Spring Break...Checkin' Out

Spring Break…Checkin' Out
EP by Luke Bryan
Released March 10, 2015 (2015-03-10)
Genre Bro-country
Length
  • 38:06 (full version)
  • 16:44 (5 Song version)
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer Jeff Stevens
Luke Bryan chronology
Spring Break 6...Like We Ain't Ever
(2014)		 Spring Break…Checkin' Out
(2015)		 Kill the Lights
(2015)
Cover art for 5 Song version.

Spring Break…Checkin' Out is the seventh extended play (EP) from American bro-country artist Luke Bryan. It was released on March 10, 2015, by Capitol Nashville as the last entry in Bryan's Spring Break collection.[1] The EP is available in a full version featuring five new tracks ("My Ol' Bronco", "Games", "Spring Breakdown", "Checkin' Out", "You and the Beach") in addition to the six from previous EP Spring Break 6...Like We Ain't Ever (2014),[2][3] or a 5 song version featuring only the new tracks.[4]

Two songs from the extended play — "Games" and "Spring Breakdown" — were released as promotional singles. As of March 2015, the former and latter have each sold 54,000 and 31,000 copies in the US.[5] The album debuted in the US at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums, his fifth chart leader on the latter.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[7]
Country WeeklyC+[8]

Giving it 3 out of 5 stars, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic wrote that "Sonically, the songs from the sixth and seventh EPs intertwine nicely — it's all bright and cheerful, sounding warm and open-hearted even in the shadow of the production's excessive gleam — but, appropriately enough, all the new songs find Bryan looking back over his shoulder at all the fun he's had over the years… Nevertheless, it's those five songs [from the five-song version] that provide a nice farewell to Bryan's time as the ringleader of Spring Break, and it's good to see that he's chosen to bring this era to a tidy close instead of letting it slip into memory."[7] Bob Paxman of Country Weekly rated the album "C+", saying that "There is nothing remotely timeless about them…the songs are meant to speak to the moment, and the lyrics…reflect that." He thought that "Games" was the only song that "has any real meat to it", and praised the production, "which allows Luke plenty of space to operate."[7]

Track listing

Spring Break…Checkin' Out[3]
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "My Ol' Bronco"  
 3:13
2. "Games"  
 2:56
3. "She Get Me High"  
  • Bryan
  • Jeff Stevens
  • Jody Stevens
 3:37
4. "Spring Breakdown"  
 3:46
5. "Good Lookin' Girl"  
 3:43
6. "Checkin' Out"  
 3:31
7. "You and the Beach"  
  • Bryan
  • Davidson
  • Akins
  • Hayslip
 3:18
8. "Night One"  
  • Bryan
  • Akins
  • Gorley
  • Hayslip
 3:54
9. "Like We Ain't Ever"  
  • Bryan
  • Jay Clementi
  • Jason Matthews
 3:18
10. "The Sand I Brought to the Beach"  
 3:26
11. "Are You Leaving with Him"  
  • Bryan
  • Jeff Stevens
  • Jody Stevens
 3:24
Total length:
 38:06

Personnel

Chart performance

Spring Break…Checkin' Out debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums charts for the week ending March 28, 2015, with 88,000 copies sold,[9] or 106, 000 units including track and streaming equivalent albums.[6] The album has sold 245,800 copies as of July 2015.[10]

Weekly charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 16
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12] 2
US Billboard 200[13] 3
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[14] 1
Preceded by
Montevallo by Sam Hunt		 Billboard Top Country Albums number-one album
March 28–April 11, 2015 		Succeeded by
Southern Style by Darius Rucker

References

  1. ↑ Vinson, Christina (January 21, 2015). "Luke Bryan Announces 2015 Kick the Dust Up Tour, Final Spring Break Shows". The Boot. Taste of Country. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ Thompson, Gayle. "Luke Bryan Shares Track Listing, Cover Art for Final ‘Spring Break’ Album Read More: Luke Bryan Shares Details of Final 'Spring Break' Album". The Boot. Taste of Country. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Spring Break...Checkin' Out Luke Bryan". iTunes Store (CA). Apple Inc. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Spring Break...Checkin' Out (5 Song) - EP Luke Bryan". iTunes Store (CA). Apple Inc. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (11 March 2015). "Country Music’s Top 30 Digital Singles: Week of March 11, 2015". Roughstock (Cheri Media). Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  6. 1 2 Caulfield, Keith (18 March 2015). "'Empire,' Madonna and Luke Bryan Debut in Top Three on Billboard 200". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Spring Break... Checkin' Out review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  8. ↑ Paxman, Bob (23 March 2015). "Reviews". Country Weekly 22 (12): 66. ISSN 1074-3235.
  9. ↑ Matt Bjorke (March 18, 2015). "Country Album Chart Report For March 18, 2015". Roughstock.
  10. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (July 22, 2015). "Country Album Chart Report for July 22, 2015". Roughstock. Sales figure given here
  11. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Luke Bryan – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Luke Bryan. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Luke Bryan – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Luke Bryan. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Luke Bryan – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Luke Bryan. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
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