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Concrete (Sunny Sweeney album)

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Concrete
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 23, 2011 (2011-08-23)
GenreCountry
Length34:09
LabelRepublic Nashville
ProducerBrett Beavers
Sunny Sweeney chronology
Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame
(2007)
Concrete
(2011)
Provoked
(2014)
Singles from Concrete
  1. "From a Table Away"
    Released: June 28, 2010
  2. "Staying's Worse Than Leaving"
    Released: May 2, 2011
  3. "Drink Myself Single"
    Released: October 3, 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Roughstock[2]
Slant Magazine[3]

Concrete is the second studio album by American country music singer Sunny Sweeney. It was released on August 23, 2011 via Republic Nashville. The album includes the singles "From a Table Away", "Staying's Worse Than Leaving" and "Drink Myself Single", all of which have charted within the top 40 of Hot Country Songs.

Reception

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Commercial

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The album debuted at #21 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart upon its release. As of the chart dated September 24, 2011, the album has sold 26,418 copies in the US.[4]

Critical

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Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "traditional-minded yet thoroughly modern".[2]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Drink Myself Single"Sunny Sweeney, Monty Holmes2:59
2."From a Table Away"Sweeney, Bob DiPiero, Karyn Rochelle3:36
3."Staying's Worse Than Leaving"Sweeney, Radney Foster, Jay Clementi3:24
4."The Old Me"Lori McKenna, Mark D. Sanders4:04
5."Amy"Sweeney, Brennen Leigh2:42
6."Worn Out Heart"Sweeney, Brett Beavers3:00
7."Mean as You"Brett James, Tim Nichols, Kelley Lovelace3:00
8."It Wrecks Me"Sweeney, Clementi4:08
9."Helluva Heart"Sweeney, Heather Little, Deanna Bryant3:09
10."Fall for Me"Lisa Carver, Jaida Dreyer, Carolyn Dawn Johnson4:07

Personnel

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Credits adapted from AllMusic[5]

Chart performance

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Album

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Chart (2011) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 21
US Billboard Top Country Albums[6] 7

References

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  1. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Concrete review". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b Bjorke, Matt (18 August 2011). "Concrete review". Roughstock. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  3. ^ Keefe, Jonathan (21 August 2011). "Concrete review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  4. ^ "The Country Boys Continue to Dominate the Charts". Roughstock. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  5. ^ "Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Chart listing for Concrete". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 1, 2011.