Luke Bryan - "Kill the Lights"

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I'm going to listen within the next day or so, but I'm really looking forward "Fast".

[CoJoFan]

If he goes for 6 singles like he did on Crash My Party here is my single predictions

1. Kick The Dust Up
2. Strip It Down

The 1st 2 we already knew
3. Home Alone Tonight
4. Fast
5. Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day
6. Kill The Lights



I'm hoping I'm wrong with the last one but we are more than likely going to get a song we don't want released to radio being released. I'm hoping the final one is "Scarecrows" or "To The Moon And Back".

[sabre14]

Having listened to Luke's album release show on The Highway this past week, I can safely say that "Move" will be a single.

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Aug 9, 2015 19:27:28 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Having listened to Luke's album release show on The Highway this past week, I can safely say that "Move" will be a single.

So that's "Kick The Dust Up" and "Strip It Down" already sent out, and "Fast" and "Home Alone Tonight" have been confirmed as singles, but no one knows what will be sent out first. Now we have this "wonderful" work of "art". That's five singles, leaving only room for 1 more single (presumably, if they go 6 like last time). So far, that's 1 out of 5 for me this era with singles

[dm2081]

I hate when artists go ahead and reveal what every single is going to be already. What the heck is the rush? Why not sit back a second and analyze the market. Take the songs on the road for a bit and see which ones go over well in concert. I don't see the point in pidgeonholing all the singles already before the album comes out. Honestly, this shows the flaws in Luke's music making process. Most of the best rock bands, and some of the best rock albums of all time, were made by artists locking themselves up and making the album they truly want. It seems like Luke and his team went into this saying "Well this one sounds like it could be a single, lets cut it". This is exactly why country music can be so vanilla some times. Do you think Kacey Musgraves went into her recording sessions trying to pick and record singles? Heck no, she just made the music she truly wanted to make. Same with Dierks on his Riser album. The fact that so many singles are already picked out proves to me that these labels aren't trying to listen to the FANS, and instead are just catering to radio's demands.

[:) KUFan]

Aug 9, 2015 22:53:57 GMT -5 dm2081 said:

I hate when artists go ahead and reveal what every single is going to be already. What the heck is the rush? Why not sit back a second and analyze the market. Take the songs on the road for a bit and see which ones go over well in concert. I don't see the point in pidgeonholing all the singles already before the album comes out. Honestly, this shows the flaws in Luke's music making process. Most of the best rock bands, and some of the best rock albums of all time, were made by artists locking themselves up and making the album they truly want. It seems like Luke and his team went into this saying "Well this one sounds like it could be a single, lets cut it". This is exactly why country music can be so vanilla some times. Do you think Kacey Musgraves went into her recording sessions trying to pick and record singles? Heck no, she just made the music she truly wanted to make. Same with Dierks on his Riser album. The fact that so many singles are already picked out proves to me that these labels aren't trying to listen to the FANS, and instead are just catering to radio's demands.

I don't think the label or Luke are 100% on each of the songs that people have posted above. Luke was quoted saying that he plans to pay attention to iTunes to see what the fans are buying and basing the singles off this information. I do think "Home Alone Tonight" is a given. I don't even think they went into this thinking "Strip it Down" would be the next single...the sales were good on iTunes at the time it was chosen and fans were buying into it.

[sabre14]

Aug 9, 2015 22:53:57 GMT -5 dm2081 said:

I hate when artists go ahead and reveal what every single is going to be already. What the heck is the rush? Why not sit back a second and analyze the market. Take the songs on the road for a bit and see which ones go over well in concert. I don't see the point in pidgeonholing all the singles already before the album comes out. Honestly, this shows the flaws in Luke's music making process. Most of the best rock bands, and some of the best rock albums of all time, were made by artists locking themselves up and making the album they truly want. It seems like Luke and his team went into this saying "Well this one sounds like it could be a single, lets cut it". This is exactly why country music can be so vanilla some times. Do you think Kacey Musgraves went into her recording sessions trying to pick and record singles? Heck no, she just made the music she truly wanted to make. Same with Dierks on his Riser album. The fact that so many singles are already picked out proves to me that these labels aren't trying to listen to the FANS, and instead are just catering to radio's demands.

Luke has never said which singles will be released; only implying what will likely get released, with some ideas thrown out for fun by Luke himself. From what I heard from his interview on The Highway, I would be shocked if "Move" wasn't released. At the same time, he never gave any indication that "Fast' would ever be a single -- just how great the song was, which is something he said about every one the tracks off Kill The Lights.

In the end, I think that Luke is just excited talking about the possibilities with the future singles on this album -- no decisions have been made -- "Strip It Down' was released to radio one week ago, lol. I really wouldn't get too worked up over Luke or anyone on his team/label jumping the gun into rushing any single decisions.

