About to Get Real

About to Get Real
Studio album by Easton Corbin
Released June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)
Recorded 2013–15
Genre Neotraditional country
Label Mercury Nashville
Producer Carson Chamberlain
Easton Corbin chronology
All Over the Road
(2012)		 About to Get Real
(2015)
Singles from About to Get Real
  1. "Clockwork"
    Released: January 28, 2014
  2. "Baby Be My Love Song"
    Released: September 8, 2014
  3. "Yup"
    Released: July 27, 2015
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

About to Get Real is the third studio album by American country music artist Easton Corbin. It was released on June 30, 2015 via Mercury Nashville.[2] It includes the singles "Clockwork", "Baby Be My Love Song". and "Yup".[3] It also includes "Are You with Me" from Corbin's previous album, All Over the Road.[4] The album was produced by Carson Chamberlain.[5]

Content

About the album, Corbin said, "When deciding on an album title, About to Get Real just says it all for me. When country fans listen to this album, I want them to take away that even though the music mixes the modern with the classic, it's entirely real. Like the music of my heroes, it's the real deal."[6] The album's track listing was announced on June 9.[7]

Critical reception

Steven Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the song 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote that "No matter what the album title implies -- "real" usually conveys grit, a quality conspicuously absent from these 12 songs -- About to Get Real is so smooth it sometimes suggests the glory days of Urban Cowboy, when modern country flirted heavily with the soft rock mainstream."[1]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, and no. 13 on the Billboard 200, with 20,000 copies sold in the US in its first week.[8] The album has sold 54,800 copies in the US as of January 2016.[9]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Kiss Me One More Time"  Carson Chamberlain, Wade Kirby, Phil O'Donnell 3:20
2. "Guys and Girls"  Zach Crowell, Jaren Johnston, Cary Barlowe 3:48
3. "Clockwork"  Chamberlain, Kirby, Ashley Gorley 3:09
4. "Diggin' on You"  Easton Corbin, Chamberlain, O'Donnell, Kirby 2:42
5. "Baby Be My Love Song"  Jim Collins, Brett James 3:21
6. "About to Get Real"  Jeremy Stover, Ben Hayslip, Rhett Akins 3:15
7. "Yup"  Shane Minor, O'Donnell, Kirby 3:13
8. "Wild Women and Whiskey"  Ronnie Dunn, Terry McBride 3:32
9. "Are You with Me"  Tommy Lee James, McBride, Shane McAnally 3:40
10. "Damn Girl"  Corbin, Chamberlain, Jeff Hyde 3:28
11. "Just Add Water"  Tony Lane, David Lee 3:04
12. "Like a Song"  Corbin, Chamberlain, Stephen Allen Davis 3:48

Personnel

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[10] 13
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[11] 1

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country
[12]		 US Country Airplay
[13]		 US
[14]		 CAN Country
[15]		 CAN
[16]
2014 "Clockwork" 31 32 124 — —
"Baby Be My Love Song" 11 3 56 5 77
2015 "Yup" 44 35 — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Preceded by
Pageant Material by Kacey Musgraves		 Billboard Top Country Albums number-one album
July 18–25, 2015 		Succeeded by
Montevallo by Sam Hunt

References

  1. 1 2 Erlewine, Steven Thomas. "About to Get Real - Easton Corbin". AllMusic. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ Bell, Rebekah (April 20, 2015). "Easton Corbin Releasing Third Album in June". Taste of Country. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ Thompson, Gayle (April 21, 2015). "Easton Corbin Announces Release of Third Album". The Boot. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ Alex, Sam (June 8, 2015). "Taste of Country Fest Performer Easton Corbin ‘About to Get Real’ With New Album". Taste of Country. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  5. ↑ Skates, Sarah (April 20, 2015). "Easton Corbin Preps New Album, ‘About To Get Real’". MusicRow. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ Rutherford, Kevin (April 16, 2015). "Easton Corbin Announces New Album, Debuts ‘Baby Be My Love Song’ Video: Watch". radio.com. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  7. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (June 9, 2015). "Easton Corbin “About To Get Real” Tracklist & Cover Art". Roughstock. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ Jim Asker (July 9, 2015). "Easton Corbin Gets 'Real' With First No. 1 on Top Country Albums". Billboard.
  9. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (January 11, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: January 11, 2016". Roughstock.
  10. ↑ "Easton Corbin – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Easton Corbin.
  11. ↑ "Easton Corbin – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Easton Corbin.
  12. ↑ "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  15. ↑ "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Canada Country". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
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