Good Guys (album) explained

Good Guys
Type:studio
Artist:Bucky Covington
Cover:bucky goodguys.jpg
Genre:Country
Length:41:50
Label:E1 Music
Producer:Mark Miller, Dale Oliver
Prev Title:Bucky Covington
Prev Year:2007

Good Guys is the second studio album by American country music artist Bucky Covington. It was released on September 11, 2012 by E1 Music. The album includes the singles "I Want My Life Back", "Gotta Be Somebody" (a Nickelback cover), and "A Father's Love (The Only Way He Knew How)", all of which Covington released for the defunct Lyric Street Records between 2009 and 2010. "I Wanna Be That Feeling" was promoted as the album's official lead single by E1 Music, and "Drinking Side of Country" was released as the follow-up.

Critical reception

Giving it 4 out of 5 stars, Tammy Ragusa of Country Weekly said that Covington "sounds so at ease on every track".[1] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic rated it 2.5 stars out of 5, criticizing it for having "numerous awkward country-pop attempts".[2] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave it 3 out of 5, saying that "He's an emotive, effervescent vocalist with a winning personality and that personality and emotion is shown in abundance throughout the album."[3]

Personnel

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2012)Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 177
US Billboard Top Country Albums30
US Billboard Independent Albums43

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
US Country
2012"I Wanna Be That Feeling"57
"Drinking Side of Country" (with Shooter Jennings)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes and References

  1. Ragusa. Tammy. September 24, 2012. Good Guys review. Country Weekly. 19. 39. 50. 1074-3235.
  2. Web site: Good Guys review. Erlewine. Stephen Thomas. Allmusic. 14 September 2012.
  3. Web site: Good Guys review . Bjorke . Matt . September 10, 2012 . Roughstock . 14 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120915165643/http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/album-review-bucky-covington-good-guys . 15 September 2012 .
  4. Chart listing for Good Guys. Billboard. September 20, 2012.