Town Line Explained

Town Line
Type:ep
Artist:Aaron Lewis
Cover:aaronlewistownline.jpg
Released:March 1, 2011
Length:32:57
Label:Stroudavarious
Next Title:The Road
Next Year:2012

Town Line is the first EP by American rock musician Aaron Lewis, and is his first solo release. An extended play consisting of country songs, it was released on March 1, 2011, on Stroudavarious Records.[1] As of the chart dated September 3, 2011, the album has sold 200,208 copies in the US.[2]

Content

The first single, "Country Boy", which features George Jones, Charlie Daniels, and Chris Young, was released on December 7, 2010. This song has charted on both Hot Country Songs and Rock Songs.[3] The track "Tangled Up in You" is a re-recording of a song from Staind's album The Illusion of Progress.[4]

Live versions of the songs "Vicious Circles" and "Country Boy" also appear on the deluxe edition of Lewis' 2012 album, The Road.

Critical reception

Giving it three stars out of five, Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly thought that the songs were "rich with imagery." She also praised Lewis for "resist[ing] the temptation to don a faux twang", but criticized the single "Country Boy" as "an unfortunately overextended string of rural impressions."[4] Sam Gazdziak of Engine 145 rated it two stars out of five, calling "Country Boy" "turgid" and "polarizing", also criticizing the three versions present on the EP.

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.[5]

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)Position
US Billboard 200[6] 166
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 32
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[8] 31

Singles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Town Line. AllMusic. March 10, 2011.
  2. Web site: It's Country Boy's World on SoundScan Charts This Week. Roughstock. July 6, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110711210134/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/it-s-a-country-boy-s-world-on-soundscan-charts-this-week. July 11, 2011.
  3. Web site: Charts for Town Line. Allmusic. March 10, 2011.
  4. Phillips. Jessica. 7 March 2011. Country Weekly. 18. 10. 56. 1074-3235.
  5. Town Line . Aaron Lewis . 2011 . CD booklet . R&J Records . STRV-01013.
  6. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2011. Billboard. April 17, 2021.
  7. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2011. Billboard. April 17, 2021.
  8. Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2011. Billboard. April 17, 2021.