Good Time (Niko Moon album) explained
| Good Time |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Niko Moon |
| Cover: | Niko moon good time.jpg |
| Alt: | A stylized smiley face on a yellow background, with the letters N and M forming the eyes, and a stylized hat. In the lower right hand corner are the words "Niko Moon" in black text, and "Good Time" in white text. |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 45:47 |
| Label: | RCA Nashville |
| Next Title: | Better Days |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
Good Time (stylized in all caps) is the debut studio album by American country music artist Niko Moon. It was released on August 27, 2021, via RCA Records Nashville.
Content
Prior to releasing his debut album, Moon worked as a songwriter for various country music artists, including Zac Brown Band and Dierks Bentley. He also recorded with the former's Zac Brown in the electronic dance music trio Sir Rosevelt.[1]
Moon released "Good Time" as his debut single in 2020, and the song reached the top of Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts in 2021.[2] [3] He wrote all but one of the album's songs with his wife, Anna, and Joshua Murty, with whom he also produced the album.[1] The final track, and the only one which the Moons did not co-write, is a cover of Travis Tritt's 2001 single "It's a Great Day to Be Alive".[4]
Critical reception
Michael Rampa of Country Standard Time gave the album a mixed review, stating that "It is not as if the material is poorly written or the melodies displeasing, given Moon's expectations of positivity but it feels like these songs would fare better in the hands of a jam band outfit like Zac Brown Band that would certainly make it sound more country. But that was not what Moon was going for anyway."[5]
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[6]
Musicians
- Niko Moon – lead vocals, background vocals, gang vocals, programming, acoustic guitar
- Joshua Murty – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, piano, ganjo, banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, nylon string guitar, pedal steel guitar, programming, hand claps, background vocals, gang vocals
- Derek Wells – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dobro, banjo, ganjo, mandolin, bouzouki, baritone guitar
- Ian Fitchuk – B-3 organ, piano
- Brandon Hood – dobro, ganjo, mandolin
- Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar
- Justin Schipper – pedal steel guitar
- Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
- Chris McHugh – percussion
- Phil Lawson – percussion
- Jason Kyle Saetveit – background vocals
- Noel Bisesti – background vocals, gang vocals
Production
- Joshua Murty – producer, engineering, digital editing
- Niko Moon – producer, engineering
- Andrew Boullianne – assistant engineering
- Trey Keller – digital editing
- Jon Castelli – mixing
- Josh Deguzman – mix engineer
- Dale Becker – mastering
- Hector Vega – audio engineer
- Fili Filizzola – audio engineer
- Connor Hedge – audio engineer
Chart performance
Notes and References
- Web site: Niko Moon to release debut album 'Good Time' on August 27 . Sounds Like Nashville . July 21, 2021 . May 1, 2022 . Chris Parton.
- Niko Moon > Hot Country Songs . Billboard .
- Niko Moon > Country Airplay . Billboard . November 23, 2021.
- Web site: Niko Moon Brings a Collaborative Spirit to His Debut Album 'Good Time' . Billboard . August 26, 2021 . May 1, 2022 . Jessica . Nicholson . https://web.archive.org/web/20220501224506/https://www.billboard.com/music/country/niko-moon-interview-good-time-album-9620700/ . May 1, 2022 . live.
- Niko Moon Good Time review . . May 1, 2022 . Michael . Rampa . https://web.archive.org/web/20220515193809/https://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=7140 . May 15, 2022 . live.
- Good Time. Niko Moon. RCA Nashville. 2021. liner notes. 19439-91350-2.
- Niko Moon Chart History: Top Country Albums. Billboard. May 1, 2022.
- Niko Moon Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. May 1, 2022.
