Little Big Town creates "Tornado"
The album was recorded in Nashville with producer Jay Joyce (Wallflowers/Eric Church/Cage The Elephant) and features hit single Pontoon among the 11 songs.
"I am so excited for people to hear this new record," said Jimi Westbrook. "We worked with Jay Joyce, and he really pushed us to be in the moment. There was such an amazing energy between all of us in the studio, and I think you can feel it."
Pontoon was released to radio in April and is currently Top 15 on Billboard's country radio chart. This has been Little Big Town's fasting rising single to date. The song is number 1 on the Soundscan Digital Country chart for the second week in a row and has sold more than 520,000 tracks in 8 weeks. The official music video has been viewed more than 1.7 million times.
Songs on the CD are:
1. Pavement Ends - Jason Saenz/Brent Cobb
2. Pontoon - Barry Dean/Natalie Hemby/Luke Laird
3. Sober - Liz Rose/Hillary Lindsey/Lori McKenna
4. Front Porch Thing - Chris Stapleton/Adam Hood
5. On Your Side Of The Bed - Lori McKenna/Karen Fairchild/Jimi Westbrook/Karen Schlapman/Philip Sweet
6. Leavin' In Your Eyes - Brett Warren/Brad Warren/Jay Joyce/J.Westbrook/K.Fairchild/K.Schlapman
7. Tornado - Natalie Hemby/Delta Made
8. On Fire Tonight - Luke Laird/P.Sweet/J.Westbrook/K.Fairchild/K.Schlapman
9. Can't Go Back - Natalie Hemby/Kate York/Rosi Golan
10. Self Made - Natalie Hemby/Jedd Hughes/J.Westbrook/K.Fairchild
11. Night Owl - Natalie Hemby/J.Westbrook/K.Fairchild/K.Schlapman/P.Sweet
More news for Little Big Town
- 04/08/24: LBT, Sugarland tour together
- 03/07/24: Lynne signs with Monument; "I Am Shelby Lynne" reissue coming
- 09/12/23: Strait, Stapleton, LBT team up for stadium shows in '24
- 12/16/22: "Rich Man" from LBT drops
- 08/12/22: LBT looks to "Better Love"
- 07/19/22: LBT's "Mr. Sun" coming in September
- 07/01/22: Little Big Town do it "All Summer"
- 01/07/22: Lambert, LBT jump on The Bandwagon
CD reviews for Little Big Town
Little Big Town has always been one of the more consistently good modern country groups. This latest album, not surprisingly, is also good. However, it's not exceptional. Sure, the quartet explores the happy and sad sides of love and romance, as per usual, but few tracks rise far above the merely good level.
Karen Fairchild sings lead on "Three Whiskeys and the Truth," and is a dead ringer for Lady A's Hillary Scott. This is somewhat ironic, as Lady A is probably the ...
Little Big Town gets billed as a country music vocal group, but "Nightfall" plays out more like a four-headed singer-songwriter effort. Many of these songs hearken back to some of the best '70s introspective songwriter efforts. The album opens with "Next to You," which builds from a gentle meditation, into a full-on anthemic ode to the comfort and strength of fidelity.
"Questions" interestingly finds an ex asking questions via song lyrics, which she can never ...
Anyone who missed Little Big Town's remarkable 2012 Unplugged performance on CMT should seek it out online. When they sing their monster hit "Pontoon," four hypnotic voices combine to harmonic perfection with no studio tricks - pick from any of the microphones, and it works as the song's lead vocal. But now that the group has ascended to the upper rung of stardom, different challenges arise. How do you compete with yourself fresh from a Grammy for Best Country Song ...
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