I'm About to Come Alive
I'm About to Come Alive is the debut studio album by American country music singer David Nail. It was released on August 18, 2009 via MCA Nashville. The album, produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke, includes the singles "I'm About to Come Alive," "Red Light" and "Turning Home." Nail wrote or co-wrote four of the songs on the album.
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| Released | August 18, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2007-2009 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 47:17 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | Frank Liddell Mike Wrucke | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Country Weekly | [2] |
Background
Prior to signing with MCA Nashville in 2009, Nail recorded a self-titled album in 2002 for Mercury Nashville, which is also a division of Universal Music Group Nashville. This album, despite producing a #52-peaking country single in "Memphis," was not released due to staff changes at the label.
Singles
The lead-off single is the title track, which was originally recorded by the alternative rock band Train[3] on its 2003 album My Private Nation. Nail's rendition peaked at number 47 on Hot Country Songs in 2008. Followup "Red Light" (which was co-written by Jonathan Singleton) was released in early 2009, and in May it became Nail's first Top 40 country hit, peaking at number 7 in December 2009. "Turning Home" was released in late January 2010 as the third single. This song was co-written by Kenny Chesney, who gave the song to Nail after deciding not to record it for himself.[4]
Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke, the same producers who work for Miranda Lambert, produced the album. Lambert performs background vocals on the track "Strangers on a Train." Nail wrote or co-wrote four of the album's songs.[5]
Critical reception
Chris Neal of Country Weekly magazine gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five. He said that "Red Light" set the album's tone, which he described as "the same sort of dusky midtempo groove."[2] The album also received a three-and-a-half star rating from Allmusic critic Thom Jurek, who said that the songs were "free of clichés" and that Nail had "so much soul in his voice that you believe every word."[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Mississippi" | Scooter Carusoe, Dan Colehour, Chuck Leavell | 4:36 |
| 2. | "I'm About to Come Alive" | Charlie Colin, Rob Hotchkiss, Patrick Monahan, Jimmy Stafford, Scott Underwood, Clint Bennett | 4:28 |
| 3. | "Red Light" | Jonathan Singleton, Dennis Matkosky, Melissa Peirce | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Again" | Carusoe, David Nail | 4:21 |
| 5. | "Clouds" | Carusoe, Nail | 3:53 |
| 6. | "Summer Job Days" | Gary LeVox, Neil Thrasher, Michael Dulaney | 4:11 |
| 7. | "Strangers on a Train" (featuring Miranda Lambert) | Carusoe, Aimee Mayo | 4:08 |
| 8. | "Looking for a Good Time" | Sean McConnell | 5:12 |
| 9. | "This Time Around" | Nail, Lee Thomas Miller | 3:25 |
| 10. | "Turning Home" | Carusoe, Kenny Chesney | 4:59 |
| 11. | "Missouri" | Nail | 4:02 |
Personnel
- Chris Carmichael - strings
- Eric Darken - percussion
- Dan Dugmore - dobro, steel guitar
- Fred Eltringham - drums
- Kenny Greenberg - electric guitar
- Natalie Hemby - background vocals
- Jim Hoke - harmonica
- Jay Joyce - electric guitar
- Miranda Lambert - background vocals on "Strangers on a Train"
- Stoney LaRue - background vocals
- Chuck Leavell - Hammond B-3 organ, piano
- David Nail - lead vocals
- Russ Pahl - steel guitar
- Jeff Roach - keyboards
- Randy Scruggs - acoustic guitar
- Waddy Wachtel - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar
- Mike Wrucke - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, background vocals
Chart performance
Album
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 19 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 200 | 71 |
End of year charts
| Chart (2010) | Year-end 2010 |
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| US Billboard Top Country Albums | 73[6] |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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| US Country | US [7] | ||||||||
| 2008 | "I'm About to Come Alive" | 47 | — | ||||||
| 2009 | "Red Light" | 7 | 54 | ||||||
| 2010 | "Turning Home" | 20 | 117 | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
References
- Jurek, Thom. "I'm About to Come Alive - David Nail". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved August 17, 2009.
- Neal, Chris (August 10, 2009). "Reviews". Country Weekly. 16 (26): 50.
- Malec, Jim (April 22, 2008). "David Nail - "I'm About to Come Alive"". The 9513. Archived from the original on June 30, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2008.
- Watts, Cindy (January 24, 2010). "David Nail's success starts at 'Red Light'". The Tennessean. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
- "David Nail fans get "Red Light"". Country Standard Time. May 12, 2009. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
- "Best of 2010 - Top Country Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
- Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 634. ISBN 978-0-89820-188-8.