The Whippoorwill

The Whippoorwill is the third studio album by American southern/country rock band Blackberry Smoke. It was released on August 14, 2012 through Southern Ground Records in the North America and on February 17, 2014 through Earache Records in Europe. The latter contained three additional live tracks; "Country Side of Life", "Pretty Little Lie" and "Six Ways to Sunday".[3]

The Whippoorwill
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 14, 2012 (US), February 17, 2014 (Europe)
RecordedJuly 21, 2011 - August 4, 2011
GenreSouthern rock, country rock, country, bluegrass
Length54:29
LabelSouthern Ground, Earache Records
ProducerBlackberry Smoke, Clay Cook, Matt Mangano and Zac Brown.
Blackberry Smoke chronology
Little Piece of Dixie
(2009)
The Whippoorwill
(2012)
Holding All the Roses
(2015)
Singles from The Whippoorwill
  1. "Pretty Little Lie"
    Released: January 28, 2013
  2. "Ain't Much Left of Me"
    Released: July 15, 2013
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Guardian[2]

Track listing

No.TitleWritten byLength
1."Six Ways to Sunday"Charlie Starr3:27
2."Pretty Little Lie"Travis Meadows, Starr3:34
3."Everybody Knows She's Mine"Starr3:49
4."One Horse Town"Meadows, Jeremy Spillman, Starr4:16
5."Ain't Much Left of Me"David Lee Murphy, Blackberry Smoke4:58
6."The Whippoorwill"Starr5:31
7."Lucky Seven"Meadows, Blackberry Smoke4:17
8."Leave a Scar"Meadows, Starr3:34
9."Crimson Moon"Zac Brown, Matt Mangano, Starr4:00
10."Ain't Got the Blues"Starr4:03
11."Sleeping Dogs"Gordon Kennedy, Blackberry Smoke3:22
12."Shakin' Hands with the Holy Ghost"Starr3:45
13."Up the Road"Starr5:53

Personnel

Musicians

  • Charlie Starr - lead vocals, guitar, pedal steel, banjo.
  • Richard Turner - bass guitar, vocals.
  • Paul Jackson - guitar, vocals.
  • Brandon Still - piano, organ.
  • Brit Turner - drums, percussion.

Additional musicians

  • Clay Cook - percussion, harmonium (4).
  • Matt Mangano - acoustic guitar (4).
  • Maureen Murphy, Lo Carter, Kyla Jade - backing vocals (3,9,12,13).
  • Sarah Dugas - backing vocals (9).
  • Arnold McCuller -backing vocals (6,10,13).

Brendan Wallace - Bagpipes

Production

  • Blackberry Smoke, Clay Cook, Matt Mangano, Zac Brown - producers.
  • Matt Wallace, Mike Fraser - mixing.
  • Stephen Marcussen - mastering.
  • Trey Wilson - production coordinator.
  • Brit Turner - art direction.
  • Justin Helton, Tim Pederson - cover design.
  • David Stuart - photography.

Chart performance

The album debuted on the Top Country Albums chart at No. 59 before their album's official release in August 2012, and re-entered the chart 4 weeks later at No.8 on its official release (chart date September 1, 2012). It also debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 40 on its official release, as well as No. 10 on the Independent Albums chart and No. 12 on the Top Rock Albums chart.[4] The album has sold 51,000 copies in the US as of October 2012.[5]

The album was released in the UK in February 2014, and it debuted at No.30 on the UK album Top 100 chart and No. 1 on the UK Country Album Chart with 2,973 copies sold for the week.[6]

Album

Chart (2012) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 97
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 30
US Billboard 200[9] 40
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] 8
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[11] 30
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12] 10
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[13] 12

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country Airplay
[14]
2013 "Pretty Little Lie" 46
"Ain't Much Left of Me"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

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