Melt is the second studio album by American country music group Rascal Flatts. It was released on October 29, 2002, by Lyric Street Records and sold 3,073,000 copies in the United States up to May 2009. The album's first single "These Days" was the group's first Number One hit on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. The follow-ups, "Love You Out Loud" and "I Melt", respectively reached number 3 and number 2, while "Mayberry" was also a Number One. A music video was also made for "My Worst Fear" in 2004 even though it was never released as a single.
Track listing
Personnel Rascal Flatts Jay DeMarcus – bass guitar, backing vocals Gary LeVox – lead vocals Joe Don Rooney – electric guitar, backing vocals
Additional musicians Tim Akers – keyboards (2–4, 6, 8), accordion (4) Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar, banjo (4) J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar (7) Paul Franklin – steel guitar (3, 8, 9, 11) Dann Huff – electric guitar (1, 7) Jerry McPherson – electric guitar (1–8, 10, 11), bouzouki (5) Steve Nathan – keyboards Jimmy Stewart – dobro (10) Lonnie Wilson – drums Jonathan Yudkin – mandolin, fiddle, cello (6), viola (6), violin (6)
Production
Doug Howard – A&R direction Derek Bason – digital editing Mark Bright – producer Fresh Design – design Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator Sherri Halford – art direction David Johnson – photography Scott Kidd – recording assistant, mix assistant, digital editing Greg McCarn – art direction Rascal Flatts – producers Christopher Rowe – digital editing Glenn Sweitzer – design Marty Williams – producer, recording, mixing, mastering Debra Wingo – hair stylist, make-up
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2002) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (2002) PositionCanadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)30 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 29 Chart (2003) Position US Billboard 200 52 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 9 Chart (2004) Position US Billboard 200 90 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 16
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