Here's to the Good Times

Here's to the Good Times
Studio album by Florida Georgia Line
Released	December 4, 2012
Recorded	2012–13
Genre	Bro-country
Length	40:00
Label	Republic Nashville
Producer	Joey Moi
Florida Georgia Line chronology
It'z Just What We Do (2012) Here's to the Good Times (2012) Anything Goes (2014)
Singles from Here's to the Good Times
"Cruise" Released: August 6, 2012 "Get Your Shine On" Released: January 21, 2013[1] "Round Here" Released: June 3, 2013[2] "Stay" Released: October 7, 2013[3]
This Is How We Roll
Singles from Here's to the Good Times...This Is How We Roll
"This Is How We Roll" Released: February 10, 2014[4]

Here's to the Good Times is the debut studio album by American country music duo Florida Georgia Line. It was released on December 4, 2012, by Republic Nashville.^[5] The album includes the five tracks from their It'z Just What We Do EP; including "Cruise", along with six new songs.^[6] The deluxe edition, titled Here's to the Good Times… This Is How We Roll, was released on November 25, 2013.^[7] The album was the sixth best-selling album of 2013 in the United States,^[8] and it became a certified two-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on July 1, 2014.^[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[10]
Allmusic	[11]
Music Is My Oxygen Weekly	[12]
Roughstock	[13]
Taste of Country	[14]

Here's to the Good Times has received mixed reviews by music critics. Robert Silva of About.com found that the album "may not be built to last, but it's built to be blast."^[10] Allmusic's Steve Leggett told that the release is "based on summer energy, drinking beer, taking shots, driving back roads, and the romantic glories and possibilities of Friday and Saturday nights with nothing to do but look for those good times."^[11] At Music Is My Oxygen Weekly, Rob Burkhardt evoked that "Here’s To the Good Times is only going to add to Florida Georgia Line’s rapidly growing popularity."^[12] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock praised the album because "is chock full of hits", and said that "it's the work of a band who not only has captured an audience seemingly overnight but also has the potential to be the biggest duo in Country Music".^[13] However, Taste of Country's Billy Dukes was critical of the release because it does not contain "a wide range of styles and emotions", and that "Florida Georgia Line would have been better served by a more experienced country producer instead of the talented Joey Moi".^[14]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Top Country Albums, and No. 10 on the Billboard 200 with 63,000 copies sold in the United States.^[15] The album eventually reached No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart in June 2013.^[16]

The album was the sixth best-selling album of 2013 in the United States, with 1,350,000 copies sold for the year.^[8] The album reached its 2 million sales mark in August 2014.^[17] As of January 2015, the album has sold 2,142,000 copies in the US.^[18]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cruise"	Tyler Hubbard Brian Kelley Joey Moi Chase Rice Jesse Rice	3:31
2.	"Round Here"	Rodney Clawson Chris Tompkins Thomas Rhett	3:35
3.	"Get Your Shine On"	Hubbard Kelley Clawson Tompkins	3:42
4.	"Here's to the Good Times"	Clawson Tompkins Lynn Hutton	4:10
5.	"It'z Just What We Do"	Hubbard Kelley Clawson	3:38
6.	"Stay"	Moi John Fred Young Chris Robertson Jon Lawhon Ben Wells	3:19
7.	"Hell Raisin' Heat of the Summer"	Clawson Tompkins Craig Wiseman	3:33
8.	"Tell Me How You Like It"	Hubbard Kelley Tompkins	3:46
9.	"Tip It Back"	Hubbard Kelley Clawson	3:44
10.	"Dayum, Baby" (featuring Sarah Buxton)	Hubbard Kelley Clawson David Lee Murphy	3:25
11.	"Party People"	Luke Laird Shane McAnally J. T. Harding	3:39
Total length:			40:00

This Is How We Roll
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"This Is How We Roll" (featuring Luke Bryan)	Kelley Hubbard Cole Swindell Luke Bryan	3:42
13.	"Take It Out on Me"	McAnally Chris DeStefano Ashley Gorley	3:29
14.	"People Back Home"	Kelley Hubbard Ryan Tyndell Brent Anderson	4:02
15.	"Headphones"	Kelley Hubbard Jimmy Robbins Nicolle Galyon	3:44
16.	"Hands on You"	Tompkins Clawson Brett James	3:11
17.	"Cruise (Remix)" (featuring Nelly)	Hubbard Kelley Moi Rice Rice Haynes	3:28

Target exclusive bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"What Are You Drinking About"	Hubbard Kelley Wiseman	3:39
13.	"Country In My Soul"	Hubbard Kelley Jennifer Zuffinetti	3:28

iTunes deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Cruise" (Live from Joe's Bar, Chicago 2012)	Hubbard Kelley Moi C. Rice J. Rice	3:52
13.	"Round Here" (Live from Joe's Bar, Chicago 2012)	Clawson Tompkins Rhett	4:05
14.	"Tip It Back" (Live from Joe's Bar, Chicago 2012)	Hubbard Kelley Clawson	3:48
15.	"Cruise" (Music Video)		3:32
16.	"Round Here" (Live from Joe's Bar, Chicago 2012 Video)		4:05
17.	"Tip It Back" (Live from Joe's Bar, Chicago 2012 Video)		3:48

Personnel

Florida Georgia Line

• Tyler Hubbard - vocals
• Brian Kelley - vocals

Additional Musicians

• Tom Beaupre - bass guitar
• Brian Bonds - electric guitar
• Sarah Buxton - duet vocals on "Dayum, Baby"
• Scott Cooke - bass guitar
• Wes Hightower - background vocals
• Jaren Johnston - background vocals on "Party People"
• Charlie Judge - keyboards
• Joey Moi - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, programming, background vocals
• Russ Pahl - pedal steel guitar
• Mike Rojas - keyboards
• Jason Schmidt - percussion
• Adam Shoenfeld - electric guitar
• Jimmie Lee Sloas - bass guitar
• Chris Tompkins - keyboards
• Ilya Toshinsky - banjo, dobro, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, mandolin
• Ryan Vikedal - percussion
• John Willis - talk box guitar

Chart performance

Album Weekly charts Chart (2012–16) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] 65 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[20] 8 US Billboard 200[21] 4 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[22] 1 Year-end charts Chart (2013) Position US Billboard 200[23] 7 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[24] 2 Chart (2014) Position US Billboard 200[25] 10 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[26] 3 Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US Country [27] US Country Airplay [28] US [29] US Pop [30] US Adult [31] CAN Country [32] CAN [33] 2012 "Cruise" 1 1 4 7 9 — 38 2013 "Get Your Shine On" 5 1 27 — — 1 39 "Round Here" 3 1 28 — — 1 47 "Stay" 1 1 28 — — 1 39 2014 "This Is How We Roll" 1 2 15 25 24 2 20 "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments Canada (Music Canada)[34] Platinum 80,000 United States (RIAA)[35] 2× Platinum 2,142,000[18] ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone Other charted songs Year Title Peak chart positions US Country [27] US [36] CAN [33] 2012 "Here's to the Good Times" 33 — 84 2013 "Dayum, Baby" (with Sarah Buxton) 49 — — "Take It Out on Me" 32 125 84 "Hands on You" 33 — — "Headphones" 39 — — "People Back Home" 42 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

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