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Post by countryfan on Aug 2, 2010 16:58:52 GMT -5
Track listing (Source Amazon) Thanks, countrygirly! NOV 16 Rascal Flatts"Nothing Like This"(Big Machine)1. Why Wait 2. Easy (featuring Natasha Bedingfield) 3. Sunday Afternoon 4. Play 5. Nothing Like This 6. All Night To Get There 7. Red Camaro 8. They Try 9. Summer Young 10. Tonight Tonight 11. I Won't Let Go
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Post by mrossp24 on Aug 2, 2010 17:04:51 GMT -5
Yay! I'm so excited to hear this...especially the duet with Natasha!!
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Post by countryfan on Aug 2, 2010 20:57:28 GMT -5
I'm very anxious for this album. It will be interesting to see how Gary & Natasha blend together for the duet.
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Post by EPG on Aug 15, 2010 15:50:29 GMT -5
I love "Why Wait"! Great song.
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Post by countryfan on Aug 16, 2010 21:49:59 GMT -5
The video for "Why Wait" will be filmed next week! :)
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Post by countryfan on Aug 26, 2010 16:01:42 GMT -5
Jay DeMarcus tweeted pics from the set of Why Wait. The video looks like it's going to be hysterical. I can't wait to see it! Cameos from David Arquette, Ron White, Carrot Top, Penn & Teller, and some of the Miss USA girls..
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Post by countryfan on Aug 26, 2010 16:05:22 GMT -5
Great article.. I like these parts. More "older" Flatts type music sounds fantastic by me. :)
Rascal Flatts Reflects on 10 Epic Years
It’s the year 2000. “Gladiator” is named Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Gas costs around $1.60 a gallon. The Tennessee Titans make it to the Super Bowl, only to lose to the St. Louis Rams by seven points. “Hanging chad” enters the political vernacular. Entertainer of the Year is among the honors extended to the Dixie Chicks at the CMA Awards. And a new group named Rascal Flatts, composed of Jay DeMarcus, Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney, releases its debut single, “Prayin’ for Daylight,” written by Steve Bogard and Rick Giles.
Fast-forward a decade. The trio has sold more than 20 million albums, with the latest, Unstoppable, certified Platinum and all the rest achieving multi-Platinum status. They had one of the top-grossing tours over the past few years and hit the top of the charts 11 times. Their six consecutive Vocal Group of the Year triumphs at the CMA Awards tie the record set by The Statler Brothers, who won nine times overall in that category. They have played 400 dates as a headline act, more than 700 since 2000, with a ticket tally of nearly six million. These shows have included three consecutive sold-out performances at Madison Square Garden and the first and only concert by a Country artist to sell out Wrigley Field.
They are also marking their 10th anniversary in the business with numerous celebrations, which included honoring their loyal fans at CMA Music Festival by signing autographs and performing a short acoustic set in the Greased Lightning Fan Fair Hall. Their scorching Festival set at LP Field was a practice run for their “JC Penney Presents Rascal Flatts Nothing Like This Tour.” On this trek, the guys take their fans on a musical journey, spanning their 10 years of hits, from that first single to their most recent smash, “Unstoppable.”
They also entertained attendees at Country Radio Seminar in February by showing somewhat amusing older band photographs and performing some of their hits. That same month they paid tribute to Blair Daly, Marcus Hummon, Wendell Mobley, Jeffrey Steele, Neil Thrasher and the rest of the more than 75 songwriters who have contributed to the band’s six studio albums with a festive event at the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville.
“That was a lot of fun,” recalled Rooney. “They’ve been such supporters of ours for the past 10 years. It all starts with a hit song, a great song, so we thought it would be cool to give back to them. It was a wonderful evening, and they all got up and sang their songs that they wrote for us. It was really cool to hear them do their versions of so many great songs.”
There is no sure-fire way to achieve success in the music business, much less sustain that achievement for a decade. But for Rascal Flatts, the formula truly does begin with the music. “We just really concentrated and focused so hard on picking and writing and cutting the greatest songs that we could cut,” said LeVox. “I think our personalities have helped, but it all comes down to the music that we’ve cut and the lives that we’ve touched that way. Being fans of music first, we always, from Day One, put on a live show that we would want to go see. I think all those kinds of things combined really helped get us where we are. But I would say our music has probably been the No. 1 factor.”
