Heart Break (Lady Antebellum album)
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Heart Break is the forthcoming seventh studio album by American country pop trio Lady Antebellum. It is scheduled for release on June 9, 2017 through Capitol Records Nashville. The album serves as the "spiritual follow-up" to 2010's Need You Now and is the group's first release since announcing their hiatus in 2015.[1] "You Look Good" was released in January 2017 as the record's lead single and has since become the group's thirteenth top-10 single on the Hot Country Songs chart.
Background
In 2015, Lady Antebellum began experiencing declining success with the singles released from their sixth studio album, 747 (2014), which the band attributes to a "fatigue" amongst fans and radio programmers.[1] After the completion of their accompanying Wheels Up Tour, the group announced a short hiatus from recording or touring.[1][2] During this time, the members all worked on individual projects – Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott on their solo debuts The Driver and Love Remains, respectively, and Dave Haywood on the production of Post Monroe's debut EP.[2] When the group returned to work on their next album, they spent a month in Los Angeles, California and recruited pop producer busbee to oversee the project.[2] The album was written and recorded primarily in Florida and California,[3] due to the group feeling creatively stifled in Nashville.[4]
Singles
"You Look Good" was released to digital retailers on January 19, 2017 as the album's first single. The song impacted American country radio on January 23.[5] "You Look Good" scored a "hot shot debut" of number 27 on the Country Airplay chart dated February 4, 2017, and has since peaked within the top 20. The song entered the Hot Country Songs chart at number 41. Following the group's performance of the single at the 2016 ACM Awards on April 2, 2017,[6] "You Look Good" rose twelve positions to number 9 (on the chart dated April 22, 2017).[7] This earned Lady Antebellum their thirteenth top 10 hit on that chart, and first since "Bartender" in 2014.[8]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Heart Break" | ||
| 2. | "You Look Good" |
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| 3. | "Somebody Else's Heart" |
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| 4. | "This City" |
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| 5. | "Hurt" |
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| 6. | "Army" |
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| 7. | "Think About You" |
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| 8. | "Good Time to Be Alive" |
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| 9. | "Big Love in a Small Town" |
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| 10. | "Stars" |
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| 11. | "Teenage Heart" |
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| 12. | "Home" |
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| 13. | "Famous" |
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References
- ^ a b c Parton, Chris (January 23, 2017). "Lady Antebellum Talk Radio 'Fatigue,' Necessary Hiatus and New Album". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ^ a b c Dauphin, Chuck (January 25, 2017). "Lady Antebellum Talks Channeling Their Early Days With New Album: 'We Wanted to Get Back That 2006 Feeling'". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ^ Betts, Stephen L. (March 31, 2017). "Lady Antebellum Flex Songwriting Muscle on New 'Heart Break' Album". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ^ Dukes, Billy (March 21, 2017). "Lady Antebellum Admit 'Heart Break' Didn't Come Easy". Taste of Country. Townsquare Media. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ^ "Future Releases for Country Radio Stations". All Access Media Group. Archived from the original on January 23, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ^ Weatherby, Taylor (April 3, 2017). "Here Are the Best & Worst Moments of the 2017 ACM Awards". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ^ "Hot Country Songs: The Week of April 22, 2017". Billboard. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ^ "Lady Antebellum – Chart history (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 20, 2017.