| Right About Now | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Ty Herndon |
| Cover: | Herndonright.jpg |
| Released: | January 9, 2007 |
| Studio: | East Iris Studios (Nashville, TN) |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 42:42 |
| Label: | Titan/Pyramid/Quarterback/Fontana |
| Prev Year: | 2002 |
| Next Title: | Journey On |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
Right About Now is the sixth studio album by American country music Ty Herndon, released on January 9, 2007 primarily through Pyramid and Quarterback Records. It was produced by Herndon with Darrell Brown, Dennis Matkosky, and Jonathan Yudkin.
The album spawned two singles in the form of the title track and "Mighty Mighty Love", with the latter originally having been recorded by Michael Peterson from his 2004 album Modern Man and the latter originally recorded by Lila McCann on her final studio album Complete (2001). Both singles did not chart on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. "You Still Own Me" was a cover originally performed by Canadian musician Johnny Reid and later recorded by Emerson Drive, both of whom released it as a single. The album includes backing vocals from Joanna Cotten, Emily West, Marcus Hummon, and Thompson Square.[1]
Right About Now peaked at number 41 on the US Top Country Albums chart.
Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave the album a positive review, complimenting Herndon's vocals. He said, "Herndon re-enters the scene more talented and far more mature than he left it. It's time for Nashville – and the rest country music's faithful – to sit up, listen and take notice that a real master has returned."
Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe reviewed both singles from the album. In his review for the title cut, he gave the song a B+, saying "it's a solid song by a vocalist that never fully had the commercial success or consistency of material that his talents deserved."[2] In an opposite turn he reviewed "Mighty Mighty Love" negatively, saying that the song is "so filled with cliches and lines heard a million times before that it's instantly forgettable;" he rated the song a C.[3] Chuck Taylor of Billboard also gave "Right About Now" a positive review by saying, "Piano drives the melancholy double-entendre lyric while Herndon diverts between falsetto and his rich expressive tenor." He ended his review saying, "A confident, easygoing track that sounds as if there was never a blip in his career."[4]
Right About Now debuted at number 41 on the US Top Country Albums chart the week of January 27, 2007, where it was the "Hot Shot Debut" of the week.[5] The following week, it fell to number 48. It spent a third and final week on the chart at number 64.
The album debuted at number 24 on the Independent Albums chart also the week of January 27, 2007. It spent only one more week before falling off.