About to Get Real explained

About to Get Real
Type:studio
Artist:Easton Corbin
Cover:AbouttoGetReal.jpg
Recorded:2013–15
Genre:Neotraditional country
Label:Mercury Nashville
Producer:Carson Chamberlain
Prev Title:All Over the Road
Prev Year:2012
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Next Year:2023

About to Get Real is the third studio album by American country music artist Easton Corbin. It was released on June 30, 2015 via Mercury Nashville.[1] It includes the singles "Clockwork", "Baby Be My Love Song". and "Yup".[2] It also includes "Are You with Me" from Corbin's previous album, All Over the Road.[3] The album was produced by Carson Chamberlain.[4]

Content

About the album, Corbin said, "When deciding on an album title, About to Get Real just says it all for me. When country fans listen to this album, I want them to take away that even though the music mixes the modern with the classic, it's entirely real. Like the music of my heroes, it's the real deal."[5] The album's track listing was announced on June 9.[6]

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote that "No matter what the album title implies – "real" usually conveys grit, a quality conspicuously absent from these 12 songs – About to Get Real is so smooth it sometimes suggests the glory days of Urban Cowboy, when modern country flirted heavily with the soft rock mainstream."

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, and No. 13 on the Billboard 200, with 20,000 copies sold in the US in its first week.[7] The album has sold 59,800 copies in the US as of May 2016.[8]

Personnel

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country
[10]
US Country Airplay
[11]
US
[12]
CAN Country
[13]
CAN
[14]
2014"Clockwork"3132124
"Baby Be My Love Song"11356577
2015"Yup"4435
2016"Are You with Me"4641
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes and References

  1. News: Bell. Rebekah. Easton Corbin Releasing Third Album in June. June 9, 2015. Taste of Country. April 20, 2015.
  2. News: Thompson. Gayle. Easton Corbin Announces Release of Third Album. June 9, 2015. The Boot. April 21, 2015.
  3. News: Alex. Sam. Taste of Country Fest Performer Easton Corbin ‘About to Get Real’ With New Album. June 9, 2015. Taste of Country. June 8, 2015.
  4. News: Skates. Sarah. Easton Corbin Preps New Album, ‘About To Get Real’. June 9, 2015. MusicRow. April 20, 2015.
  5. News: Rutherford. Kevin. Easton Corbin Announces New Album, Debuts ‘Baby Be My Love Song’ Video: Watch. June 9, 2015. radio.com. April 16, 2015.
  6. News: Bjorke. Matt. Easton Corbin "About To Get Real" Tracklist & Cover Art. June 9, 2015. Roughstock. June 9, 2015.
  7. News: Easton Corbin Gets 'Real' With First No. 1 on Top Country Albums. Jim Asker . July 9, 2015 . Billboard .
  8. News: Country Album Sales Chart: May 23, 2016 . Matt. Bjorke . May 23, 2016 . Roughstock .
  9. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2015. Billboard. July 28, 2020.
  10. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=easton corbin|chart=Country Songs}} Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs]. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 29, 2010.
  11. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=easton corbin|chart=Country Airplay}} Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Country Airplay]. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. November 8, 2012.
  12. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=easton corbin|chart=Hot 100}} Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100]. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 29, 2010.
  13. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=easton corbin|chart=Canada Country}} Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Canada Country]. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. November 20, 2013.
  14. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=easton corbin|chart=Billboard Canadian Hot 100}} Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100]. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 29, 2010.