Many of the band’s peers agree, especially those who have known them the longest. “The Flatts came to our fan club party with an acoustic guitar and three great voices,” said Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn in a written statement, recalling their first meeting. “Joe Don, Gary and Jay are all blessed with the gift of talent God gave. They can write, play, sing and entertain millions with an ease that is unmatched. … But most importantly, they are great guys who we are proud to call friends.”
Rascal Flatts traveled with Brooks & Dunn on the duo’s “Neon Circus and Wild West Show” in 2003; they also opened shows for Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith and Jo Dee Messina before they began headlining their own tours. Part of their success over the years stems from watching and learning from those acts who took them on the road.
“We got to steal a lot of their ideas when it came time to headline,” said DeMarcus, with a laugh, as Rooney added, “That’s actually a true statement.”
“It really puts you in a place, in all due respect to all of those acts, because they were certainly instrumental to us,” DeMarcus continued. “But it puts us in a place to learn what to do and what not to do, and you can learn a little bit of both by being out there with big headlining tours like that. And we learned how we wanted to run our crew, how we wanted to treat our people. They were very good tours. They treated their people very well, and they treated us as an opening act very well.”
According to Trey Turner, who co-manages Rascal Flatts with Doug Nichols under the auspices of Turner & Nichols and Associates, there is plenty for upcoming artists to learn from the example of this group in terms of staying successful and relevant. “I think it’s all due to the act,” he suggested. “They have to stay hungry. They have to want to keep going, because you get into making the money that they make, it’s not about where they were 10 years ago. It’s about what the next 10 years is going to be. They have to want it, and they have to want to go do it, because this is a very tough business and it’s so easy to say, ‘I’m gonna stay at the house this year, or two years or three years.’
“The other thing that is so important for a group is the bond between the people,” Turner continued. “It’s so easy for a group to not make it, just personality-wise. It’s like a second marriage, and they have to really be committed to each other, so that’s a big factor in a group. The other factor is the music. It’s not about who wrote what or who publishes what. It really gets down to every album they cut. They look at the best song and the best song wins.”
Summing up, Turner said, “To me, when you’ve got those three things going together, it’s a magical combination because then you’re going to be successful and you can go compete. The business is too hard to put out one bad song after another. So if you’ve got them wanting to be together and wanting to be a group and wanting to cut hit songs, and you still have that hunger to go fight and do what you need to do and get up and do radio and videos and press, now you’re talking about the next 10 years. That’s what they’ve rededicated themselves to do.”
The immediate future for Rascal Flatts includes a new album, Nothing Like This, scheduled to release Nov. 16 on their new label, Big Machine Records. According to DeMarcus, it will complete the 10-year saga by harking back to aspects of the band’s earlier sound. “The first couple of records we did with Dann (Huff, producer), Me and My Gang and Still Feels Good, we went down a path to where we really captured the high energy of our shows — a lot of big arena-rock sound and big massive ballads. It was a bit of a departure for us from Feels Like Today and Melt, which tended to be more rootsy and a little more Country and focused on our vocals more than our big-band presentation.”
“I feel we’ve recaptured a little bit of what the old Flatts records were about, both with being a little more Country and a little more focused on the vocals and not so much on the bigness of things,” Rooney concurred. “We’ve gone back to a little bit more of the heart and soul of what the older Flatts (albums) were about. It feels like a new beginning, like we’re evolving a little bit and showing some growth once again.”
With their former label, Lyric Street Records, shuttered, the group expressed its enthusiasm over joining the Big Machine family at a special media event in a vast open suite overlooking Downtown Nashville from the 22nd floor of The Pinnacle at Symphony Place. Following opening remarks from Scott Borchetta, President/CEO, Big Machine Label Group, Rascal Flatts emerged from behind black curtains at the back of the room to field questions.
The mood was upbeat, as Borchetta and the trio briefly improvised some dance steps as speakers pumped out the album’s debut single, "Why Wait," written by Neil Thrasher, Tom Shapiro and Jimmy Yeary. But consistent with the spirit of their anniversary year, they were thoughtful too.
