Dan + Shay (album)

Dan + Shay
Studio album by Dan + Shay
Released June 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)
Genre Country
Length 35:16
Label Warner Nashville
Producer
Dan + Shay chronology
Obsessed
(2016)		 Dan + Shay
(2018)
Singles from Dan + Shay
  1. "Tequila"
    Released: January 10, 2018
  2. "Speechless"
    Released: August 6, 2018

Dan + Shay is the self-titled, third album by American country music duo Dan + Shay. It was released on June 22, 2018 via Warner Bros. Records Nashville. The album includes the single "Tequila".

Content

The duo announced the track listing via social media in May 2018. In addition to lead single "Tequila", they announced that the album would contain a duet with Kelly Clarkson.[1] Group member Dan Smyers told Taste of Country, "I feel like this is the first time we really nailed it telling our story, saying what we want to say and putting the songs out that sound like we want to sound and how we want to be perceived. It feels really special, the whole body of work."[2]

Critical reception

Cillea Houghton of Sounds Like Nashville reviewed the album with favor, stating that it "not only demonstrate how they’ve evolved musically on their self-titled record, but prove the purity that lives in their songwriting."[3] It received 3.5 out of 5 stars from Rolling Stone, whose Jon Freeman wrote that the duo "maintain their low-key approach, delighting in simple, domestic pleasures and providing a reminder to pause and take a breath."[4] Rating it 3 out of 5 stars, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic was more mixed, saying that the album "may not be much more than aural wallpaper but that's all it's intended to be and, on that level, it's well executed: it's so slick and smooth, it doesn't make a single wave."[5]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 6 on Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Top Country albums, selling 24,000 copies in the first week (44,000 units including streams and tracks).[6] It has sold 54,300 copies in the United States as of September 2018.[7]

Track listing

  1. "Alone Together" (Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney, Jesse Frasure, Hillary Lindsey) – 2:51
  2. "Tequila" (Smyers, Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds) – 3:16
  3. "What Keeps You Up at Night" (Chase Foster, Jordan Minton, Reynolds) – 3:21
  4. "All to Myself" (Smyers, Mooney, Reynolds, Galyon) – 2:49
  5. "Keeping Score" (Smyers, Reynolds, Laura Veltz) – 3:40
  6. "Make or Break" (Smyers, Mooney, Reynolds, Emily Weisband) – 2:35
  7. "Speechless" (Smyers, Mooney, Reynolds, Veltz) – 3:33
  8. "Stupid Love" (Smyers, Mooney, Jon Nite, David Hodges) – 3:14
  9. "No Such Thing" (Smyers, Mooney, David Lee Murphy, Matt Dragstrem) – 2:59
  10. "My Side of the Fence" (Mooney, Benjy Davis) – 3:39
  11. "Island Time" (Smyers, Mooney, Jimmy Robbins, Andy Albert) – 3:19

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 15
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9] 11
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[10] 6
Scottish Albums (OCC)[11] 62
UK Country Albums (OCC)[12] 2
US Billboard 200[13] 6
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[14] 1

References

  1. ↑ Brickey, Kelly (May 18, 2018). "Dan + Shay Share News of Self-Titled Album, Reveal Tracklist". Sounds Like Nashville. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  2. ↑ Houghton, Cillea (June 22, 2018). "DAN + SHAY CHALLENGED THEMSELVES WITH NEW ALBUM: 'THIS FEELS LIKE US'". Taste of Country. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ Houghton, Cillea (June 19, 2018). "Album Review: Dan + Shay's Self-Titled Album". Sounds Like Nashville. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ Freeman, Jon (June 28, 2018). "Review: Dan + Shay Kick up a Quiet Country Storm on Self-Titled LP". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  5. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dan + Shay". Allmusic. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  6. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (July 1, 2018). "Panic! at the Disco's 'Pray for the Wicked' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  7. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (September 24, 2018). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: September 24, 2018". Roughstock. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Dan %2B Shay – Dan %2B Shay". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Dan Shay Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  10. ↑ "NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. July 2, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  13. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (July 1, 2018). "Panic! at the Disco's 'Pray for the Wicked' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Dan Shay Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
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