It Goes Like This

It Goes Like This
Studio album by Thomas Rhett
Released	October 29, 2013
Recorded	2013
Genre	Bro-country
Length	41:23
Label	Valory Music Group[1]
Producer	Jay Joyce Michael Knox Luke Laird[2]
Thomas Rhett chronology
Thomas Rhett (2012) It Goes Like This (2013) Tangled Up (2015)
Singles from It Goes Like This
"Something to Do with My Hands" Released: February 21, 2012 "Beer with Jesus" Released: September 4, 2012 "It Goes Like This" Released: May 6, 2013 "Get Me Some of That" Released: November 18, 2013 "Make Me Wanna" Released: August 4, 2014

It Goes Like This is the debut album by American bro-country artist Thomas Rhett. It was released on October 29, 2013, via Valory Music Group.^[1] The album's release was announced on August 22.^[3]

Content

It includes the singles "It Goes Like This",^[4] "Get Me Some of That", and "Make Me Wanna". It also includes the previously released singles "Something to Do with My Hands" and "Beer with Jesus" from Rhett's prior self-titled EP release.

Jay Joyce produced six of the album's tracks, of which five previously appeared on Rhett's self-titled extended play. Michael Knox and Luke Laird produce three tracks each.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Roughstock	[6]

The album received two positive reviews from critics. Steve Leggett of Allmusic rated the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying that "It's a solidly professional outing, featuring all three of his singles and other tracks of similar construction, and it's full of energy, good humor, and the kind of backroad good-old-boy wisdom that everybody seems to love these days, even if it feeds more off nostalgia than reality."^[5] Giving it 4 out of 5 stars, Matt Bjorke of Roughstock called it "a very good, musically diverse debut album, an album which should find some sort of an audience."^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer[6]	Length
1.	"Whatcha Got in That Cup"	Thomas Rhett Rhett Akins Craig Wiseman	Jay Joyce	2:59
2.	"Something to Do with My Hands"	Rhett Lee Thomas Miller Chris Stapleton	Joyce	3:20
3.	"Get Me Some of That"	Michael Carter Akins Cole Swindell	Luke Laird	3:09
4.	"Call Me Up"	Luke Laird Akins Shane McAnally	Laird	3:15
5.	"It Goes Like This"	Akins Ben Hayslip Jimmy Robbins	Michael Knox	3:07
6.	"Make Me Wanna"	Rhett Bart Butler Larry McCoy	Joyce	3:46
7.	"Front Porch Junkies" (remix)	Rhett Brad Warren Brett Warren Mark Irwin Josh Kear	Joyce	3:44
8.	"In a Minute"	Rhett Akins Ashley Gorley	Knox	3:41
9.	"Take You Home"	Gorley Chris Tompkins Rodney Clawson	Knox	3:39
10.	"Sorry for Partyin'"	Rhett Barry Dean Robbins	Laird	3:29
11.	"All-American Middle Class White Boy"	Rhett Jay Joyce Brad Warren Brett Warren	Joyce	2:59
12.	"Beer with Jesus"	Rhett Rick Huckaby Lance Miller	Joyce	4:15
Total length:				41:23

Personnel

• Rhett Akins – background vocals
• Danielle Bradbery – background vocals
• Pat Buchanan – electric guitar
• Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
• Whitney Cheshier – background vocals
• Mickey Jack Cones – background vocals
• J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar
• Virginia Davis – background vocals
• Fred Eltringham – drums, percussion
• Steve Fishell – pedal steel guitar
• Drew Gaw – background vocals
• Kelsea Granda – background vocals
• Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar, Jew's harp
• Jason Hall – background vocals
• Tony Harrell – Hammond B-3 organ, piano
• Lee Hendricks – bass guitar
• Jedd Hughes – electric guitar
• Mike Johnson – steel guitar
• Jay Joyce – bass guitar, Fender Rhodes, baritone guitar, electric guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, mandolin, programming, synthesizer strings, background vocals
• Joel Key – banjo, acoustic guitar
• Luke Laird – acoustic guitar
• Tom Luteran – background vocals
• Richard Madenfort – electric guitar, background vocals
• Gloria Martinez – background vocals
• Mark Martinez – background vocals
• Rob McNelley – dobro, electric guitar
• Greg Morrow – drums, drum programming
• John Osborne – banjo, acoustic guitar
• Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar
• Alex Quattlebaum – background vocals
• Danny Radar – acoustic guitar
• Rich Redmond – percussion
• Thomas Rhett – drums, acoustic guitar, mandolin, lead vocals
• Nichole Rodriguez – background vocals
• Jess Rosen – background vocals
• Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
• Matt Stanfield – keyboards
• Jody Stevens – programming
• Julie Stuckey – background vocals
• Russell Terrell – background vocals
• Samantha Thornton – background vocals
• Kelly Tillotson – background vocals
• Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar
• Brad Warren – background vocals
• Brett Warren – harmonica, background vocals
• Ed Williams – acoustic guitar, mandolin, background vocals
• Craig Wright – drums, percussion

Chart performance

The album debuted at No. 6 on Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the Top Current Albums chart with 36,000 copies sold in the U.S. on its first week of release.^[7] The album has sold 271,000 copies in the US as of September 2015.^[8]

Weekly charts

Chart (2013–15)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9]	23
US Billboard 200[10]	6
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[11]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[12]	67

Chart (2014)	Position
US Billboard 200[13]	160
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[14]	30

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country [15]	US Country Airplay [16]	US [17]	CAN Country [18]	CAN [19]
2012	"Something to Do with My Hands"	15	—	93	—	90
	"Beer with Jesus"	26	19	101	—	—
2013	"It Goes Like This"	2	1	25	4	33
	"Get Me Some of That"	4	1	41	6	49
2014	"Make Me Wanna"	2	1	43	11	74
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

1. Whitaker, Sterling (August 23, 2013). "Thomas Rhett Reveals Cover Art, Release Date + Track Listing for Debut Album". The Boot. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
2. Conaway, Alanna (August 29, 2013). "Thomas Rhett Says Debut Album Will Be "An Evolution" of Self Over Past Two Years". Roughstock. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
3. Howell, Coti (August 22, 2013). "Thomas Rhett Reveals Album Details". Country Weekly. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
4. "Thomas Rhett to Release Debut Album, "It Goes Like This," October 29". WWGP. August 22, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
5. Leggett, Steve. "It Goes Like This – Thomas Rhett". AllMusic. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
6. Bjorke, Matt (25 October 2013). "Album Review: Thomas Rhett - It Goes Like This". Roughstock. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
7. Wade Jessen (November 7, 2013). "'Duck,' Thomas Rhett, Toby Keith Storm Top Country Albums". Billboard.
8. "Upcoming Releases: Hits Daily Double". Hits Daily Double. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
9. "Thomas Rhett – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Thomas Rhett.
10. "Thomas Rhett – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Thomas Rhett.
11. "Thomas Rhett – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Thomas Rhett.
12. "Top Country Albums: 2013 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
13. "Billboard 200 Albums: Year-End top-selling albums across all genres". Billboard.
14. "Top Country Albums: 2014 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
15. "Thomas Rhett Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
16. "Thomas Rhett Album & Song Chart History - Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
17. "Thomas Rhett Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
18. "Thomas Rhett Album & Song Chart History - Canada Country". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
19. "Thomas Rhett Album & Song Chart History - Billboard Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 10, 2013.