Crush on Little Big Town continues
On the songs chart, Hunt was second with "Take Your Time." Blake Shelton's "Sangria" was third. Luke Bryan slipped two to fourth with "Kick the Dust Up." Florida Georgia Line remained fifth with "Sippin' on Fire."
Easton Corbin was at 12 with "Baby Be My Love Song," moving up 3. Tim McGraw was 14th with "Diamond Rings And Old Barstools," a song recorded with Catherine Dunn. He moved up three places. Zac Brown Band jumped 4 to 20 with "Loving You Easy." Chris Janson's "Buy Me a Boat" was 22nd, up 3. Hunt closed out the top 25 with "House Party," up 1.
ZBB took over the albums chart number one spot from Brantley Gilbert's "Just As I Am," which slipped to second. The Lacs debuted in third with "Outlaw in Me." Hunt was fourth with "Montevallo" and LBT fifth with "Pain Killer."
Chase Rice moved from 21 to 16 with "Ignite the Night." Miranda Lambert was at 20 with "Platinum," up 3. ZBB's "Greatest Hits So Far..." CD also was up 3 to 21. Kenny Chesney was 22nd, up 3, with "The Big Revival."
On the Bluegrass Albums chart, "Alive! In Concert" from Dailey & Vincent remained first. Robert Earl Keen was second with "Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions." The Willis Clan stood in third with "Chapter Two - Boots," up five. Punch Brothers were fourth with "The Phosphorescent Blues." The compilation "30 Appalachian Bluegrass Classics: Power Picks" debuted in fifth.
On the overall top 200, Hunt was 12th, ZBB 17th, Gilbert 18th, LBT 22nd and The Lacs 27th. The country albums and top 200 charts utilize different criteria.
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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