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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 12, 2014 19:50:19 GMT -5
Yay @ there being thirteen tracks on the album; I can also decipher some of the titles through the pills on that page (e.g. #6 looks like "Faster Gun"). Hopefully, I'll be alive when the album comes out (4 graduate classes - three of them in statistics - and starting work on my thesis this fall). Been meaning to comment on "Day Drinking" too: I'm actually not that thrilled over it. I mean, I'm glad that LBT is back, but this particular song seems more like Karen Fairchild as the show-runner with everyone else in the background, which simply goes against the nature of the group. I know that "Pontoon" and "Tornado" were led by Karen as well, but there were great harmonies in those, while in DD, I can't even tell if there are harmonies in there. A potential reason I can't decipher any harmonies could be due to the over-production of this thing. It's as catchy as all get out, but the production doesn't make it that easy of a listen for me. Update for tracklisting: this looks to be #2 on the album with the title track as #4, "Girl Crush" as #5, and "Live Forever" as #10. Maybe "Quit Breaking Up With Me" as #1, "Good People" as #7, and "Save Your Sin" as #9? From this source, we have all of the tracks except the last one ("____ and Gold"): 1) Quit Breaking Up With Me 2) Day Drinking 3) Tumble and Fall 4) Painkiller 5) Girl Crush 6) Faster Gun 7) Good People 8) Stay All Night 9) Save Your Sin 10) Live Forever 11) Things You Don't Think About 12) Turn The Lights On 13) _____ and Gold
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Post by jonathanalan on Jul 13, 2014 20:44:52 GMT -5
Caught LBT in concert last night (met them, too!) and they were incredible, as always. They played about 4 new songs, Painkiller, Stay All Night, Live Forever (amazing) and Turn The Lights On, and all I can say is their momentum from Tornado will definitely continue through this album's era. I am so excited for this album and to hear the rest of the tracks.
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Post by avalyn on Jul 14, 2014 13:12:08 GMT -5
Just posted this in the album post.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jul 14, 2014 14:24:12 GMT -5
I think the production is just fine, personally, although I agree that the other three members are barely discernible on this.
Besides, with a group, I can take the occasional song that focuses almost entirely on one member. At least they're not like Brooks & Dunn, who post-1999 seemed to always forget the "Brooks &" part.
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Post by jonathanalan on Jul 15, 2014 16:59:19 GMT -5
October 21 is so far away. :(
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Post by avalyn on Jul 17, 2014 10:41:41 GMT -5
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jul 17, 2014 16:43:57 GMT -5
This song is so catchy and fun! I hope it becomes a big hit like "Pontoon" and "Tornado". They are so talented whether they are singing something fun like this or if they are doing something slow like "Your Side of the Bed". Praying this is HUGE
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2014 15:37:42 GMT -5
I think the production is just fine, personally, although I agree that the other three members are barely discernible on this. Besides, with a group, I can take the occasional song that focuses almost entirely on one member. At least they're not like Brooks & Dunn, who post-1999 seemed to always forget the "Brooks &" part. Yeah, I like that LBT trades off lead vocal duties, because you never know who will sing what. In many cases, having one lead vocalist does make sense, though, especially if one vocalist is more distinctive than the others in the group. In LBT's case, though, they're all extremely talented vocalists, but they don't really have one member that sticks out over the others. Their harmonies are their trademark element, as opposed to having one lead vocalist, which I think gives them a unique element that not many other groups could get away with. As for Day Drinking...I want to like it and it has all the elements of a summer smash, but I'm not into it. Then again, "Pontoon" took forever to grow on me and now I love it, so who knows what could happen with this one.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2014 17:40:58 GMT -5
I really like this song; it's one of my favorite country songs at the moment.
