Pain Killer received widespread critical acclaim. In giving the album a rating of "B+", Bob Paxman of Country Weekly Lori McKenna , but criticized the "overly cluttered" production on some tracks.[ 8] AllMusic called the album as "the rarest thing in contemporary country, a record with an expansive world-view delivered with a kinetic kick and infallible melodies, a record that gives no indication of where it's going upon first listen but remains compelling upon further spins".[ 6] Metacritic indicating “universal acclaim.”[ 10]
The album's track listing was announced on July 14.[ 13] [ 14]
Title Writer(s) Lead vocals 1. "Quit Breaking Up with Me" 3:24 2. "Day Drinking " Fairchild 2:58 3. "Tumble and Fall" Westbrook 4:41 4. "Pain Killer " Fairchild Westbrook Blair Daly Lindsey Fairchild 3:11 5. "Girl Crush " Fairchild 3:13 6. "Faster Gun" Jeremy Spillman Ryan Tyndell Westbrook Sweet 4:10 7. "Good People" Schlapman 3:41 8. "Stay All Night" 2:45 9. "Save Your Sin" Schlapman 2:46 10. "Live Forever" Fairchild Westbrook Sweet Schlapman Spillman Tyndell Sweet 4:14 11. "Things You Don't Think About" Fairchild 3:36 12. "Turn the Lights On" Fairchild Westbrook Sweet Schlapman Hemby Joyce Spillman Fairchild 4:08 13. "Silver and Gold" Westbrook 3:33
Adapted from Allmusic and Pain Killer liner notes.[ 6] [ 15]
Little Big Town Karen Fairchild — vocals
Kimberly Schlapman — vocals
Philip Sweet — vocals, drums , acoustic guitar
Jimi Westbrook — vocals, acoustic guitar
Musicians Johnny Duke — acoustic guitar, electric guitar , pedal steel guitar
Jedd Hughes — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ganjo , tiple Jay Joyce — electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards , ganjo, mandolin , synthesizer, bass guitar , bells , pump organ Seth Rausch — drums
Giles Reaves — keyboards, percussion , vocoder , synthesizer horns, vibraphone , vocal padsJohn Thomasson — bass guitar
Ryan Tyndell — acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar
Production Richard Dodd — mastering
Jason Hall — engineering, mixing
Jedd Hughes — engineering
Scott Johnson — production assistant
Jay Joyce — engineering, mixing, production
Reid Scelza — assistant
Matthew Wheeler — assistant
Visual and imagery Karen Fairchild — art direction
Kelly Jerrell — art direction
Meritocracy — art direction
Matthew Welch — photography
Chart (2014)
Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard )[ 21]
54
Chart (2015)
Position
US Billboard 200[ 22]
38
US Top Country Albums (Billboard )[ 23]
10
Chart (2016)
Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard )[ 24]
30
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