Feels Like Today

Feels Like Today is the third studio album by American country music group Rascal Flatts. It was released on September 28, 2004, as their third album for Lyric Street Records. The album has sold 5.274 million copies in the United States as of July 2014,^[2] and it has been certified 5× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. The album produced its title track as a single along with "Bless the Broken Road", "Fast Cars and Freedom", and "Skin (Sarabeth)". "Bless the Broken Road" was initially recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and has also been recorded by Marcus Hummon, Melodie Crittenden (whose version was a number 42 country single in 1997), and Geoff Moore before the release of Rascal Flatts' version. It would later be a Top 5 Christian hit for Selah as well. "When the Sand Runs Out" was later recorded by Marty Raybon on his 2006 album of the same name.

Feels Like Today
Studio album by Rascal Flatts
Released	September 28, 2004
Genre	Country
Length	42:56
Label	Lyric Street
Producer	Mark Bright Rascal Flatts Marty Williams
Rascal Flatts chronology
Melt (2002) Feels Like Today (2004) Me and My Gang (2006)
Singles from Feels Like Today
"Feels Like Today" Released: June 21, 2004 "Bless the Broken Road" Released: November 1, 2004 "Fast Cars and Freedom" Released: March 21, 2005 "Skin (Sarabeth)" Released: August 15, 2005

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

"Skin (Sarabeth)", initially a hidden track, received enough airplay to enter Top 40 on the country charts in 2005, leading to its release as a single. Upon its release to radio, "Skin (Sarabeth)" was officially added to the track list. "Here's to You" also charted from unsolicited airplay, and was made into a music video.

This was the band's last album to be produced by Mark Bright.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Where You Are"	Catt Gravitt, James LeBlanc	3:53
2.	"Bless the Broken Road"	Jeff Hanna, Bobby Boyd, Marcus Hummon	3:46
3.	"Then I Did"	Steve Robson, Jeffrey Steele	3:12
4.	"Feels Like Today"	Robson, Wayne Hector	3:26
5.	"Fast Cars and Freedom"	Gary LeVox, Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley	4:24
6.	"When the Sand Runs Out"	Brad Crisler, LeBlanc	3:46
7.	"Here's to You"	Jay DeMarcus, Thrasher, Mobley	3:33
8.	"The Day Before You" (Matthew West cover)	Matthew West	4:06
9.	"Break Away"	Joe Don Rooney, Randy Cantor, Dennis Matkosky	3:12
10.	"Holes"	Gregory Becker, John Paul White	4:18
11.	"Oklahoma-Texas Line"	DeMarcus, LeVox, Rooney	2:56
12.	"Skin (Sarabeth)" (hidden track)	Doug Johnson, Joe Henry	4:18
Total length:			42:56

Personnel

Rascal Flatts

• Jay DeMarcus – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Gary LeVox – lead vocals
• Joe Don Rooney – electric guitar, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Tim Akers – keyboards, synthesizers, accordion
• Gordon Mote – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ
• Steve Nathan – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ
• Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar
• Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
• Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
• Jonathan Yudkin – banjo, fiddle, mandolin, octofone, strings on "Feels Like Today" and "Skin (Sarabeth)"

Production

• Doug Howard – A&R
• Rascal Flatts – producers
• Mark Bright – producer
• Marty Williams – producer, engineer, mixing
• Bart Morris – engineer, assistant engineer, mix assistant, digital editing
• Tom Baker – mastering
• Gene Dries – production coordinator
• Greg McCarn – creative director
• Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, design
• Chapman Baehler – photography
• Jennifer Kemp – wardrobe
• Rhonda Parman – hair stylist, make-up

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (2004) Peak position US Billboard 200[3] 1 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2004) Position US Billboard 200[5] 145 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] 22 Chart (2005) Position US Billboard 200[7] 10 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] 2 Worldwide Albums (IFPI)[9] 29 Chart (2006) Position US Billboard 200[10] 20 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[11] 6

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US	US Pop	US AC
2004	"Feels Like Today"	9	56	—	—
	"Bless the Broken Road"	1	29	40	20
2005	"Fast Cars and Freedom"	1	38	70	—
	"Skin (Sarabeth)"	2	42	74	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

Certifications for "Feels Like Today"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[12]	Platinum	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[13]	5× Platinum	5,274,000[14]
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Feels Like Today review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
2. Grein, Paul (July 8, 2014). "Top 20 New Acts Since 2000". Yahoo! Music.
3. "Rascal Flatts Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
4. "Rascal Flatts Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
5. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2004". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
6. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2004". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
7. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
8. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
9. "Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2005" (PDF). IFPI. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 17, 2008. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
10. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
11. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
12. "Canadian album certifications – Rascal Flatts – Feels Like Today". Music Canada.
13. "American album certifications – Rascal Flatts – Feels Like Today". Recording Industry Association of America.
14. Grein, Paul (July 8, 2014). "Top 20 New Acts Since 2000". Yahoo! Music.