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Post by phil1996 on Aug 5, 2014 9:51:33 GMT -5
I like these guys, there harmonies are a nice breath of fresh air....but I will say that nothing they release will ever come close to touching "Kiss Goodbye". Heard it yesterday, and I was reminded of how phenomenal of a song it was.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2014 10:12:48 GMT -5
I like these guys, there harmonies are a nice breath of fresh air....but I will say that nothing they release will ever come close to touching "Kiss Goodbye". Heard it yesterday, and I was reminded of how phenomenal of a song it was. THIS. The vocal and harmonies are just stellar. Such a shame it did nothing.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Aug 5, 2014 10:44:40 GMT -5
"Kiss Goodbye" will always remain one of my favorite Little Big Town songs. I hope there are some more gems like that on their upcoming album, and one day radio will embrace LBT's songs like that and not just their uptempo, catchy ones.
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Post by Zeebz on Aug 5, 2014 18:29:44 GMT -5
I love this song. It's a great summery song and a nice addition to my library. It only adds to my love for Little Big Town.
I'm so excited about this album.
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Post by dm2081 on Nov 5, 2014 22:31:43 GMT -5
One of the things I like best about this song, which has really grown on me, it that the instrumental sounds like a college marching band. I think that might be part of the reason it's still holding up well despite having lyrics that are currently out of season. It reminds me of "Online" by Brad back in the day, which also used a college marching band in it.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Nov 14, 2014 2:29:54 GMT -5
This just jumped to a new peak of #40 on the Hot 100, giving Little Big Town their second Top 40 hit on the chart (their first being the #22-peaking "Pontoon"). Now I'd like to see this also become the band's second Number One hit on the country charts!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2014 11:51:59 GMT -5
I think the writing on the wall says that next week is the time for Capitol Nashville to give "Day Drinking" a pretty big push to radio. With "Power-up for #1" ads in the weekly and daily trades and maybe a few LBT phone calls to radio stations, there shouldn't be much of a problem getting this to #1 on at least Mediabase. Because this hasn't started struggling until just recently and is a lead single that has had a pretty steady climb up the charts and because the next song in line for #1, "Somewhere in My Car," is also being promoted by Capitol Nashville, I actually think this can get a Billboard #1, too, provided Capitol even tries for Billboard and doesn't just work the Mediabase points system by racking up on overnight spins or spins on Mediabase-only stations. Keith was behind LBT by a hair on Billboard last Monday (less than 300k), though, so I guess we'll see tomorrow how bad the damage is and if the audience gap between the two is small enough that Capitol can make it up this week.
I think LBT really needs this song to be a #1 on Billboard. They are far from consistent at radio and I'm not quite sure there is much more radio-friendly material on their album, so a Billboard #1 would be great for their momentum, and I think that they will manage to get that with this single.
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Post by sabre14 on Nov 16, 2014 14:32:36 GMT -5
I think the writing on the wall says that next week is the time for Capitol Nashville to give "Day Drinking" a pretty big push to radio. With "Power-up for #1" ads in the weekly and daily trades and maybe a few LBT phone calls to radio stations, there shouldn't be much of a problem getting this to #1 on at least Mediabase. Because this hasn't started struggling until just recently and is a lead single that has had a pretty steady climb up the charts and because the next song in line for #1, "Somewhere in My Car," is also being promoted by Capitol Nashville, I actually think this can get a Billboard #1, too, provided Capitol even tries for Billboard and doesn't just work the Mediabase points system by racking up on overnight spins or spins on Mediabase-only stations. Keith was behind LBT by a hair on Billboard last Monday (less than 300k), though, so I guess we'll see tomorrow how bad the damage is and if the audience gap between the two is small enough that Capitol can make it up this week. I think LBT really needs this song to be a #1 on Billboard. They are far from consistent at radio and I'm not quite sure there is much more radio-friendly material on their album, so a Billboard #1 would be great for their momentum, and I think that they will manage to get that with this single. I really don't think it matters if this song can get a Billboard #1, that it would sustain or at least help their momentum. LBT has proven that if they release "radio-friendly" fare to radio, that it is most likely to be successful ("Pontoon", "Tornado", "Day Drinking"), verses the slower material like "Your Side Of The Bed" and "Sober". To me it all depends on the song type for them. "Girl Crush" will sink or swim on the momentum they've already garnered, regardless if "Day Drinking" is a MB only #1, Billboard only #1, or both a MB and Billboard #1. There are a few songs that I think are radio-friendly on Pain Killer but "Girl Crush" is not chief among them. As for the push - I agree that next week is the likely push for a #1 for "Day Drinking". I still think that Capitol might shoot for a split with "Somewhere In My Car" since both are Capitol promoted singles and labels do count MB #1's even though many on the board don't like them - Labels in Nashville do and count them as so. I'm interested to see the final point totals on MB this week as well as the total audience numbers on Billboard. I've mentioned before that I really want "Somewhere In My Car" to hit #1 and I trust Capitol knows how to work this (I do dislike manipulations, so perhaps I'm contradicting myself, lol). They certainly did the right thing letting Warner keep the #1 position on both charts this week.
