Nothing_Like_This_(album)
Nothing Like This (album)
2010 studio album by Rascal Flatts
Nothing Like This is the seventh studio album by American country music group Rascal Flatts. Released on November 16, 2010, it is their debut release after signing with Big Machine Records after Lyric Street went out of business. The album's lead-off single, "Why Wait," was released on August 2, 2010.[1][2] This song became their first number one single on the Hot Country Songs charts since "Here Comes Goodbye."[3] The album's second single, "I Won't Let Go" was released to country radio on January 10, 2011. The third single, "Easy" was released to country radio on June 27, 2011. This was the band's last album to go platinum.
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| Released | November 16, 2010 (2010-11-16) | |||
| Recorded | March–June 2010 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 41:51 | |||
| Label | Big Machine | |||
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In the weeks leading up to the album's release, three promotional singles were released for music download; "I Won't Let Go" was released on October 25, 2010, "Play" on November 2, 2010, and the title track on November 9, 2010.[4]
In 2022, bassist Jay DeMarcus re-recorded the track "All Night To Get There" with his new group, Generation Radio, singing lead vocals.
Commercial
The album debuted at number six on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number one on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums, selling 165,000 copies in its first week of release.[5] It has sold 1.1 million copies in the United States as of the chart dated March 24, 2012.[6]
Critical
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| Associated Press | (positive)[8] |
| Billboard | (favorable)[9] |
| Country Weekly | [10] |
| Roughstock |  [11] |
Nothing Like This has received positive reviews from most critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine with AllMusic gave the album a four-star review, saying "Nothing Like This doesn't offer anything new, it's Rascal Flatts who have never strayed from the sunny sound of their 2000 debut - but everything from the melodies to the very sound of the tight 11-track record seems brighter than the trio's last few records. It's a fresh coat of paint on a sturdy old house".[7] Gary Graff of Billboard magazine gave it a favorable review, saying that "[t]he trio's harmonies remain as crisp as a fresh pair of Wranglers; polished, deceptively effortless and relentlessly tuneful, Nothing Like This is everything we've come to expect from Rascal Flatts".[9]
Michael McCall of the Associated Press gave the album a positive review, saying that it had a "breezier, melodic sound" compared to the group's previous releases.[8] Kyle Ward of Roughstock gave it three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that it was more consistent than the band's last two albums for former label Lyric Street Records.[11] Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly gave the album a four-star rating, saying that Rascal Flatts "sounded re-energized", and commented saying "overall the Flatts boys haven't sounded this good in a while".[12]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Why Wait" | Neil Thrasher, Tom Shapiro, Jimmy Yeary | 3:45 |
| 2. | "Easy" (duet with Natasha Bedingfield) | Katrina Elam, Michael Mobley | 3:38 |
| 3. | "Sunday Afternoon" | Joe Don Rooney, busbee | 3:51 |
| 4. | "Play" | Bonnie Baker, Elam, Hunter Hayes | 3:44 |
| 5. | "Nothing Like This" | Michael Dulaney, Shapiro, Thrasher | 3:55 |
| 6. | "All Night to Get There" | Jay DeMarcus, Paul Jenkins, Jason Sellers | 3:21 |
| 7. | "Red Camaro" | Joe Collins, Chris Tompkins | 3:46 |
| 8. | "They Try" | Thrasher, Shapiro, Yeary | 4:15 |
| 9. | "Summer Young" | Gary LeVox, Wendell Mobley, Thrasher | 4:12 |
| 10. | "Tonight Tonight" | LeVox, Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Ryan Tedder | 3:42 |
| 11. | "I Won't Let Go" | Steve Robson, Sellers | 3:47 |
| Total length: | 41:51 | ||
- Rascal Flatts
- Jay DeMarcus – keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals
- Gary Levox – lead vocals
- Joe Don Rooney – electric guitar, backing vocals
- Additional Musicians
- Tim Akers – acoustic piano
- Robbie Buchanan – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ
- Charlie Judge – keyboards, synthesizers, Hammond B3 organ
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Dann Huff – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, sitar
- Tim Pierce – electric guitar
- Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar
- Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar
- Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, mandolin
- Dorian Crozier – drums
- Shannon Forrest – drums
- Chris McHugh – drums
- David Huff – percussion, programming
- Natasha Bedingfield – lead and harmony vocals on "Easy"
Production
- Dann Huff – producer
- Rascal Flatts – producers
- Brian Kennedy – co-producer (2)
- Ben Fowler – recording
- Justin Niebank – recording, mixing
- Drew Bollman – recording assistant, mix assistant
- Tomas Del Toro-Diaz – recording assistant
- Leland Elliott – recording assistant
- Seth Morton – recording assistant
- David Huff – digital editing
- Sean Neff – digital editing
- Christopher Rowe – digital editing
- Adam Ayan – mastering
- Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
- Whitney Sutton – copy coordinator
- Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, package design
- Chapman Baehler – photography
- John Murphy – wardrobe
- Melissa Schleicher – hair, makeup
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||
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| US Country | US | US AC | CAN | ||
| 2010 | "Why Wait" | 1 | 48 | — | 60 |
| 2011 | "I Won't Let Go" | 2 | 31 | — | 39 |
| "Easy" (with Natasha Bedingfield) | 3 | 43 | 20 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
| Region | Certification |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[19] | Gold |
| United States (RIAA)[20] | Platinum |
| Country | Date | Label | Edition(s) |
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| United States[21] | November 16, 2010 | Big Machine Records | CD, Digital download |
| Canada[22] | Universal Music | ||
| Australia[23] | November 19, 2010 | ||
| New Zealand | |||
| Sweden[24] | January 23, 2013 | Lionheart Music Group |
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- "Rascal Flatts Reveal Track List for 'Nothing Like This' - The Boot". theboot.com. October 18, 2010. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
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- Caulfield, Keith (November 24, 2010). "Susan Boyle's 'Gift' Tops Rihanna, Kid Rock on Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
- "Rascal Flatts Return 'Changed' Men". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Nothing Like This - Rascal Flatts". AllMusic. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
- McCall, Michael (November 19, 2010). "Review: Rascal Flatts newly inspired on new disc". Associated Press. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- Graff, Gary (November 30, 2010). "Rascal Flatts, "Nothing Like This"". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
- Phillips, Jessica (November 17, 2010), Nothing Like This : Rascal Flatts - Reviews - Country Weekly Magazine, Country Weekly, retrieved June 19, 2023
- Ward, Kyle (November 17, 2010). "Nothing Like This review". Roughstock. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- Phillips, Jessica (November 17, 2010). "Nothing Like This : Rascal Flatts - Reviews - Country Weekly Magazine". Country Weekly. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- "Rascal Flatts Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
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- "Rascal Flatts Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2011". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2011". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2012". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- "Nothing Like This - Rascal Flatts (US)". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
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