Lady Antebellum (album)

Lady Antebellum
Studio album by Lady Antebellum
Released	April 15, 2008
Genre	Country
Length	42:44
Label	Capitol Nashville
Producer	Victoria Shaw Paul Worley
Lady Antebellum chronology
Lady Antebellum (2008) Need You Now (2010)
Singles from Lady Antebellum
"Love Don't Live Here" Released: October 2, 2007 "Lookin' for a Good Time" Released: June 9, 2008 "I Run to You" Released: January 26, 2009

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Country Weekly	[2]
Country Standard Time	favorable[3]
Slant	[4]
About.com	[5]

Lady Antebellum is the self-titled debut album by the American country music trio Lady Antebellum. It was released on April 15, 2008. 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.

The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, the first debut by a country group to achieve this. It also reached number 4 on the overall Billboard Top 200 charts.^[6] It also received a nomination for Album of the Year at the 2010 Academy of Country Music Awards.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Don't Live Here"	Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood	3:50
2.	"Lookin' for a Good Time"	Scott, Kelley, Haywood, Keith Follesé	3:07
3.	"All We'd Ever Need"	Scott, Kelley, Haywood	4:40
4.	"Long Gone"	Victoria Shaw, Scott, Keith Follesé, Adrienne Follesé	3:34
5.	"I Run to You"	Scott, Kelley, Haywood, Tom Douglas	4:16
6.	"Love's Lookin' Good on You"	Shaw, Jason Deere, Matt Lopez	3:21
7.	"Home is Where the Heart Is"	Scott, Kelley, Haywood, Shaw	3:45
8.	"Things People Say"	Kelley, Haywood	3:50
9.	"Slow Down Sister"	Kelley, Haywood, Shaw, Jason "Slim" Gambill	3:06
10.	"Can't Take My Eyes off You"	Scott, Kelley, Haywood	4:45
11.	"One Day You Will"	Scott, Kelley, Haywood, Clay Mills	4:30
Total length:			42:44

iTunes Bonus Track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Emily"	3:59

Chart performance

The album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 and at number 1 on the Top Country Albums Chart, after selling 47,000 copies during its first official week of release, and making Lady Antebellum the first country group to have their debut album enter the Top Country Albums at number 1. It has been certified double platinum by the RIAA for U.S. shipments of 2,000,000 copies. As of the chart dated January 8, 2011, the album has sold 1,826,368 copies in the US.^[7]

Chart (2008–2009)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[8]	191
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9]	1
US Billboard 200[10]	4

End of year charts

Chart (2010)	Position
US Billboard 200[11]	25
US Billboard Top Country Albums[12]	6

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		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

Certifications

Region	Certification
Canada (Music Canada)[13]	Platinum
United Kingdom (BPI)[14]	Silver
United States (RIAA)[15]	2× Platinum

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[16]

Lady Antebellum

• Hillary Scott – lead vocals, background vocals
• Charles Kelley – lead vocals, background vocals
• Dave Haywood – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals

Additional musicians

• Bruce Bouton – dobro, steel guitar
• Chad Cromwell – drums, tambourine, shaker
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Larry Franklin – fiddle
• Jason "Slim" Gambill – electric guitar
• Rob McNelley – electric guitar, slide guitar
• Michael Rojas – synthesizer, piano, accordion, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer
• Victoria Shaw – background vocals
• Brice Williams – drums
• Paul Worley – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Craig Young – bass guitar

Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine; conducted and arranged by Kris Wilkinson.

References

1. Ruhlmann, William. "Lady Antebellum review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
2. "Lady Antebellum". Country Weekly. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
3. Schlesier, Jacquilynne. "Lady Antebellum – Lady Antebellum". Country Standard Time. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
4. Keefe, Jonathan. "Lady Antebellum: Lady Antebellum". Slant. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
5. Sexton, Scott. "Lady Antebellum – Lady Antebellum". About.com. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
6. Lady Antebellum Debuts with Record-Breaking Digital Sales
7. "Final Holiday Sales #s of 2010 are Huge for Country Artists". Roughstock. 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
8. "Lady Antebellum | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart
9. "Lady Antebellum – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Lady Antebellum.
10. "Lady Antebellum – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Lady Antebellum.
11. "Best of 2010 – Billboard Top 200". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
12. "Best of 2010 – Top Country Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
13. "Canadian album certifications – Lady Antebellum – Lady Antebellum". Music Canada.
14. "British album certifications – Lady Antebellum – Lady Antebellum". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Lady Antebellum in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
15. "American album certifications – Lady Antebellum – Lady Antebellum". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
16. Lady Antebellum (CD liner notes). Lady Antebellum. Capitol Records Nashville. 2008. 032062.

External links

• Information on album from Lady Antebellum official website