The Whippoorwill is the third studio album by American 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"."Classic Rock interview" Geoff Barton, 'Blackberry Smoke: We made our new album in just 5 days', Classic Rock magazine, February 17, 2014.
Track listing
Personnel
Blackberry Smoke Charlie Starr – lead vocals, guitar, pedal steel, banjo Richard Turner – bass guitar, vocals Paul Jackson – guitar, vocals Brandon Still – piano, organ Brit Turner – drums, percussion
Additional musicians Clay Cook – percussion, harmonium (4) Matt Mangano – acoustic guitar (4) Maureen Murphy, Lo Carter, Kyla Jade – backing vocals (3, 9, 12, 13) Sarah Dugas – backing vocals (9) Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (6, 10, 13) Brendan Wallace – bagpipes
Production Blackberry Smoke, Clay Cook, Matt Mangano, Zac Brown – producers Matt Wallace, Mike Fraser – mixing Stephen Marcussen – mastering Trey Wilson – production coordinator Brit Turner – art direction Justin Helton, Tim Pederson – cover design David Stuart – photography
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. The album has sold 51,000 copies in the US as of October 2012.
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.
Album Chart (2012–2014) Peakposition
Singles Year Single Peak positions US Country Airplay 2013 "Pretty Little Lie" 46 "Ain't Much Left of Me" — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
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