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2008 studio album by Lady Antebellum From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lady Antebellum is the debut studio album by American country music trio Lady Antebellum. It was released on April 15, 2008, through Capitol Nashville. The production on the album was handled by Victoria Shaw and Paul Worley. The album was supported by three singles: "Love Don't Live Here", "Lookin' for a Good Time" and "I Run to You", which became the group's first number one on the US Hot Country Songs chart.
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| Released | April 15, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 42:44 | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
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| Lady Antebellum chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Lady Antebellum | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Country Weekly | [2] |
| Country Standard Time | favorable[3] |
| Slant | [4] |
| About.com | [5] |
Lady Antebellum received generally positive reviews from music critics and was also a commercial success. The album debuted at four on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 43,000 copies in its first week.[6] The album also debuted at number one on the US Top Country Albums chart, becoming the first debut by a country group to achieve this.[7] It also received a nomination for Album of the Year at the 2010 Academy of Country Music Awards.
Its lead-off single, "Love Don't Live Here", was released in late 2007 and entered the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in May 2008. A second single, "Lookin' for a Good Time", was issued in June 2008, and peaked at number 11. "I Run to You" followed as the third single from the album in January 2009, and became the group's first number-one single on the Hot Country Songs chart in July 2009.
Lady Antebellum debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 43,000 copies in its first week.[6] This became Lady Antebellum's first US top-ten debut.[6] The album also debuted at number one on the US Top Country Albums chart.[8] On November 10, 2010, the album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over two million copies in the US.[9] As of January 2011, the album has sold 1,826,368 copies in the United States.[10]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love Don't Live Here" | 3:50 | |
| 2. | "Lookin' for a Good Time" |
| 3:07 |
| 3. | "All We'd Ever Need" |
| 4:40 |
| 4. | "Long Gone" |
| 3:34 |
| 5. | "I Run to You" |
| 4:16 |
| 6. | "Love's Lookin' Good on You" |
| 3:21 |
| 7. | "Home is Where the Heart Is" |
| 3:45 |
| 8. | "Things People Say" |
| 3:50 |
| 9. | "Slow Down Sister" |
| 3:06 |
| 10. | "Can't Take My Eyes off You" |
| 4:45 |
| 11. | "One Day You Will" |
| 4:30 |
| Total length: | 42:44 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 12. | "Emily" |
| 4:00 |
As listed in liner notes.[11][12]
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Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine; conducted and arranged by Kris Wilkinson.
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Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US Country | US | CAN | ||
| 2007 | "Love Don't Live Here" | 3 | 53 | 69 |
| 2008 | "Lookin' for a Good Time" | 11 | 67 | — |
| 2009 | "I Run to You" | 1 | 27 | 54 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)[23] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[24] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[9] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
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