Morgan Wallen - "If I Know Me"

[.indulgecountry]

Morgan Wallen's debut album is out now:

[.indulgecountry]

There's some really great tracks on this record! "Had Me by Halftime" and "Little Rain" are both great and sound like they could be potential hit singles following "Up Down." Both are solid country tunes. "If I Ever Get You Back" is a fantastic 90s-era ditty like something Alan Jackson might've recorded and turned into a hit back in the day. "Not Good at Not" and "Whiskey Glasses" are both catchy little jams, and I still love the lead single. "Happy Hour" has a nice underlying honkytonk vibe to it and the twist on the hook is really clever imo. I really enjoy when songwriters play with phrases like that and it works well there. I actually heard that one on the radio last weekend right after the album came out because the program I was listening to had him in the studio talking about his record and the DJ said that was one of her favorites. There's definitely a few filler tracks in there, and a few songs toe over the line into a more bro-country-lite type of sound, but generally speaking, the album feels like it does a good job straddling the line of being contemporary while also being solidly 'country.'

[justin5545]

Definitely digging "Had Me By Halftime" and "Little Rain" the most.

[wilbur]

really love "whatcha know about that" and mixing in "fishing in the dark". I never really cared much for "Up down" but at least it got an album released. there is a lot of good stuff here from "talking Tennessee" to "happy hour"

[.indulgecountry]

I see that this debuted at #11 on the country charts and #72 on the Billboard 200, but does anyone have the sales figures for this one's opening week?

[recordyear]

Sold 2662 first week (#65 pure sales).

[justin5545]

Wow those are bad sales numbers

[wilbur]

terrible timing with his release and them doing away with CDs. I tried to find a physical copy online at target Walmart and amazon and couldn't.

[someguy]

I'm shocked that Amazon doesn't carry this. I wonder why that is.

[rbundy1987]

May 13, 2018 1:17:42 GMT -5 someguy said:

I'm shocked that Amazon doesn't carry this. I wonder why that is.

Because 'If I Know Me' is ONLY a digital release. More and more albums I predict will become only digital releases or vinyl releases as time goes on.

[someguy]

May 13, 2018 2:30:20 GMT -5 rbundy1987 said:

May 13, 2018 1:17:42 GMT -5 someguy said:

I'm shocked that Amazon doesn't carry this. I wonder why that is.

Because 'If I Know Me' is ONLY a digital release. More and more albums I predict will become only digital releases or vinyl releases as time goes on.

Ah ok, I didn't realize that. Strange for an album with a top 10 hit, but sadly I guess this is the way things are going. I expect "Up Down" to go #1, which will be odd to have an album with a #1 that isn't available as a physical product.

[Ten Pound Hammer]

That might explain why I literally can't find a single review of this album anywhere, and why Allmusic's entry is just a blank placeholder. What a quiet release.

[sabre14]

Unless they change their minds, "Little Rain" is planned on being the next single.

[.indulgecountry]

May 13, 2018 18:19:51 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Unless they change their minds, "Little Rain" is planned on being the next single.

Oh boy, what great news.