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Nov 17, 2014 21:46:23 GMT -5
The Billboard Country Indicator chart and the Country Aircheck Activator chart are generally a pretty good predictor of the timing of a song's natural peak (and often its natural peak rank), and "Day Drinking" lost its bullet on both this past week. That would, barring a push, point to "Day Drinking" losing its bullet on the main charts this week. Capitol Nashville sat out the ad race in the two weekly trades this week, but perhaps ads in forthcoming Aircheck Today issues will give an indication of how they intend to sort the week out. I'll be a little surprised to see "Day Drinking" miss out on #1 on both charts after coming this close, but I think it has done well enough that sabre14's analysis in the previous post about LBT's radio momentum still applies.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2014 22:21:14 GMT -5
The Billboard Country Indicator chart (and the Country Aircheck Activator chart) are generally a pretty good predictor of the timing of a song's natural peak (and often its natural peak rank), and "Day Drinking" lost its bullet on both this past week. That would, barring a push, point to "Day Drinking" losing its bullet on the main charts this week. Capitol Nashville sat out the ad race in the two weekly trades this week, but perhaps ads in forthcoming Aircheck Today issues will give an indication of how they intend to sort the week out. I'll be a little surprised to see "Day Drinking" miss out on #1 on both charts after coming this close, but I think it has done well enough that sabre14's analysis in the previous post about LBT's radio momentum still applies. I was going to say the same thing about this one losing its bullet on the secondary charts. There was a "power up for #1" ad in the daily Aircheck email today, though, and LBT is also the co-host on Lon Helton's countdown this coming weekend. This is definitely past its natural peak so if they're going to get to #1, this week is probably their only chance at doing so.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2014 23:40:36 GMT -5
The gap between "Day Drinking" and "Somewhere in My Car" was bigger than I expected on Billboard, over a million audience impressions. It may be tough for LBT to close that. It just seems like it'd be silly for Capitol to miss out on a Billboard #1 due to being blocked by another of their songs, but I'm sure if Capitol can't get this to #1 on Billboard then it's more of an indication that this really didn't deserve a #1 peak rather than a simple "big star blocking" scenario. There have been some successful "big pushes" for the Billboard #1 position for singles that started struggling in the top 5 or didn't quite look like they'd go the distance, such as "Done," which fell 1-8, "Compass," which fell 1-9, and "Helluva Life," which also fell 1-9, but TBP and Lady A were both trying to depose a previous #1 single that had already gotten three weeks at the top from #1 rather than fighting to re-pass a big hit, and Frankie Ballard's single was up against some light competition - a slow-climber from Dierks Bentley, a #4 peak from Thompson Square, and a hit single from Blake Shelton, who is also a Warner Music Group artist (probably a case of WMN holding Blake Shelton's single back so WAR could get Frankie's to #1). Anyway, I guess sabre14 is right about a Billboard #1 not making too much of a difference...I just have a feeling this album isn't going to yield too much success for Little Big Town at radio. I'm really skeptical that "Girl Crush" will come anywhere near the top 10 on the airplay charts.
