Easton Corbin (album)

Easton Corbin is the self-titled debut studio album by American country music artist Easton Corbin. It was released on March 2, 2010 via Universal Music Group Nashville's Mercury Nashville division. The album's first two singles, "A Little More Country Than That" and "Roll With It", became Corbin's first two number one hits on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The album's third single, "I Can't Love You Back", peaked at number 14.

Easton Corbin
Studio album by Easton Corbin
Released	March 2, 2010
Recorded	2009
Genre	Neotraditional country
Length	35:08
Label	Mercury Nashville
Producer	Carson Chamberlain[1]
Easton Corbin chronology
A Little More Country Than That (EP) (2009) Easton Corbin (2010) All Over the Road (2012)
Singles from Easton Corbin
"A Little More Country Than That" Released: August 4, 2009 "Roll With It" Released: April 26, 2010 "I Can't Love You Back" Released: November 8, 2010

Singles

The first single from the album, "A Little More Country Than That," was released to Country radio in July 2009. It subsequently debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the chart week of August 22, 2009. In March 2010, it became his first Number One song. Followup "Roll with It" has also reached number one on the same chart. The album's third single "I Can't Love You Back" released to radio on November 8, 2010.

In a news blog on CMT, Corbin talked about the first release from his debut album saying: "This song identifies who I am. It shows character and that's important where I'm from. You learn to say 'yes, ma'am' and 'no, sir' and to open the door for the ladies."[2]

Reception

Commercial

Easton Corbin debuted at #4 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums and #10 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 43,000 copies in its first week of release.[3] As of the chart dated May 21, 2011, the album has sold 371,167 copies in the US.[4]

Critical

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[5]
Billboard	(favorable)[6]
The Boston Globe	(positive)[7]
Country Weekly	[8]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[9]
Slant Magazine	[10]
Engine 145	[11]

Upon its release, Easton Corbin received generally positive reviews from most music critics.[12] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[12]

Karlie Justus of Engine 145 gave the album four out of five stars, citing the neotraditionalist country production choices, that make the album sound modern, fresh, and mainstream-friendly. She also praises the album's producer, Carson Chamberlain, for giving the album an "easy, natural feel."[11] Stuart Munro with The Boston Globe called it a "real country" record, saying it "challenges those who claim there’s no longer any “real country’’ to be found in modern mainstream country music" and positively compared Corbin to George Strait and Alan Jackson.[7]

Country Weekly reviewer Jessica Phillips also commended Chamberlain's production and compared Corbin's voice to those of George Strait and Keith Whitley, saying that Corbin sounded "authentic and confident." She gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five.[8] Allmusic critic Todd Sterling also compared Corbin's voice to Strait's and praised the neotraditionalist country sound of the album, giving it three-and-a-half stars out of five.[5] In her review for Entertainment Weekly, critic Whitney Pastorek also noted the similarities between Corbin's voice and Strait's, and she suggested that the album would make a listener "remember why you fell in love with country music in the first place" and gave the album a "B+" grade.[9] Slant Magazine critic Jonathan Keefe was less enthusiastic, praising Corbin both for his songwriting and his ambition in emulating a "genre legend" like Strait, but commenting that the material on the album was generally weak and rating the album with two-and-a-half stars out of five.[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Roll with It"	Tony Lane, David Lee, Johnny Park	3:27
2.	"A Little More Country Than That"	Rory Feek, Don Poythress, Wynn Varble	2:52
3.	"This Far from Memphis"	Easton Corbin, Carson Chamberlain, Mark D. Sanders	3:17
4.	"The Way Love Looks"	Corbin, Chamberlain, Sanders	2:41
5.	"Someday When I'm Old"	Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Troy Verges	3:22
6.	"Don't Ask Me About a Woman"	Tom Botkin, Kevin Denney, Alex Dooley	3:36
7.	"I Can't Love You Back"	Chamberlain, Jeff Hyde, Clint Daniels	4:05
8.	"A Lot to Learn About Livin'"	Liz Hengber, Sonny LeMaire, Clay Mills	3:46
9.	"Let Alone You"	Chamberlain, Gary Harrison, Sonny Tillis	3:14
10.	"That'll Make You Wanna Drink"	Corbin, Chamberlain, Jimmy Yeary	3:26
11.	"Leavin' a Lonely Town"	Corbin, Chamberlain, Sanders	3:22

Personnel

Production Darryl Bowslaugh – Make-Up Jason Campbell – Production Coordination Carson Chamberlain – Producer Joe Fisher – A&R John Kelton – Engineer, Mixing Renee Layer – Wardrobe Ken Love – Mastering James Minchin III – Photography Karen Naff – Art Direction, Design Matt Rovey – Assistant, Engineer Brian Wright – A&R Stephanie Wright – A&R

Additional musicians Eddie Bayers – Drums Jimmy Carter – Bass Guitar Easton Corbin – Lead Vocals Larry Franklin – Fiddle, Mandolin Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar Wes Hightower – Background Vocals Brent Mason – Electric Guitar James Mitchell – Electric Guitar Gary Prim – Hammond B3 Organ, Keyboards, Piano, Wurlitzer Biff Watson – Acoustic Guitar, Gut String Guitar Glenn Worf – Bass Guitar

Charts

Album

Chart (2010)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	10[13]
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	4[13]

End of year charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	125[14]
US Billboard Top Country Albums	22[15]

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US	CAN
2009	"A Little More Country Than That"[16]	1	42	66
2010	"Roll with It"[17]	1	55	88
	"I Can't Love You Back"[18]	14	76	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

1. Leggett, Steve. "Easton Corbin biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
2. "CMT: News: Easton Corbin releasing self-titled debut album on March 2". CMT News. 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
3. Caulfield, Keith (2010-03-10). "Lady Antebellum Returns to No. 1 On Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
4. "Colt Ford Debuts At #3 On Album Chart This Week". Roughstock. 2011-05-11. Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
5. Sterling, Todd. "Easton Corbin – Easton Corbin". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
6. Price, Deborah Evans (2010-02-26). "Easton Corbin, "Easton Corbin"". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
7. Munro, Stuart (2010-03-01). "Easton Corbin, 'Easton Corbin'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
8. Phillips, Jessica (2010-03-15). "Easton Corbin : Easton Corbin – Country Weekly Magazine". Country Weekly. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
9. Pastorek, Whitney (2010-03-02). "Extended Play, Country Edition: Danny Gokey, Blake Shelton, Easton Corbin". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
10. Keefe, Jonathan (2010-02-26). "Easton Corbin: Easton Corbin". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
11. Justus, Karlie (2010-02-19). "Album Review: Easton Corbin – Easton Corbin". Engine 145. Archived from the original on 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
12. "Easton Corbin Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
13. "Chart listing for Easton Corbin". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
14. "Best of 2010 – Billboard Top 200". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
15. "Best of 2010 – Top Country Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
16. "A Little More Country Than That – Easton Corbin". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
17. "Roll with It – Eaton Corbin". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
18. "I Can't Love You Back – Eaton Corbin". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-05-25.