Southern Style

Southern Style is the fifth studio album and fourth in the country genre by American artist Darius Rucker. It was released on March 31, 2015, by Capitol Records Nashville. The album's lead single, "Homegrown Honey", was released to country radio on August 25, 2014. The album's second single, the title track was released to country radio on May 4, 2015. The album won International Album of the Year at the British Country Music Association Awards.

Southern Style
Studio album by Darius Rucker
Released	March 31, 2015
Recorded	2014
Genre	Country
Label	Capitol Nashville
Producer	Frank Rogers, Keith Stegall[1] (tracks 3, 5, 8, 11, 13)
Darius Rucker chronology
Home for the Holidays (2014) Southern Style (2015) When Was the Last Time (2017)
Singles from Southern Style
"Homegrown Honey" Released: August 25, 2014 "Southern Style" Released: May 4, 2015

Background

News about Rucker's working on his fourth country release was first announced in August 2014. Sixty songs were written for the album then with twelve to fifteen of them being cut for the record. Once again Rucker worked with record producer, Frank Rogers on the album. On working with Rogers, Rucker says, "I can't go in to record with the attitude that I want to sound different. It's all about the songs for me. I want great songs. And if we have great songs, then Frank is the genius and does what he does."[2] When Rucker was visiting The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on January 12, 2015, he announced that his new album would be called Southern Style, as well as the release date, and tour to support the album.[3]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums, his fourth No. 1 on the chart. It also debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 7, with 52,000 copies sold in the US for the week.[4] As of September 2016 the album has sold 199,000 copies in the United States.[5]

Track listing

Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Homegrown Honey"	Darius Rucker, Charles Kelley, Nathan Chapman	3:24
2.	"Good for a Good Time"	Rucker, Kendell Marvel, Jeremy Spillman	3:40
3.	"Baby I'm Right" (featuring Mallary Hope)	Rucker, Mark Nesler, Brian Phillip White	3:14
4.	"Southern Style"	Rucker, Tim James, Rivers Rutherford	3:58
5.	"High on Life"	Rucker, Jessi Alexander, Josh Thompson	3:34
6.	"Perfect"	Rucker, Ashley Gorley, Rhett Akins	3:21
7.	"You, Me & My Guitar"	Rucker, Gorley, Akins	3:17
8.	"Low Country"	Rucker, Troy Verges, Blair Daly, Hillary Lindsey	4:12
9.	"Need You More"	Rucker, Deric Ruttan, Jonathan Singleton	3:31
10.	"Half Full Dixie Cup"	Rucker, Monty Criswell, Frank Rogers	3:34
11.	"Lighter Up"	Rucker, Blake Bollinger, Drew Davis	3:16
12.	"You Can Have Charleston"	Rucker, Rogers	4:29
13.	"So I Sang"	Rucker, James, Rutherford	3:27
14.	"Down Here" (Bonus track)	Rucker	3:36
15.	"It's All Over" (Bonus track)	Rucker	3:12
Total length:			46:57

Personnel

• David Angell – violin
• Blake Bollinger – background vocals
• Pat Buchanan – slide guitar
• J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar
• Eric Darken – percussion
• David Davidson – violin
• Drew Davis – background vocals
• Shannon Forrest – drums
• Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin
• Wes Hightower – background vocals
• Mallary Hope – vocals on "Baby I'm Right"
• Mike Johnson – dobro, pedal steel guitar
• Anthony LaMarchina – cello
• Andy Leftwich – fiddle, mandolin
• Brent Mason – acoustic guitar, slide guitar
• Greg Morrow – drums
• Gordon Mote – Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano, Wurlitzer
• Danny Rader – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Rich Robinson – slide guitar on "Southern Style"
• Frank Rogers – electric guitar, piano
• Darius Rucker – lead vocals
• Bryan Sutton – banjo, acoustic guitar
• Russell Terrell – background vocals
• Bobby Terry – acoustic guitar
• Derek Wells – electric guitar
• Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements, viola
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (2015) Peak position US Billboard 200[6] 7 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2015) Position US Billboard 200[8] 189 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9] 22

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US Country Airplay	US	CAN Country	CAN
2014	"Homegrown Honey"	6	2	53	11	76
2015	"Southern Style"	38	33	—	—	—

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, label, format and edition(s)

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Edition(s)
United States	March 31, 2015	CD, digital download	Capitol Nashville	Standard

References

1. http://www.charlestonsound.com/darius-rucker-keith-stegall-collaborate-charleston-sound/
2. Hudak, Joseph. "Darius Rucker Choosing 'Homegrown' Songs for Upcoming Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
3. Betts, Stephen L. (January 13, 2015). "Darius Rucker Announces 'Southern Style' Album and Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
4. "Darius Rucker Makes Fashionable Entrance on Country Albums Chart With 'Southern Style'". Billboard. Gary Trust. April 10, 2015.
5. Bjorke, Matt (September 6, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: September 6, 2016". Roughstock. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
6. "Darius Rucker Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
7. "Darius Rucker Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
8. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
9. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2020.