Boom (Walker Hayes album) explained
| boom. |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Walker Hayes |
| Cover: | Boom (Walker Hayes album).jpg |
| Genre: |
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| Length: | 31:05 |
| Label: | Monument |
| Producer: | Walker Hayes
Shane McAnally[2] |
| Prev Title: | 8Tracks (Vol. 2): Break the Internet |
| Prev Year: | 2016 |
| Next Title: | 8Tracks (Vol. 3): Black Sheep |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
Boom (stylized as boom.) is the second studio album by American country pop singer Walker Hayes.[3] The album, containing 10 songs, was released on December 8, 2017.[4] [5]
Background
The release date was announced by Hayes label in the first week of September 2017.[6] [7] [8] The album's lead single, "You Broke Up with Me", was released on June 26, 2017.[9] [10] [11] Hayes spoke of the album, he said "'Boom!' It's my favorite word. It's what I text my team every time another station adds 'You Broke Up With Me'... It's the first thing I say after I play a song from the album for anyone... So, it's what we had to call the album."[2]
Commercial performance
The album debuted at No. 6 on Billboards Top Country Albums, with 12,300 copies sold.[12] It has sold 32,600 copies in the United States as of May 2018.[13]
Track listing
Track listing adapted from Megacountry[14]
Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic[15]
- Dave Cohen - Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, synthesizer
- Kris Donegan - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Fred Eltringham - drums, drum loops, percussion
- Paul Franklin - pedal steel guitar
- Nicolle Galyon - duet vocals on "Halloween"
- Ryan Gore - percussion, drum programming
- Walker Hayes - beat box, clapping, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, drum loops, percussion, drum programming, synthesizer, synthesizer bass, lead vocals, background vocals, whistle
- Lee Hendricks - bass guitar
- Tony Lucido - bass guitar
- Matt McGinn - background vocals
- Justin Niebank - keyboards, drum programming
- Derek Wells - electric guitar
Charts
Year-end charts
Notes and References
- Web site: Fall country music albums set to drop from legendary and rising stars . Usatoday.com . 2017-09-05 . 2017-09-24.
- Web site: Smith, Sydney. Walker Hayes Reveals Release Date for Debut Album . Sounds Like Nashville . 2017-09-16 . 2017-09-24.
- Web site: Walker Hayes Releases "Beautiful" Video « Seattle Country Music Radio, News, Artists, Gossip – 94.1 KMPS. Kat. 2017-09-18. CBSlocal. 2017-09-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20170925035517/http://kmps.cbslocal.com/2017/09/18/205559/. 2017-09-25. dead.
- Web site: Walker Hayes Announces New Album, 'boom.'. 2017-09-13. WBEE. 2017-09-24.
- Web site: Walker Hayes Is Much Cooler Than He Thinks He Is. Tasteofcountry.com. 2017-09-24.
- Web site: Emily Yahr, The Washington Post . Songs about failure fuel Walker Hayes' success - Connecticut Post . Ctpost.com . 2017-09-15 . 2017-09-24.
- Web site: Gugala . Jon . Walker Hayes' 'Beautiful': See New Video . Rolling Stone . 2017-09-15 . 2017-09-24.
- News: Yahr . Emily . Walker Hayes isn't afraid to sing about struggling, and it's making him a success . The Washington Post . 2017-09-24.
- Web site: Walker Hayes Releases New Single, 'You Broke Up With Me'. Theboot.com. 2017-09-24.
- News: Walker Hayes' New Album Set For December Release. 2017-09-11. MusicRow - Nashville's Music Industry Publication - News, Songs From Music City. 2017-09-24.
- Web site: Walker Hayes Announces New Album, 'boom.' | 93.1 The Wolf. 2017-09-13. 931wolfcountry.com. 2017-09-24.
- News: Top 10 Country Albums Chart: December 18, 2017 . Matt . Bjorke . December 17, 2017 . Roughstock .
- News: Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: May 14, 2018 . Matt . Bjorke . May 14, 2018 . Roughstock . May 14, 2018.
- Web site: Walker Hayes Announces New Album: 'boom.' | News . MegaCountry . 2017-09-11 . 2017-09-24.
- Web site: Credits. AllMusic. October 21, 2020.
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 2018. Billboard. July 16, 2020.
