Illinois (Brett Eldredge album)

Illinois
Studio album by Brett Eldredge
Released September 11, 2015 (2015-09-11)
Genre Country
Label Atlantic Nashville
Producer
  • Ross Copperman (tracks 1–6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
  • Brad Crisler (tracks 7, 10)
  • Brett Eldredge (all tracks)
Brett Eldredge chronology
Bring You Back
(2013)		 Illinois
(2015)
Singles from Illinois
  1. "Lose My Mind"
    Released: May 4, 2015
  2. "Drunk on Your Love"
    Released: November 9, 2015
  3. "Wanna Be That Song"
    Released: May 9, 2016

Illinois is the second studio album by American country music artist Brett Eldredge. It was released on September 11, 2015 via Atlantic Records Nashville. Its lead single, "Lose My Mind", was released to country radio on May 4, 2015. The album's second single, "Drunk on Your Love" was released to country radio on November 9, 2015. Eldredge co-wrote every song, and produced the album with Ross Copperman and Brad Crisler.[1]

Critical reception

Giving it 4 out of 5 stars, Stephen Thomas Erlewine praised the album's R&B influences, saying that "Such soulfulness and sly stylistic diversity were largely absent on Bring You Back, a quite pleasing set of by-the-books radio country, and it certainly enlivens Illinois, but not at the expense of strong songs."[2]

Commercial performance

Illinois entered the US Billboard 200 chart at number 3, selling 51,000 equivalent units in the week ending September 17 (including 44,000 traditional album sales). This marks the largest-selling week for an album in Eldredge's career, passing Bring You Back (2013), which sold 21,000 units in the first week on chart.[3] In the second week it sold an additional 9,500 copies.[4] As of March 2016, the album has sold 127,200 copies domestically.[5]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Fire"  
 3:18
2. "You Can't Stop Me" (featuring Thomas Rhett)
  • Eldredge
  • Copperman
  • Heather Morgan
 3:24
3. "Lose My Mind"  
 2:36
4. "Wanna Be That Song"  
  • Eldredge
  • Copperman
  • Scooter Carusoe
 3:56
5. "Time Well Spent"  
 3:36
6. "If You Were My Girl"  
  • Eldredge
  • Copperman
  • Nite
 3:33
7. "Illinois"  
 3:22
8. "Just a Taste"  
  • Eldredge
  • Copperman
  • Morgan
 3:29
9. "Drunk on Your Love"  
  • Eldredge
  • Copperman
 2:54
10. "Lose It All"  
 3:41
11. "Shadow"  
  • Eldredge
  • Copperman
  • Morgan
 2:41
12. "Going Away for Awhile"  
  • Eldredge
  • Copperman
  • Morgan
 3:13

Charts

Album

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[6] 10
US Billboard 200[7] 3
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] 1

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Sales
US Hot Country
[9]		 US Country Airplay
[10]		 US
[11]		 CAN Country
[12]		 CAN
[13]
2015 "Lose My Mind" 2 1 48 2 57
"Drunk on Your Love" 2 2 35 1 64
  • US: 311,000
2016 "Wanna Be That Song"A

A Current single.[15]

References

  1. ↑ Parton, Chris (11 September 2015). "Brett Eldredge on Finding His Identity With 'Illinois' Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Illinois". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (20 September 2015). "The Weeknd Earns Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (September 28, 2015). "Country Albums Chart Report: September 28, 2015". Roughstock. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  5. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (April 11, 2016). "Country Album Sales Chart: April 11, 2016". Roughstock.
  6. ↑ "Brett Eldredge – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Brett Eldredge. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Brett Eldredge – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Brett Eldredge. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Brett Eldredge – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Brett Eldredge. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Brett Eldredge Album & Song Chart History – Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Brett Eldredge Album & Song Chart History – Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Brett Eldredge – Chart history – The Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Brett Eldredge Album & Song Chart History – Canada Country". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Brett Eldredge Album & Song Chart History – Billboard Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  14. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (2015-08-24). "The Top 30 Digital Country Singles: August 24, 2015". RoughStock. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  15. ↑ https://www.countryaircheck.com/pdf_publication/Issue_497%20-%20May%202,%202016.pdf
Preceded by
Kill the Lights by Luke Bryan		 Billboard Top Country Albums number-one album
October 3, 2015 		Succeeded by
Kill the Lights by Luke Bryan


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