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Post by surfy on Nov 18, 2014 2:14:48 GMT -5
Okay, so I'm giving country another chance, and I enjoyed the CMA performance, so this song is still growing on me, I love them in general, but when I ditched country, it really hurt their music (personal chart speaking) This is a solid single, and I'm glad they had success with this!
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 19, 2014 11:36:43 GMT -5
Okay, so I'm giving country another chance, and I enjoyed the CMA performance, so this song is still growing on me, I love them in general, but when I ditched country, it really hurt their music (personal chart speaking) This is a solid single, and I'm glad they had success with this! Reading that for a moment, I thought you sank their Pontoon! Anyway, #1 in Canada!
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Post by surfy on Nov 19, 2014 12:26:19 GMT -5
Okay, so I'm giving country another chance, and I enjoyed the CMA performance, so this song is still growing on me, I love them in general, but when I ditched country, it really hurt their music (personal chart speaking) This is a solid single, and I'm glad they had success with this! Reading that for a moment, I thought you sank their Pontoon! Anyway, #1 in Canada! Pontoon was one of the country songs I really loved back in my country drought! Great song!
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Post by sabre14 on Nov 19, 2014 14:00:29 GMT -5
I can't remember a day where I've seen the top 3 songs on MB so close to one another in terms of spins and audience.
1. "Sunshine & Whiskey" 7450 54.339 2. "Somewhere In My Car" 7475 54.409 3. "Day Drinking" 7476 53.692
Tomorrow's update could see LBT leap Keith on MB. I still think that Capitol is shooting for a split with "Somewhere In My Car" and "Day Drinking". All I know is that "Day Drinking" is not done if today's update is any indication.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2014 20:35:15 GMT -5
I'm guessing a split of the charts as well, with LBT getting the MB #1 and Keith getting the BB #1. Then next week Keith will probably get the MB #1 and a 2nd week at #1 on BB. As sabre14 noted, LBT has now taken the edge in spins, but they haven't made up any ground on Keith in terms of audience, and he was up by just over 1.2 million on Billboard to start the week. In 2 days they haven't gained anything on him. So right now I'm thinking that LBT will have to settle for a Mediabase-only #1.
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Post by Zazie on Nov 21, 2014 10:38:59 GMT -5
I'm guessing a split of the charts as well, with LBT getting the MB #1 and Keith getting the BB #1. Then next week Keith will probably get the MB #1 and a 2nd week at #1 on BB. As sabre14 noted, LBT has now taken the edge in spins, but they haven't made up any ground on Keith in terms of audience, and he was up by just over 1.2 million on Billboard to start the week. In 2 days they haven't gained anything on him. So right now I'm thinking that LBT will have to settle for a Mediabase-only #1. Let's see how that's holding up. As of Monday morning's MB update, KU was ahead of LBT by almost exactly a million in audience. Now, on Friday morning, the gap has been cut -- but only down to a little more than 600k. And it should be a little harder for LBT to catch up to KU's Billboard audience total, since his lead on the 11/29 chart was a bit more than 1.2 mill. So with 3 days to go, the split-#1 scenario looks good. LBT is already at #1 on MB so Capitol shouldn't have to go crazy pushing that song -- they've got their #1 on MB, they don't need it on BB as well. Looking ahead to the next week, Maddie and Tae have not gained a lot in audience on Urban during the M-F period. Unless he starts falling next week -- and why should that happen? -- he should get 2 weeks at #1 on Billboard and 1 week at MB. So far, it's all playing out the way it "should" go.
