The Civil Wars are number one
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 – The Civil Wars may not be touring or speaking, but the duo's second disc is selling. Selling to the point that its self-titled second studio disc is the top selling disc in the U.S., according to Billboard.
"The Civil Wars" sold 116,000 units and will be number one when the charts are officially released on Thursday.
The duo - Joy Williams and John Paul White - previously had a high of 36,000 for "Barton Hallow" one week after the Grammys last year when they won two.
Of the sales, 69 percent were digital, making it first on the Digital Albums chart.
The Civil Wars took over from Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines," which was down 63 percent to 65,000, good for third on the charts.
Florida Georgia Line's "Here's to the Good Times" stayed at 10 with 26,000, down eight percent.
More news for The Civil Wars
- 05/03/16: Ex-Civil Wars member White sets tour
- 08/05/14: The Civil Wars are officially history
- 04/04/14: Civil Wars' Williams, The National's Berninger turn it up on new song
- 10/03/13: The Civil Wars unite for new video
- 08/06/13: The Civil Wars, Brett Eldredge release new music
- 07/31/13: The Civil Wars stream on
- 06/18/13: The Civil Wars release studio video
- 05/01/13: The Civil Wars announce new disc for summer
CD reviews for The Civil Wars
Music keeps flowing from The Civil Wars, and this four-song EP of covers is not filler. In fact, all four songs - Sour Times, Between the Bars, Billie Jean and Talking in Your Sleep - could easily have wound up on a full-scale release by Joy Lynn Williams and John Paul White.
Including Billie Jean should come as no shock to anyone who has seen them live because this was a staple in their live gigs (although probably a surprise if you hadn't seen them before). The Michael Jackson song ...
One gets the distinct sense that there's a storm a brewing on the jacket of The Civil Wars major label debut. It appears that a huge plume of black smoke is all that remains. And that depiction may be most accurate in a number of ways for The Civil Wars, the duo of Joy Williams and John Paul White. First and perhaps foremost is that Williams and White seem to be at professional odds. As for the material contained here, for the most part, it's about relationships that either have or ...
Upon first listen, The Civil Wars comes off like a more Southern version of She & Him. While She & Him draws upon classic pop elements, The Civil Wars is much more country and folk focused. Charlie Peacock produced "Barton Hollow," giving it a simple, sparse acoustic sound; one that is very different from the man's usual solo music or other productions (early Switchfoot albums, which are all comprised of sharp electric guitar rock, and his own solo work veers closer to blue eyed soul). ...
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