| The Lemonade Stand | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Tenille Townes |
| Cover: | thelemonadestand.jpg |
| Length: | 45:08 |
| Label: | Columbia Nashville |
| Producer: | Jay Joyce |
| Prev Title: | Light |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
The Lemonade Stand is the third studio album and the major label debut by Canadian country music singer Tenille Townes. It was released on June 26, 2020 under Columbia Nashville.[1] The album produced two number-one singles on the Canada Country chart: "Somebody's Daughter" and "Jersey on the Wall (I'm Just Asking)".
The Lemonade Stand was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 77, based on 4 reviews.
In a review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine writes that the album "has vague echoes of [Miranda] Lambert within its songs" and that "the occasional moments where [producer Jay] Joyce strips away all the pop pizzazz reveal Townes as a sharp singer/songwriter." Lee Zimmerman of American Songwriter rated the album three stars out of five and wrote that The Lemonade Stand "finds [Townes] a confident and credible artist clearly capable of courting widespread crossover appeal." Scott Roos of Exclaim! wrote that "whatever this record "is" in terms of its overall sound, it will appeal to a broad audience with its series of radio-friendly medium-tempo stompers and tender ballads," and summarized the album as a "solid" debut. Ellen Johnson of Paste applauded Townes' relatable lyric writing and wrote that she "has the power to convey powerful personal narratives in song and somehow still make you believe the words were about your own life all along."
The album won the Juno Award for Country Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021,[2] and the Canadian Country Music Award for Album of the Year at the 2021 Canadian Country Music Awards.[3]
The Lemonade Stand debuted at number 26 on the Canadian Albums Chart dated July 10, 2020 and was the week's highest debut on the chart.[4] In the United States, the album failed to enter the Billboard 200, but did peak at number 32 on the Top Album Sales component chart. The Lemonade Stand additionally reached number 41 on the Top Country Albums chart and number 5 on the Heatseekers Albums chart. In the UK, the album peaked at number 67 on the Scottish Albums Chart and at number 61 on the UK Album Downloads Chart, the digital sales component of the UK Albums Chart.
Track listing adapted from Tidal.[5]
Credits adapted from Tidal.[5]