Write You a Song
| Write You a Song | ||||
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| Studio album by Jon Pardi | ||||
| Released | January 14, 2014 | |||
| Genre | Neotraditional country | |||
| Length | 38:44 | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
| Producer | Bart Butler Jon Pardi |
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Write You a Song is the debut album by American country music artist Jon Pardi. It was released on January 14, 2014 via Capitol Records Nashville.[1] The album includes the singles "Missin' You Crazy", "Up All Night",[2] "What I Can't Put Down", and "When I've Been Drinkin'."
Contents
Critical reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| Country Weekly | A-[4] |
| Digital Journal | [5] |
| Got Country Online | [6] |
| Roughstock | [7] |
Write You a Song received unanimously positive reception by music critics. At Country Weekly, Jon Freeman graded the album an A-, proclaiming that "We’ll raise a glass to that."[4] Steve Leggett of Allmusic rated the album three-and-a-half stars, stating that "The playing, production, and sound on Write You a Song are solid and professional, with enough edge to keep it from being simply predictable."[3] At Digital Journal, Markos Papadatos rated the album four stars, saying that "Jon Pardi does a decent job on his debut studio album and hopefully, he will have more hits from it."[5] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock rated the album four stars, writing that "The melodies are interesting, the songwriting is tight and Pardi is in strong voice throughout Write You A Song, which is all anyone can ask from a debut album and for anyone looking for someone to anoint as a potential ‘savior’ of Country music, Pardi may just be that guy for you."[7] At Got Country Online, Tara Toro rated the album four stars, highlighting the album as "a cohesive package of country music that you’ll want to listen to again and again."[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "What I Can't Put Down" | Bart Butler, Brice Long, Jon Pardi | 3:23 |
| 2. | "Up All Night" | Brett Beavers, Butler, Pardi | 3:30 |
| 3. | "Write You a Song" | Butler, Pardi, Dave Ulbrich | 3:06 |
| 4. | "That Man" | Casey Beathard, Pardi | 3:34 |
| 5. | "Missin' You Crazy" | Butler, Monty Holmes, Pardi | 3:19 |
| 6. | "Happens All the Time" | Kent Agee, Burton Collins, Pardi | 3:22 |
| 7. | "Trash a Hotel Room" | Aaron Goodvin, Matt Jenkins | 3:46 |
| 8. | "Chasin' Them Better Days" | Beathard, Shane Minor, Pardi | 4:24 |
| 9. | "Love You from Here" | Butler, Jimmy Melton, Pardi | 3:33 |
| 10. | "Empty Beer Cans" | Kent Blazy, Pardi, Tia Sillers | 3:29 |
| 11. | "When I've Been Drinkin'" | Butler, Pardi, Jeremy Spillman | 3:18 |
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Total length:
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38:44 | ||
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.[8]
- Musicians
- Howie Adams — percussion
- Brett Beavers — programming
- J. T. Corenflos — electric guitar
- Howard Duck — piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer electric piano, accordion, Hammond B-3 organ
- Dan Dugmore — electric guitar, pedal steel guitar
- Jenee Fleenor — fiddle
- Lee Francis — bass guitar, U-bass
- Keith Gattis — mandolin, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, gut string guitar
- Tommy Harden — drums, percussion
- Mike Johnson — pedal steel guitar
- Andy Leftwich — fiddle, mandolin, ganjo
- Rob McNelley — electric guitar
- Jimmy Melton — banjo
- Terry Lee Palmer — background vocals
- Jon Pardi — lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ganjo
- Brian Pruitt — drums, percussion
- Joe Spivey — acoustic guitar, fiddle
- Russell Terrell — background vocals
- Robby Turner — pedal steel guitar
- Technical
- Bart Butler — production
- T.W. Cargile — recording
- Ryan Gore — recording, mixing
- Andrew Mendelson — mastering
- Jon Pardi — production
- Jarod Snowden — digital editing
Chart performance
The album debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 chart, and No. 3 on the Top Country Albums chart, with 17,000 copies sold in its debut week.[9] As of February 2016, the album has sold 85,000 copies in the U.S.[10]
Weekly charts
| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[11] | 14 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[12] | 3 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2014) | Position |
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| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[13] | 72 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||
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| US Country | US Country Airplay | US | CAN Country | ||
| 2012 | "Missin' You Crazy" | 29 | 25 | — | — |
| 2013 | "Up All Night" | 10 | 11 | 56 | 46 |
| 2014 | "What I Can't Put Down" | 33 | 31 | — | — |
| "When I've Been Drinkin'" | 36 | 38 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
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