“We feel like we’re just getting started,” DeMarcus mused. “We keep celebrating 10 years but we feel like there’s so much left to do. Not very many people who get into this industry are able to look back and say they’ve been able to do it for 10 years. That’s what we’re really thankful and grateful for.”
LeVox echoed this point. “When our day is done and it’s time for us to go home and our time on Earth has passed, one thing that we’ll never have to do is to ask ‘what if?’ Never — because we did it.”
“We all feel the same way,” Rooney affirmed. “I’ve learned that you can take chances and make things happen with a leap of faith, as simple as that sounds. If you can dream it, it can be accomplished.”
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Sept 2, 2010 13:45:13 GMT -5
I listened to clips of five songs from Nothing Like This: "I Won't Let Go," "Try," "Sunday Morning," "Play" and "Easy" (which is the duet with Natasha Bedingfield). Keeping in mind that I'm really not a Flatts fan, the clips are far from enough to win me over. But I will say that I like that the production seems to have toned down somewhat, as has LeVox's tendency toward vocal histrionics. The problem for me is that from the clips don't suggest songs anywhere near the level of the band's best, especially from a lyrical standpoint. In any case, since I wrote the lyrics from the clips down, here they are:
"I Won't Let Go" (relative spare piano ballad, verse melody resembles the verse melody of Whitney Houston's "One Moment in Time")"Try" (blue-eyed soul, decent groove, but the lyrics don't scan that well)"Sunday Morning" (driving uptempo Keith Urban-ish pop)"Play" (uptempo, verses have some fiddle and hint at rootsiness)"Easy" featuring Natasha Bedingfield (3/4 time, aggressive production)These clips don't sound much more country to me than Flatts' recent fare, but certainly there are songs that would fit country radio just fine. I think "Sunday Morning" would probably be the best single choice out of the five.
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Post by fe_lipeoliveira on Sept 4, 2010 14:10:33 GMT -5
Wow! 'Easy' is a Katrina Elam song!!! So glad she has a new album cut! Even though I don't like Rascal or Natasha, but that's ok!
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Post by countryfan on Oct 1, 2010 16:35:23 GMT -5
Riahnna, Keith Urban, and Flatts all release new cd's on Nov 16th. Wow. I hope RF can come out of top. I think they will with Big Machine behind them. Scott Borchetta is all about promotion.
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Post by singingsparrow on Oct 2, 2010 2:12:42 GMT -5
Riahnna, Keith Urban, and Flatts all release new cd's on Nov 16th. Wow. I hope RF can come out of top. I think they will with Big Machine behind them. Scott Borchetta is all about promotion. Rihanna isn't known for first-week draws, so I don't think she'll be a threat. I think it'll be duked out between these two country favorites. Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus
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Post by pnobelysk on Oct 3, 2010 18:05:36 GMT -5
isnt susan boyle coming that week too?
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Post by Gravity. on Oct 3, 2010 18:15:19 GMT -5
I haven't really liked Rascal Flatts since Feels Like Today, but if "Why Wait" is any indication, I think that this album will be good. I have high hopes for the Natasha Bedingfield duet, she's so talented.
