What You See Is What You Get (Luke Combs album)

What You See Is What You Get is the second studio album by American country music singer Luke Combs, released through River House Artists and Columbia Nashville on November 8, 2019.[7] It includes all five songs previously featured on the 2019 EP The Prequel including the singles "Beer Never Broke My Heart" and "Even Though I'm Leaving" in addition to the track "1, 2 Many" (a collaboration with Brooks & Dunn), the single "Does to Me", and later the promotional single “Six Feet Apart”. Combs will tour North America throughout the remainder of 2019 and will headline the C2C: Country to Country festival in Europe in 2020 in promotion of the album.[8][9] The first three singles from the album, "Beer Never Broke My Heart", "Even Though I'm Leaving", and "Does to Me" have all charted on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, with all three reaching number one.

What You See Is What You Get
Studio album by
Luke Combs
ReleasedNovember 8, 2019 (2019-11-08)
Genre
Length59:42
Label
ProducerScott Moffatt[1]
Luke Combs chronology
The Prequel
(2019)		 What You See Is What You Get
(2019)
Singles from What You See Is What You Get
  1. "Beer Never Broke My Heart"
    Released: May 8, 2019
  2. "Even Though I'm Leaving"
    Released: September 9, 2019
  3. "Does to Me"
    Released: February 10, 2020
  4. "Lovin' on You"
    Released: June 22, 2020[2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Exclaim!9/10[5]
Rolling Stone[6]

Background

Combs said his intention with new track "1, 2 Many" was to "write a song that I felt like my '90s country music heroes would be proud of". It marks his second collaboration with Brooks & Dunn, with his first being a cover of their debut single "Brand New Man" on their album Reboot.[10]

Commercial performance

What You See Is What You Get debuted atop the US Billboard 200 on the chart dated November 23, 2019, earning 172,000 album-equivalent units, including 109,000 pure album sales. In addition to becoming Combs' first US number-one album, it opened with the "largest week for a country album" since 2018, and became the biggest week in terms of streams for a country album on record.[11] The album has sold 232,500 copies in the United States as of March 2020,[12] with 900,000 units consumed in total.[13]

The album also topped the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia, becoming Combs's first number-one album there.[14]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Beer Never Broke My Heart"
3:07
2."Refrigerator Door"
  • Combs
  • Jordan Brooker
3:24
3."Even Though I'm Leaving"
3:45
4."Lovin' on You"
  • Combs
  • Thomas Archer
  • Fulcher
  • James McNair
3:15
5."Moon Over Mexico"
  • Combs
  • Fulcher
  • Dan Isbell
  • Singleton
3:25
6."1, 2 Many" (featuring Brooks & Dunn)
  • Combs
  • Isbell
  • Drew Parker
  • Tyler King
3:01
7."Blue Collar Boys"
  • Combs
  • Erik Dylan
  • Fulcher
  • Derrick Moody
3:40
8."New Every Day"
3:19
9."Reasons"
  • Combs
  • Fulcher
  • McNair
3:44
10."Every Little Bit Helps"
  • Combs
  • Chase McGill
  • McNair
4:08
11."Dear Today"
  • Combs
  • Dylan
  • Rob Snyder
3:40
12."What You See Is What You Get"
  • Combs
  • Barry Dean
  • Singleton
2:52
13."Does to Me" (featuring Eric Church)
  • Combs
  • Fulcher
  • Tyler Reeve
3:43
14."Angels Workin' Overtime"
  • Combs
  • Josh Phillips
  • Thompson
4:14
15."All Over Again"
  • Combs
  • Corey Crowder
  • Fulcher
3:29
16."Nothing Like You"
  • Combs
  • Parker
  • Robert Williford
3:16
17."Better Together"
  • Combs
  • Isbell
  • Montana
3:40
Total length:59:42
(Digital/Streaming only)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
18."Six Feet Apart"
3:20
Total length:63:02

Personnel

From What You See Is What You Get liner notes.[15]

Musicians
  • Brooks & Dunn - vocals on "1, 2 Many"
  • Luke Combs - lead and background vocals
  • Eric Church - vocals on "Does to Me"
  • Dave Cohen - piano, organ, synthesizer
  • Jon Conley - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Doug Frasure - drums
  • Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
  • Wil Houchens - piano, organ, synthesizer
  • Ben Jordan - bass guitar
  • Buddy Leach - saxophone
  • Tim Marks - bass guitar
  • Carl Miner - acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin
  • Scott Moffatt - background vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, synthesizer, percussion, glockenspiel, clapping, programming
  • Gary Morse - pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
  • Sol Philcox-Littlefield - electric guitar, slide guitar
  • Jerry Roe - drums
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas - bass guitar
  • Ilya Toshinsky - acoustic guitar, mandolin
Technical
  • Luke Armentrout - mastering assistant
  • Nick Autry - engineering of Brooks & Dunn's vocals on "1, 2 Many"
  • Taylor Chadwick - mastering assistant
  • Jim Cooley - mixing (1-5, 7, 8-10, 12, 13, 15, 16)
  • Andrew Darby - mastering assistant
  • Dan Davis - engineering assistant
  • Bobbi Giel - mastering assistant
  • Mike Gillies - digital editing
  • Alex Gilson - engineering
  • Rob Hendon - cover artist
  • Travis Humbert - session cleanup
  • Mike Kyle - engineering of Brooks & Dunn's vocals on "1, 2 Many"
  • Kam Luchterhand - engineering assistant
  • Andrew Mendelson - mastering
  • Scott Moffatt - producer; mixing (6, 7, 14, 16, 17)
  • Seth Morton - engineering assistant
  • Jason Mott - engineering assistant
  • Allen Parker - engineering of Eric Church's vocals on "Does to Me"
  • Megan Peterson - mastering assistant
  • Joey Stanca - engineering assistant
  • Preston White - engineering assistant

Charts

References
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  2. http://countryaircheck.com/pdfs/current06012020.pdf
  3. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  4. Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  5. Ashley, Marlo (November 11, 2019). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  6. Bernstein, Jonathan (November 8, 2019). "Luke Combs Is a Mainstream Country Everyman on "What You See Is What You Get"". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  7. Casey, Jim (September 12, 2019). "Luke Combs Announces Sophomore Album, "What You See Is What You Get," & Drops New Song Featuring Brooks & Dunn [Listen]". Nash Country Daily. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
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  9. "Country to Country 2020 lineup: Darius Rucker, Eric Church and Luke Combs to headline". Smoothradio.com. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
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  13. Bjorke, Matt (March 9, 2020). "Country Music's Most-Consumed Albums Chart: March 9, 2020". Roughstock. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
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