Lady Antebellum is the debut album by American country music trio Lady Antebellum. It was released on April 15, 2008, through Capitol Nashville. The production on the album was handled by Victoria Shaw and Paul Worley. The album was supported by three singles: "Love Don't Live Here", "Lookin' for a Good Time" and "I Run to You", which became the group's first number one on the US Hot Country Songs chart.
Lady Antebellum received generally positive reviews from music critics and was also a commercial success. The album debuted at four on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 43,000 copies in its first week. The album also debuted at number one on the US Top Country Albums chart, becoming the first debut by a country group to achieve this. It also received a nomination for Album of the Year at the 2010 Academy of Country Music Awards.
Singles Its lead-off single, "Love Don't Live Here", was released in late 2007 and entered the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in May 2008. A second single, "Lookin' for a Good Time", was issued in June 2008, and peaked at number 11. "I Run to You" followed as the third single from the album in January 2009, and became the group's first number-one single on the Hot Country Songs chart in July 2009.
Commercial performance Lady Antebellum debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 43,000 copies in its first week. This became Lady Antebellum's first US top-ten debut. The album also debuted at number one on the US Top Country Albums chart. On November 10, 2010, the album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over two million copies in the US. As of January 2011, the album has sold 1,826,368 copies in the United States.
Track listing
Personnel As listed in liner notes.
Lady Antebellum Hillary Scott – lead vocals, background vocals Charles Kelley – lead vocals, background vocals Dave Haywood – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, mandolin, background vocals
Additional musicians
David Angell – violin Bruce Bouton – dobro, steel guitar John Catchings – cello Chad Cromwell – drums, tambourine, shaker Eric Darken – percussion David Davidson — violin Larry Franklin – fiddle Jason "Slim" Gambill – electric guitar Jim Grosjean – viola
Anthony LaMarchina — cello Rob McNelley – electric guitar, slide guitar Michael Rojas – synthesizer, piano, accordion, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer Victoria Shaw – background vocals Pamela Sixfin – violin Mary Kathryn Van Osdale – violin Brice Williams – drums Paul Worley – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, soloist Craig Young – bass guitar
Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine; conducted and arranged by Kris Wilkinson.
Production
Natthaphol Abhigantaphand – assistant, mixing assistant Shelley Anderson – mastering assistant Denis Arguijo — art producer Andrew Bazinet — assistant, assistant engineer Joanna Carter – art direction Mike Casteel – copyist Paige Conners – production coordination Erik Hellerman – engineer Chris Hickey — photography Brent Kaye — assistant, mixing assistant
Stephen Lamb — copyist Andrew Mendelson — mastering Lee Moore — stylist, wardrobe Clarke Schleicher – mixing engineer, string engineer Victoria Shaw — audio production, producer Andrew Southam – photography Gleen Sweitzer — logo design Matt Taylor Band – design Debra Williams – hair stylist, make-up Paul Worley – audio production, liner notes, producer
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2008–2009) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2008)PositionUS Billboard 200134US Top Country Albums (Billboard)25Chart (2009)PositionUS Billboard 20040US Top Country Albums (Billboard)9Chart (2010)PositionUS Billboard 20025US Top Country Albums (Billboard)6Chart (2011)PositionUS Top Country Albums (Billboard)74
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US Country US CAN 2007 "Love Don't Live Here" 3 53 69 2008 "Lookin' for a Good Time" 11 67 — 2009 "I Run to You" 1 27 54
Certifications
References
External links Information on album from Lady Antebellum official website