American Love
American Love is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Jake Owen. It was released on July 29, 2016, through RCA Nashville.[1] It includes the #1 single "American Country Love Song".
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| Released | July 29, 2016 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 37:58 | |||
| Label | RCA Nashville | |||
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Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Renowned for Sound | [3] |
AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album 3.5 out of 5 stars, noting the "bittersweet streak" in some of the song's themes, as well as Owen "modulating his delivery, choosing to lie back instead of lean into the songs, a tactic that gives the lighter moments a melancholy pull and the ballads a bit of grace."[2] Daniel Patrin of Renowned for Sound rated the record 3 out of 5 stars, noting that it reverts to Owen's "deeper, ancestral country roots" and away from Days of Gold's "contemporary concoction of electronic pop-country mixtures", concluding that "American Love is the resulted work of a beholden musician, content and satisfied – rolling through songwriting without a shroud of guilt and a wealth of glittering pride."[3]
Commercial performance
The album's lead single "American Country Love Song" topped the Billboard Country Airplay chart on September 17, 2016. The second single "If He Ain't Gonna Love You" stalled on the charts at its peak of #37 for several weeks, and became Owen's lowest charting single of his career. American Love debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 with 35,000 units, Owen highest charting album on that chart.[4] It also debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 29,400 albums in its first week.[5] The album has sold 53,800 copies in the United States as of November 2016.[6] The album's third single, "Good Company" released to country radio on April 17, 2017.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "American Love" | 3:15 | ||
| 2. | "After Midnight" |
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| 3:57 |
| 3. | "Where I Am" |
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| 3:44 |
| 4. | "Everybody Dies Young" |
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| 3:08 |
| 5. | "VW Van" |
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| 2:55 |
| 6. | "Good Company" |
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| 2:54 |
| 7. | "LAX" |
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| 3:27 |
| 8. | "If He Ain't Gonna Love You" |
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| 3:36 |
| 9. | "When You Love Someone" |
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| 3:57 |
| 10. | "You Ain't Going Nowhere" |
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| 3:38 |
| 11. | "American Country Love Song" |
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| 3:18 |
Personnel
Credits for American Love adapted from AllMusic.[7]
- Vocals
- Stephanie Chapman – background vocals
- Ross Copperman – background vocals
- Jaren Johnston – background vocals
- Hillary Lindsey – background vocals
- Shane McAnally – background vocals
- Erin McCarley – background vocals
- Josh Osborne – background vocals
- Jake Owen – lead vocals, background vocals
- Chris Stapleton – background vocals
- Instruments
- Joseph Arick – Hammond B-3 organ, harmonica, keyboards, piano
- Lukas Bracewell – banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon string guitar, ukulele
- Ross Copperman – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
- Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
- Fred Eltringham – drums, drum loops, percussion
- Robby Emerson – bass guitar
- Ryan Gore – clapping, tambourine
- Lee Hendricks – bass guitar
- Myron Howell - drums, percussion
- Scotty Huff – trumpet
- Luke Laird – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Tony Lucido – bass guitar
- Rob McNelley – electric guitar
- Josh Osborne – acoustic guitar
- Jake Owen – clapping
- Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar
- Jovan Quallo – saxophone
- Danny Rader – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer, tres, Wurlitzer
- Josh Scalf – trombone
- Matt Stanfield – Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano
- Aaron Sterling – drums, percussion
- David Wallace – electric guitar
- Derek Wells – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Nir Z – drums, percussion
- Production
- Joseph Arick – programming
- Daniel Bacigalupi – mixing
- Sean R. Badum – assistant
- Joe Baldridge – engineer
- Drew Bollman – assistant
- Lukas Bracewell – engineer, producer, programming
- Ross Copperman – digital editing, engineer, producer, programming
- Josh Ditty – assistant
- Ryan Gore – engineer
- Kelsey Granda – production assistant
- Luke Laird – producer, programming
- Jasper Lemaster – assistant
- Joseph Llanes – photographer
- Kam Lutcherhand – assistant
- Tony Lucido – engineer
- Shane McAnally – producer
- Andrew Mendleson – mastering
- Buckley Miller – digital editing
- Seth Morton – assistant
- Justin Niebank – digital editing, mixing
- Zack Pancoast – engineer
- Jake Owen – producer
- Andy Selby – digital editing
- Aaron Sterling – engineer
- Brian David Willis – digital editing
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- Nicholson, Jessica (May 19, 2016). "Jake Owen Releases Track Listing, Cover Art For 'American Love'". MusicRow. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "American Love - Jake Owen". AllMusic. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
- Patrin, Daniel (August 7, 2016). "Album Review: Jake Owen – American Love". Renowned for Sound. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- Caulfield, Keith (August 7, 2016). "DJ Khaled Earns His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Major Key'". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
- Bjorke, Matt (August 9, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: August 9, 2016". Roughstock.
- Bjorke, Matt (November 6, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: November 7, 2016". Roughstock.
- "Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- "CHART WATCH #380". auspOp. August 6, 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- "Jake Owen Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
- "DJ Khaled Earns His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Major Key'". Billboard. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved July 25, 2020.