker chronology

Home for the Holidays
(2014)		 Southern Style
(2015)
Singles from Southern Style
  1. "Homegrown Honey"
    Released: August 25, 2014
  2. "Southern Style"
    Released: May 4, 2015

Southern Style is the fifth studio album and his fourth in the Country genre by American country music artist Darius Rucker. It was released on March 31, 2015, by Capitol Records Nashville. The album's lead single, "Homegrown Honey", was released to country radio on August 25, 2014. There will be a deluxe version released featuring two extra songs.

Background

News about Rucker's working on his fourth country release was first announced in August 2014. Sixty songs were written for the album then with twelve to fifteen of them being cut for the record. Once again Rucker worked with record producer, Frank Rogers on the album. On working with Rogers, Rucker says, "I can't go in to record with the attitude that I want to sound different. It's all about the songs for me. I want great songs. And if we have great songs, then Frank is the genius and does what he does."[2] When Rucker was visiting the The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on January 12, 2015, he announced that his new album would be called Southern Style, as well as the release date, and tour to support the album. [3]

Track listing

Standard edition
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Homegrown Honey"  Darius Rucker, Charles Kelley, Nathan Chapman 3:24
2. "Good for a Good Time"  Rucker, Kendall Marvel, Jeremy Spillman 3:40
3. "Baby I'm Right" (featuring Mallary Hope)Rucker, Mark Nesler, Brian Phillip White 3:14
4. "Southern Style"  Tim James, Rivers Rutherford 3:58
5. "High on Life"  Rucker, Jessi Alexander, Josh Thompson 3:34
6. "Perfect"  Rucker, Ashley Gorley, Rhett Akins 3:21
7. "You, Me & My Guitar"  Rucker, Gorley, Akins 3:17
8. "Low Country"  Rucker, Troy Verges, Blair Daly, Hillary Lindsey 4:12
9. "Need You More"  Rucker, Deric Ruttan, Jonathan Singleton 3:31
10. "Half Full Dixie Cup"  Rucker, Monty Criswell, Frank Rogers 3:34
11. "Lighter Up"  Rucker, Blake Bollinger, Drew Davis 3:16
12. "You Can Have Charleston"  Rucker, Rogers 4:29
13. "So I Sang"  Rucker, James, Rutherford 3:27
14. "Down Here" (Bonus track)Rucker 3:36
15. "It's All Over" (Bonus track)Rucker 3:12
Total length:
 46:57

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 7
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 1

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US Country Airplay US CAN Country CAN
2014 "Homegrown Honey" 6 2 53 11 76
2015 "Southern Style"A
Preceded by
Spring Break...Checkin' Out by Luke Bryan		 Billboard Top Country Albums number-one album
April 18–25, 2015 		Succeeded by
Love Somebody by Reba McEntire

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, label, format and edition(s)
Region Date Format(s) Label Edition(s)
United States March 31, 2015 CD, digital download Capitol Nashville Standard

References

  1. ↑ http://www.charlestonsound.com/darius-rucker-keith-stegall-collaborate-charleston-sound/
  2. ↑ Hudak, Joseph. "Darius Rucker Choosing 'Homegrown' Songs for Upcoming Album". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ Betts, Stephen L. (January 13, 2015). "Darius Rucker Announces 'Southern Style' Album and Tour". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Darius Rucker Album & Song Chart History" Billboard 200 for Darius Rucker.
  5. ↑ "Darius Rucker Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Top Country Albums for Darius Rucker.
  6. ↑ "Single Releases". MusicRow. Retrieved April 21, 2015.