Sounds So Good

Sounds So Good
Studio album by Ashton Shepherd
Released	March 4, 2008
Genre	Country
Length	40:43
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Buddy Cannon[1]
Ashton Shepherd chronology
Sounds So Good (2008) Where Country Grows (2011)
Singles from Sounds So Good
"Takin' Off This Pain" Released: September 17, 2007 "Sounds So Good" Released: May 19, 2008

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Engine 145	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]

Sounds So Good is the debut album of American country music artist Ashton Shepherd. The album was released on March 4, 2008, via MCA Nashville Records. The album has produced two singles: "Takin' Off This Pain", which reached number 20 on Billboard Hot Country Songs, and the title track, which reached number 21. Shepherd wrote or co-wrote all but one of the tracks.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ashton Shepherd except where noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Takin' Off This Pain"		3:09
2.	"Sounds So Good"		3:29
3.	"Lost in You"		4:13
4.	"I Ain't Dead Yet"		3:13
5.	"Not Right Now"		3:37
6.	"Old Memory"	Shepherd, Adam Cunningham	4:20
7.	"The Pickin' Shed"		3:42
8.	"Regular Joe"		4:01
9.	"How Big Are Angel Wings"	Shepherd, Cunningham	4:05
10.	"The Bigger the Heart"	Shepherd, Cunningham	2:34
11.	"Whiskey Won the Battle"	Cunningham	4:20

Chart performance

Album

The album debuted and peaked at number 16 on the Top Country Albums chart, and number 90 on the Billboard 200 selling less than 10,000 copies in the United States.^[5]

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	16
U.S. Billboard 200	90

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US [6]
2007	"Takin' Off This Pain"	20	116
2008	"Sounds So Good"	21	116

Personnel

• Wyatt Beard – background vocals
• Buddy Cannon – acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Chad Cromwell – drums
• Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
• Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar
• Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
• John Jorgenson – electric guitar
• Shelby Kennedy – background vocals
• B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar
• Randy McCormick – piano, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, synthesizer
• Larry Paxton – bass guitar
• Gary Prim – piano
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Scotty Sanders - steel guitar
• Ashton Shepherd - lead vocals
• Joe Spivey - fiddle, mandolin
• Scott Vestal - banjo
• Chip Young – acoustic guitar

References

1. "Ashton Shepherd To Release 'Sounds So Good' March 4". PR Newswire. 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Sounds So Good review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
3. C, Matt. "Album Review: Ashton Shepherd – Sounds So Good". Engine 145. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
4. Willman, Chris (March 7, 2008). "Sounds So Good review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
5. Katie Hasty, "Alan Jackson Bests Janet To Top Billboard 200", Billboard.com, March 12, 2008.
6. Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-188-8.