The Whippoorwill Explained

The Whippoorwill
Type:Studio Album
Artist:Blackberry Smoke
Cover:Thewhippoorwill-album.jpg
Released:August 14, 2012 (US), February 17, 2014 (Europe)
Recorded:July 21 – August 4, 2011
Genre:Southern rock, country rock
Label:Southern Ground, Earache Records
Producer:Blackberry Smoke, Clay Cook, Matt Mangano and Zac Brown.
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The Whippoorwill is the third studio album by American southern/country rock band Blackberry Smoke. It was released on August 14, 2012 through Southern Ground Records in the North America and on February 17, 2014 through Earache Records in Europe. The latter contained three additional live tracks; "Country Side of Life", "Pretty Little Lie" and "Six Ways to Sunday".[1]

Personnel

Musicians

Additional musicians

Brendan Wallace - Bagpipes

Production

Chart performance

The album debuted on the Top Country Albums chart at No. 59 before their album's official release in August 2012, and re-entered the chart 4 weeks later at No.8 on its official release (chart date September 1, 2012). It also debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 40 on its official release, as well as No. 10 on the Independent Albums chart and No. 12 on the Top Rock Albums chart.[2] The album has sold 51,000 copies in the US as of October 2012.[3]

The album was released in the UK in February 2014, and it debuted at No.30 on the UK album Top 100 chart and No. 1 on the UK Country Album Chart with 2,973 copies sold for the week.[4]

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
US Country Airplay
[5]
2013"Pretty Little Lie"46
"Ain't Much Left of Me"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes and References

  1. http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/music_and_videos/blackberry-smoke-we-made-our-new-album-in-just-5-days/ "Classic Rock interview"
  2. Web site: Watch Blackberry Smoke's new video & check out live pics! . Rock Revolt Magazine. 18 January 2013 .
  3. News: Country Album Chart News For October 10, 2012: Little Big Town #1 for a Month; Jerrod Niemann & Blake Shelton Debut . Matt Bjorke . October 10, 2012 . Roughstock . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140728015404/http://roughstock.com/news/country-album-chart-news-for-october-10-2012-little-big-town-1-for-a-month-jerrod-niemann-blake-shelton-debut/ . July 28, 2014 .
  4. Web site: Country Billboard Chart News February 27, 2014 . Country Routes News .
  5. Blackberry Smoke Album & Song Chart History - Country Airplay. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. March 3, 2014.