Concrete (Sunny Sweeney album)

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.

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]

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.