True Believers (Darius Rucker album)

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True Believers
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Studio album by Darius Rucker
Released May 21, 2013 (2013-05-21)
Genre Country
Length 46:12
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer Frank Rogers
Darius Rucker chronology
Charleston, SC 1966
(2010)Charleston, SC 19662010		 True Believers
(2013)		 Home for the Holidays
(2014)Home for the Holidays2014
Singles from True Believers
  1. "True Believers"
    Released: August 27, 2012
  2. "Wagon Wheel"
    Released: January 7, 2013
  3. "Radio"
    Released: July 22, 2013
  4. "Miss You"
    Released: February 3, 2014

True Believers is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Darius Rucker, and his third in the country genre. It was released on May 21, 2013, through Capitol Records Nashville.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[2]
Country Weekly B[3]
Music Is My Oxygen 4.5/5 stars[4]
The Oakland Press 3/4 stars[5]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[6]
Roughstock 4/5 stars[7]
Taste of Country 3/5 stars[8]
USA Today 3/4 stars[9]

True Believers has received positive reception from the music critics. Fred Thomas of Allmusic told that "the thing is, with a few songs you have to be listening pretty closely to differentiate the country affectations from the pop songwriting Rucker's been doing all along."[2] Music Is My Oxygen's Rob Burkhardt called the work "a set of highly sing-able, highly memorable tunes, loaded with ear-worm hooks and virtually no mis-steps."[4] At The Oakland Press, Gary Graff found that on this release that Rucker has made "something deeper than the annual ledger-satisfying exercises at which most country acts excel", which he "gets into some genuinely deep subject matter here".[5] Roughstock's Matt Bjorke affirmed that the album "feels solid and ready for the spotlight or setlist."[7] At USA Today, Brian Mansfield wrote that "Rucker sings plenty about driving, spring break and the radio".[9] Billy Dukes of Taste of Country wrote that the release "suffers from a sonic sameness that stays within Rucker’s comfort zone", and noted that "there's a whiff of formula [...] something every artist should work to stay ahead of."[8]

Commercial performance

True Believers debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart and No. 2 on the Billboard 200, with 83,000 sold for the week.[10] The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on February 12, 2014.[11] As of April 2015, the album has sold 575,400 copies in the United States[12]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "True Believers"   Darius Rucker, Josh Kear 4:03
2. "Miss You"   Rucker, Frank Rogers 4:00
3. "Wagon Wheel"   Bob Dylan, Ketch Secor 4:57
4. "Love Without You" (featuring Sheryl Crow) Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally 3:19
5. "Radio"   Rucker, Luke Laird, Ashley Gorley 3:08
6. "Lost in You"   Rucker, Mark Nesler, Phillip White 3:27
7. "I Will Love You Still" (featuring Mallary Hope) Rucker, Kear 3:48
8. "Take Me Home"   Rucker, Rogers, Monty Criswell 4:08
9. "Shine"   Rucker, Rogers 4:10
10. "Heartbreak Road"   Rucker, Dallas Davidson, Rhett Akins 3:13
11. "Leavin' the Light On"   Rucker, David Lee Murphy, Phil O'Donnell 3:55
12. "Lie to Me"   Rucker, Rodney Clawson, Bob DiPiero 4:04
Total length:
 46:12

Personnel

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Charts and certifications

Preceded by Top Country Albums number-one album
June 8, 2013		 Succeeded by
Based on a True Story... by Blake Shelton

References

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  3. ↑ Tammy Ragusa
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  13. ↑ "Darius Rucker – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Darius Rucker.
  14. ↑ "Darius Rucker – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Darius Rucker.
  15. ↑ "Darius Rucker – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Darius Rucker.
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