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Here's to the Good Times

2012 studio album by Florida Georgia Line


Here's to the Good Times is the debut studio album by American country music duo Florida Georgia Line. It was released on December 4, 2012, by Republic Nashville.[7] The album includes the five tracks from their It'z Just What We Do EP, along with six new songs.[8] The deluxe edition, titled Here's to the Good Times… This Is How We Roll, was released on November 25, 2013.[9] The album was the sixth best-selling album of 2013 in the United States,[10] and became certified two-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on July 1, 2014.[11]

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Critical reception

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Here's to the Good Times has received generally positive reviews by music critics. Robert Silva of About.com found that the album "may not be built to last, but it's built to be blast."[12] Allmusic's Steve Leggett told that the release is "based on summer energy, drinking beer, taking shots, driving back roads, and the romantic glories and possibilities of Friday and Saturday nights with nothing to do but look for those good times."[13] At Music Is My Oxygen Weekly, Rob Burkhardt evoked that "Here’s To the Good Times is only going to add to Florida Georgia Line’s rapidly growing popularity."[14] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock praised the album because "is chock full of hits", and said that "it's the work of a band who not only has captured an audience seemingly overnight but also has the potential to be the biggest duo in Country Music".[15]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Top Country Albums, and No. 10 on the Billboard 200 with 63,000 copies sold in the United States.[17] The album eventually reached No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart in June 2013.[18]

The album was the sixth best-selling album of 2013 in the United States, with 1,350,000 copies sold for the year.[10] The album was certified double Platinum by the RIAA on July 1, 2014,[11] and reached its 2 million sales mark in August 2014.[19] As of April 2017, the album has sold 2,367,400 copies in the US.[20]

Track listing

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  • The Target bonus tracks were also included on the Target edition of Here's to the Good Times... This Is How We Roll as tracks 18 and 19.

Personnel

Florida Georgia Line
  • Tyler Hubbard - vocals
  • Brian Kelley - vocals
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Chart performance

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References

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  3. "R&R :: Going For Adds :: Country". Radio & Records. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  4. "Future Releases for Country Radio Stations". All Access. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  5. "R&R :: Going For Adds :: Country". Radio & Records. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  6. Conaway, Alanna (October 19, 2012). "Florida Georgia Line Reveal Release Date for Debut Album, 'Here's to the Good Times'". Taste of Country. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  7. "Florida Georgia Line "Here's To The Good Times" Tracklist & Cover Art". Roughstock. November 13, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  8. Wyland, Sarah (October 2, 2013). "Florida Georgia Line Announces Deluxe Edition of Debut Album". Great American Country. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  9. Paul Grein (January 2, 2014). "The Top 10 Albums and Songs of 2013". Chart Watch. Yahoo.
  10. Silva, Robert. "Here's to the Good Times review". About.com. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  11. Leggett, Steve. "Here's to the Good Times review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  12. Burkhardt, Rob. "Here's to the Good Times review". Music Is My Oxygen Weekly. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  13. Bjorke, Matt. "Here's to the Good Times review". Roughstock. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  14. Dukes, Billy (6 December 2012). "Here's to the Good Times review". Taste of Country. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  15. Paul Grein (August 27, 2014). "Chart Watch: Third Time's The Charm for Wiz Khalifa". Yahoo! Music.
  16. Bjorke, Matt (April 18, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Album Sales Chart: April 18, 2017". Roughstock.
  17. Ryan, Gavin (March 19, 2016). "ARIA Albums: Matt Corby 'Telluric' Is 100th No 1 Australian Album". Noise11. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  18. "2013 Year-End Charts – Billboard 200 Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  19. "Top Country Albums: 2014 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  20. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  21. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  22. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  23. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  24. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  25. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  26. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  27. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2022". Billboard. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  28. "Decade-End Charts: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

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