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Post by sabre14 on Nov 21, 2014 12:26:52 GMT -5
I'm guessing a split of the charts as well, with LBT getting the MB #1 and Keith getting the BB #1. Then next week Keith will probably get the MB #1 and a 2nd week at #1 on BB. As sabre14 noted, LBT has now taken the edge in spins, but they haven't made up any ground on Keith in terms of audience, and he was up by just over 1.2 million on Billboard to start the week. In 2 days they haven't gained anything on him. So right now I'm thinking that LBT will have to settle for a Mediabase-only #1. Looking ahead to the next week, Maddie and Tae have not gained a lot in audience on Urban during the M-F period. Unless he starts falling next week -- and why should that happen? -- he should get 2 weeks at #1 on Billboard and 1 week at MB. So far, it's all playing out the way it "should" go. Well, the way I think it actually "should" go, is "Somewhere In My Car" gets the #1 on both charts and "Day Drinking" has to settle for a natural peak of #2 or #3 - but I digress. "Somewhere In My Car" actually lost 27 spins today and only gained 300k in audience, while "Day Drinking" gained 81 spins and 450k in audience, thus clearing the way for LBT to overtake Keith for the MB #1. So that chart is turning out exactly the way I thought it would. Now all Capitol has to do is secure the #1 on Billboard for Keith (which I'm sure they are shooting for). LBT is up almost 1.5 million in audience since Sunday on MB while Keith is up 1.2 million. As long as they can maintain Keith's steady audience increase the next 3 days, they should be able to land Keith the Billboard #1.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2014 12:33:17 GMT -5
I agree that Capitol will probably end up splitting the charts this week, but I suspect they did want the Billboard #1 for LBT and they'll probably continue slacking off on the promotion for Keith's single into the weekend to try as hard as they can to get a Billboard #1 for "Day Drinking." I just don't think their efforts will turn out successful. Why would a label settle for only one Billboard #1 single when they could try to get two? Keith's not going to benefit nearly as much from another big hit getting an extra week at #1 on Billboard as Little Big Town would from collecting their second Billboard #1. (I guess really neither accomplishment makes that big a difference, but I'd think the BB #1 for LBT would be a bit more valuable.)
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Post by sabre14 on Nov 21, 2014 12:43:13 GMT -5
I agree that Capitol will probably end up splitting the charts this week, but I suspect they did want the Billboard #1 for LBT and they'll probably continue slacking off on the promotion for Keith's single into the weekend to try as hard as they can to get a Billboard #1 for "Day Drinking." I just don't think their efforts will turn out successful. Why would a label settle for only one Billboard #1 single when they could try to get two? Keith's not going to benefit nearly as much from another big hit getting an extra week at #1 on Billboard as Little Big Town would from collecting their second Billboard #1. (I guess really neither accomplishment makes that big a difference, but I'd think the BB #1 for LBT would be a bit more valuable.) Well there's the fact that I don't think the label wants to risk it with Keith's song - so make sure it gets to #1 on one of the charts. Though I think "Somewhere In My Car" getting two weeks at Billboard and one week on MB is the scenario that Capitol wants. Also, we've seen countless times, labels settling for a MB only #1 because they do find it worthy enough. If the Billboard #1 was the only one they cared about then the insane "MB #1 pushes" would not happen nearly as much as they do. Labels do think its money well spent and the MB chart is a chart that does hold some, if not a lot of respect in Nashville, even if many here don't care for it. I still think that LBT losing out on Billboard (if that indeed is what will play out here) is not the end of the world and the momentum they have gotten already will help with "Girl Crush". "Day Drinking" just was never going to be that big #1 single that catapults their subsequent single or single(s) to be successful. So Capitol is doing the best they can to make it the biggest hit possible.
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Post by rsmatto on Nov 21, 2014 14:35:01 GMT -5
Labels only care about #1s. They don't care about which of the two major charts they get the #1 on. Sure they'd love to have #1 on both but a #1 on Mediabase/Aircheck is just as good as a #1 on Billboard Airplay to them (and the artists).
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