Aug 9, 2015 23:07:08 GMT -5 :) KUFan said:

Aug 9, 2015 22:53:57 GMT -5 dm2081 said:

I hate when artists go ahead and reveal what every single is going to be already. What the heck is the rush? Why not sit back a second and analyze the market. Take the songs on the road for a bit and see which ones go over well in concert. I don't see the point in pidgeonholing all the singles already before the album comes out. Honestly, this shows the flaws in Luke's music making process. Most of the best rock bands, and some of the best rock albums of all time, were made by artists locking themselves up and making the album they truly want. It seems like Luke and his team went into this saying "Well this one sounds like it could be a single, lets cut it". This is exactly why country music can be so vanilla some times. Do you think Kacey Musgraves went into her recording sessions trying to pick and record singles? Heck no, she just made the music she truly wanted to make. Same with Dierks on his Riser album. The fact that so many singles are already picked out proves to me that these labels aren't trying to listen to the FANS, and instead are just catering to radio's demands.

I don't think the label or Luke are 100% on each of the songs that people have posted above. Luke was quoted saying that he plans to pay attention to iTunes to see what the fans are buying and basing the singles off this information. I do think "Home Alone Tonight" is a given. I don't even think they went into this thinking "Strip it Down" would be the next single...the sales were good on iTunes at the time it was chosen and fans were buying into it.

Nothing is ever 100% certain with what will be a single -- I think we've seen that a time or two recently with other artists, lol.

The only thing I personally said was that "Move" sounded like a lock to be released and that they would strongly consider the title track; I really never heard any confirmation of any kind that "Fast" or even "Home Alone Tonight" would be released.

[tim]

Aug 9, 2015 15:39:46 GMT -5 annie said:

Found "Home Alone Tonight" laughably bad. The flip my camera up, send it to my ex lyrics LOL. Anyways, I forget where but I think Luke mentioned at one point that "Fast" would be a single, so Y E S to that

I just started sitting down to listen to this album earlier today and when I got to this song and the line "Ain't a clock, a tick, a tock, that's gonna stop" I literally stopped and told myself I'd pick up listening to it again at a later time, after skipping this song of course. The lyrics for this song are just...bad.

That being said, I'm really enjoying "Strip It Down" more than I'd like to admit and I'll probably consider it another guilty pleasure of the year.

[kml567]

Aug 9, 2015 19:39:29 GMT -5 zack97 said:

Aug 9, 2015 19:27:28 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Having listened to Luke's album release show on The Highway this past week, I can safely say that "Move" will be a single.

So that's "Kick The Dust Up" and "Strip It Down" already sent out, and "Fast" and "Home Alone Tonight" have been confirmed as singles, but no one knows what will be sent out first. Now we have this "wonderful" work of "art". That's five singles, leaving only room for 1 more single (presumably, if they go 6 like last time). So far, that's 1 out of 5 for me this era with singles

That 6th single just might be "To The Moon and Back". I heard the interview on The Highway, and he said that he would like to put a song like this on the radio. Doesn't guarantee he will, but it does suggest this song is on his shortlist for radio consideration.

P.S. Luke confirmed Hillary Lindsey is the female vocalist on the song in the interview.

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I listened to this and I wasn't blown away, but I wasn't totally disappointed either. I was looking forward to "Fast" as it was getting great reviews here, but it was underwhelming to me. "Home Alone Tonight" was getting mixed reviews here, so I was sure, but I really enjoyed it, so I wouldn't mind it on radio. "To the Moon and Back" is probably the best song on the album and I will root for a release of this one. Also, I really enjoyed "Just Over". "Razor Blade" was a great song as well, really enjoyed that one.

So for me singles 3-6 would be...
"Home Alone Tonight"
"Razor Blade"
"Just Over"
"To the Moon and Back"

Hopefully it works that way, but I won't hold my breath.

[mdouty]

I like most of the songs on this album after giving the whole thing a few listens all the way through.

Favorites in order: Way Way Back, Razor Blade, Move, Fast, Kill the Lights, Love It Gone

I just can't stop listening to Way Way Back. I just keep going back to it. Catchy as hell. Maybe one of the catchiest on the album IMO.

Single predictions:
1) KTDU
2) SID
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3) Move
4) Fast
5) Way Way Back
6) Home Alone Tonight

Picking WWB might be wishful thinking, but that's such an easy #1. I know most of these are, but for some reason, I just think this is one of the biggest potential hits on the album.

