Things That We Drink To is the second studio album by Australian country music singer Morgan Evans. The album was announced on 31 August 2018 and was released on 12 October 2018. The project is a musical reflection of Evans' journey from Australia to Nashville. Evans co-wrote each track alongside the album's producer, Chris DeStefano.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, the album won the ARIA Award for ARIA Award for Best Country Album.
Background In 2016, Evans travelled from Australia to Nashville, Tennessee to make a new home in the United States. Morgan began songwriting and working alongside some of the industry's best who've helped him turn this journey into 11 songs. Evans told Taste of Country in 2018, "I've learned to be more honest and tell my story rather than the story that I think someone wants to hear."
Evans married fellow country star Kelsea Ballerini, embarked on his first American tour and released his first U.S. radio single, "Kiss Somebody" and lost his manager Rob Potts who died in a motor cycle accident in October 2017.
Critical reception Taste of Country said "Celebration is an overall theme of Things That We Drink To as Evans looks back on the times that have defined him since he started building a new life on the other side of the world."
Chris Parton from Rolling Stone said called the album a "...breezy mix of up-tempo jams, lovestruck anthems and loop-driven creative mojo." adding "Things That We Drink To a truly revealing debut, both personally and artistically."
Commercial performance Things That We Drink To debuted at No. 9 on Top Country Albums with 4,000 copies sold, or 7,000 in equivalent album units. The album has sold 5,200 copies in the United States as of November 2018.
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from Tidal. Morgan Evans – lead vocals, background vocals (all tracks); acoustic guitar (tracks 1–4, 6–11) Chris DeStefano – acoustic guitar, banjo, electric guitar, programming, production, recording, digital editing (all tracks); piano (1–9), background vocals (1, 3–11), drums (1, 3, 7, 8) Justin Niebank – mixing Drew Bollman – mixing assistance Adam Ayan – mastering Nir Z – engineering (1, 4–6, 9–11), drums (2, 4–6, 9–11) Katie Ohh – background vocals (5) Kirby Smith – background vocals (5) Kelsea Ballerini – vocals (6) David Hodges – piano (10)
Charts Weekly charts Chart (2018) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) 5 US Billboard 200 106 US Country Albums (Billboard) 9
Year-end charts +Year-end chart performance for Things That We Drink To Chart (2018) Position Australian Country Albums (ARIA) 18 Chart (2019) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 94 Australian Country Albums (ARIA) 4 Chart (2020) Position Australian Country Albums (ARIA) 13 Chart (2021) Position Australian Country Albums (ARIA) 16 Chart (2022) Position Australian Country Albums (ARIA) 18 Chart (2023) Position Australian Country Albums (ARIA) 41 Chart (2024) Position Australian County Albums (ARIA) 60 Chart (2025) Position Australian County Albums (ARIA) 100
Release history Region Date Format Label Catalogue Australia 12 October 2018 Warner Music Nashville, Warner Australasia 9362490549
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