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Post by countrygirly on Oct 10, 2010 9:18:51 GMT -5
NOV 16
Rascal Flatts "Nothing Like This" (Big Machine)
Track List:
1. Why Wait 2. Easy 3. Sunday Afternoon 4. Play 5. Nothing Like This 6. All Night To Get There 7. Red Camaro 8. They Try 9. Summer Young 10. Tonight Tonight 11. I Won't Let Go
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Post by countryfan on Oct 11, 2010 20:59:43 GMT -5
Thanks, countrygirly! Walmart is offering a deluxe version on the CD. :)
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Post by countryfan on Oct 20, 2010 16:26:54 GMT -5
From Big MachineRascal Flatts "Nothing Like This" Tour Wraps First LegRascal Flatts wrapped the first leg of their “Nothing Like This Tour” this past weekend in Irvine, California closing out the year with 650,000 fans attending 56 shows. This tour, along with previous 2010 “Unstoppable Tour,” helped to bring in these year-end totals. The “Nothing Like This Tour” will continue with a second leg in 2011 with special guests Chris Young and Luke Bryan. 2011 tour dates to be announced soon. The tour showcased the last ten years of Rascal Flatts music, taking the fans on a musical journey since their first single, “Prayin’ For Daylight,” in 2000. Critics and fans exclaimed it was a tour to remember. “Their easy rapport on stage- and Gary LeVox’s voice- makes it so great to see this band live,” shared the Palm Beach Post. The Oklahoman said, “Grace and poise dominated the expanded set list, which rolled on for nearly two hours.” The Cleveland Plain Dealer praised the show’s production, “one of the most impressive stages of the Blossom season,” as did the Dallas Morning News with “the show staging was impressive, with huge multiple screens flanked by even larger images of the trio.” The band will devote the remainder of this year promoting their soon-to-be released album, Nothing Like This, due in stories on November 16 on Big Machine Records, and new single “Why Wait,” their 24th Top Ten career hit. The band has planned appearances on numerous television shows surrounding the album’s release plus the upcoming CMA Awards on Nov 10 and nominations at the American Music Awards November 21 and the American Country Awards on December 6. For additional information on Rascal Flatts and their tour go to www.rascalflatts.com.
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Post by countrygirly on Oct 24, 2010 18:28:47 GMT -5
Rascal Flatts talk about "Nothing Like This"
The album is a microcosm of all the things the band does well--Jay calls it "Rascal Flatts in a nutshell"--which is to say it touches on many of the best aspects of 21st-century country music. It is first and foremost uplifting, with songs like "Why Wait" and "Play" kicking off the proceedings with the call to enjoy life no matter what our circumstances. It features both the throwback groove of "They Try" and the fresh sparkle of "All Night To Get There." "Summer Young" is an uptempo celebration of the season of warmth and romance and "I Won't Let Go" is "You've Got A Friend" for the new millennium, a song steeped in the strength of love and friendship in times of trouble. The title cut finds a way to bring freshness to the subject of love and sees Gary bringing a disarming desperation to his vocal. "One of the more special songs on this album for me is 'I Won't Let Go,'" says Joe Don. "Being a parent now and listening to that song really hits home and truly hits me in the heart."
"I think there's something for everybody on this project," adds Gary, "and it's a full-length example of what makes us who we are."
Guesting on the project is Natasha Beddingfield, who joins the trio on "Easy."
"We had a blast recording with Natasha," says Gary. "I've always been addicted to great singers and she is certainly one of the best. It was an honor to sing with her."
"'Why Wait' is one of the coolest tunes I've heard in a long while," says Joe Don. "I'll never forget sitting in that little studio in Santa Barbara and hearing it for the first time. Instantly we new it was a Rascal Flatts song and by the day's end we had ourselves an extremely magical track going. I love it!"
"We cut half the album in Nashville and half in Santa Barbara," says Gary. "We just wanted to change it up some and enjoy the beautiful weather in California. It gave us a new spark for sure."
"It as a nice departure from the norm for us," adds Joe Don. "We recorded in a funky little studio with some amazing L.A. musicians and created some great magic together. I really think you can feel some of the energy on a lot of these tracks."
"Overall," says Jay, "this is an album about fun, growth and change. We have been at a very important crossroads this year with our ten-year mark, so I think we wanted to prove to ourselves that we could still grow and surprise ourselves and stretch."
(Source: Amazon)
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Post by countryfan on Oct 27, 2010 19:17:26 GMT -5
Rascal Flatts will be releasing a new song each week with their exclusive iTunes Countdown to Nothing Like This! Click HERE to get "I Won't Let Go" today and complete your album on November 16th! Next week, on Tuesday, November 2nd, the exclusive released track on iTunes will be "Play" and then on November 9th, "Nothing Like This" will be exclusively available. On November 16th, be sure to complete your album purchase with the remaining tracks of their new album Nothing Like This. Source- countrymusicrocksnet.blogspot.com/
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Post by twilight on Oct 28, 2010 2:21:41 GMT -5
I hope this album is huge for them. Well they are one of the biggest groups in Country music.