[zjames]

Kill The Lights to open with 315-330k sold in first week

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After listening many more times, my favorites:

1. Huntin', Fishin', and Lovin' Every Day
2. Love it Gone
3. Fast
4. Way Way Back
5. Scarecrows
6. To the Moon and Back
7. Strip it Down
8. Move
9. Home Alone Tonight
10. Kick the Dust Up
11. Just Gone
12. Kill the Lights
13. Razor Blade

[someguy]

I still haven't heard this yet - I had to order the Target version from eBay, since I can't get it here, and it hasn't arrived yet. I'm really looking forward to it though.

I'm also glad to see that Luke will get the #1 this week, despite a drop in sales from last time.

[codyj100]

I have tried SO many times to get through this album without skipping, "Move." Which, I find is impossible. The only song I have yet to hear is, "Scarecrows." With that said, this album seems better than Crash My Party and at many times, even better than Tailgates and Tanlines. My favorite song is "To The Moon And Back." Like Luke said, it is unlike anything he had ever done previously. I am disappointed by "Home Alone Tonight," but would imagine that it will be a single at some point. 

Favorites: "To The Moon And Back," "Fast," "Huntin', Fishin', and Lovin'"

[onebuffalo]

#1 country, #1 top 200 CD with 320,000 sold. Congratulations, Luke Bryan!

[jrekk]

This is one of my favorite albums of the year for sure! It's refreshing to see him in his prime go back to his roots more in this era and I hope he'll stick with it this time
With that said my single predictions for this album are
1. KTDU
2. Strip It Down
3. Home Alone Tonight(based off sales so far)
4. Fast(perfect song to climb through late fall and winter)
5. Move(biggest seller of the era and a good spring one)
6. Hopeful for Just Over but most likely Kill The Lights
7. To end the era with an unprecedented 7 SINGLES it'll either be Huntin, Fishin, Lovin Eveyday, To The Moon and Back, or hopefully Way Way Back!

[trebor]

Luke Bryan enters the Official UK Album chart at #47! 
This is quite a great feat! Congrats.
On the Official UK Country Album chart he bows only at #2. UK's own: The Shires are still holding on to the #1 spot (#13 overall).

Australia ARIA Album Chart: New entry at #4! 
Obviously, #1 in the ARIA Country Albums Chart!

New Zealand: RIANZ The Official NZ Album Chart: Debut at #32!

[Deleted]

The more I think about it, the more I will be surprised if they don't go to 6 singles. Hell, they could do 7.

There were 4 months between the release of "Crash My Party" and "That's My Kind of Night" versus only 3 months between "Kick the Dust Up" and "Strip it Down".

Also worth noting is that "Strip it Down" is rising almost as fast as "Kick the Dust Up" did.

[Kentucky25]

A little off topic, but I have to say that the duet between him and Jason Derulo is so dang catchy...it's become a guilty pleasure. These random country duets with pop artists always interest me.

[someguy]

After hearing this album a few times since it came on Friday, I'm really enjoying it. Granted, I was a fan of Crash My Party for the most part, so take this how you will, but I am thoroughly enjoying Kill The Lights. I'm glad I held out and got the Target version, because I really like the bonus tracks (especially the last two).

So far, my ranking would be:

1. Little Boys Grow Up And Dogs Get Old
2. Love It Gone
3. Buddies
4. Huntin', Fishin' And Lovin' Every Day
5. Fast
6. Way Way Back
7. Kill The Lights
8. Just Over
9. Kick The Dust Up
10. Scarecrows
11. Corner Booth
12. To The Moon And Back
13. Strip It Down
14. Razor Blade
15. Move
16. Home Alone Tonight

Looking at that though, I even find "Move" and "Home Alone Tonight" listenable and not bad, so that goes to show that this is a solid album for me.

As far as singles, assuming there are 6, I would expect:

3. Home Alone Tonight
4. Fast
5. Move
6. Kill The Lights

I'd love to see something like "Huntin', Fishin'..." or "Little Boys..." get released to show off a different side of Luke/the album, but I doubt that will happen. "Fast" will probably be our 'deep' single this time around.

[ant]

Yeah, my single predictions are:

3. Move
4. Home Alone Tonight
5. Kill The Lights
6. Way Way Back

Wouldn't be shocked if "Razor Blade" made it as a single somewhere in there too.

Having said that, the Target Deluxe exclusive track "Little Boys Grow Up and Dogs Get Old" is by far the best song on this album and perhaps one of his best cuts ever, in my opinion.

[ethanhunt]

I think I have physically shed a tear every time I've listened to Little Boys Grow Up and Dogs Get Old.

[onebuffalo]

Luke Bryan: Platinum:

www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/150635/luke-bryan-earns-riaa-platinum-for-kill-the-lights