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Post by Hook on Oct 28, 2010 19:43:54 GMT -5
"Easy" featuring Natasha Bedingfield (3/4 time, aggressive production) Aggressive production, featuring Natasha Bedingfield....could this be produced by Ryan Tedder? I remember reading that he was working on something with Rascal Flatts for their new album. Never heard if it made the cut.
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Post by countryfan on Nov 5, 2010 22:53:20 GMT -5
Here is the writers for the album! It will be interesting to the Ryan Tedder one.
1.Why Wait (Tom Shapiro, Neil Thrasher, Jimmy Yeary) 2. Easy - Duet with Natasha Bedingfield (Katrina Elam, Mike Mobley) 3. Sunday Afternoon (Joe Don Rooney, busbee) 4. Play (Bonnie Baker, Katrina Elam, Hunter Hayes) 5. Nothing Like This (Michael Dulaney, Tom Shapiro, Neil Thrasher) 6. All Night To Get There (Jay DeMarcus, Paul Jenkins, Jason Sellers) 7. Red Camaro (Joe Collins, Chris Tompkins) 8. They Try (Neil Thrasher, Tom Shapiro, Jimmy Yeary) 9. Summer Young (Gary LeVox, Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher) 10. Tonight Tonight (Gary LeVox, Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Ryan Tedder) 11. I Won’t Let Go (Steve Robson, Jason Sellers)
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Post by countrygirly on Nov 9, 2010 19:39:17 GMT -5
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Post by EPG on Nov 13, 2010 12:42:58 GMT -5
It's leaked.
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 13, 2010 15:36:45 GMT -5
Here is the writers for the album! It will be interesting to the Ryan Tedder one. 1.Why Wait (Tom Shapiro, Neil Thrasher, Jimmy Yeary) 2. Easy - Duet with Natasha Bedingfield (Katrina Elam, Mike Mobley) 3. Sunday Afternoon (Joe Don Rooney, busbee) 4. Play (Bonnie Baker, Katrina Elam, Hunter Hayes) 5. Nothing Like This (Michael Dulaney, Tom Shapiro, Neil Thrasher) 6. All Night To Get There (Jay DeMarcus, Paul Jenkins, Jason Sellers) 7. Red Camaro (Joe Collins, Chris Tompkins) 8. They Try (Neil Thrasher, Tom Shapiro, Jimmy Yeary) 9. Summer Young (Gary LeVox, Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher) 10. Tonight Tonight (Gary LeVox, Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Ryan Tedder) 11. I Won’t Let Go (Steve Robson, Jason Sellers) I'll bet Summer Young will be a single next year.
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Post by countryfan on Nov 14, 2010 19:21:16 GMT -5
I think either "I Won't Let Go" or "Easy" will be the next single. Just by reading this article. blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2010/11/14/rascal-flatts-weathers-year-of-change/ Along with “Why Wait,” Flatts, Huff and Borchetta think standout Nothing tracks include piano ballad “I Won’t Let Go” and “Easy,” a duet with English pop singer Natasha Bedingfield.
“‘I Won’t Let Go’ is a very simple song but when Gary sings and locks into a lyric like that, he’s devastatingly good,” Huff said.
Borchetta called “Easy” an “incredible cut” — and he thinks that’s emblematic of Rascal Flatts’ song-selection track record.
“That’s the great thing about them,” Borchetta said. “They don’t cut bad songs. It’s just being really plugged in to what the fan base is asking for and where we want to take them.”
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Post by Hook on Nov 15, 2010 13:28:06 GMT -5
I wonder how "Easy" would do at country radio. It'd be interesting if two duets with female pop singers (this and Don't You Wanna Stay) could rise the charts around the same time. I think it's a great song.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Nov 16, 2010 20:01:29 GMT -5
Out today!
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Post by countryfan on Nov 17, 2010 0:38:07 GMT -5
Good album. It has a earlier Flatts vibe to it. I love it. My favorite's are: "Easy", "I Won't Let Go", and "Red Camero." It might changed though. I hope they can get over 200,000+ for first week sales.
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