About to Get Real

2015 studio album by Easton Corbin

About to Get Real

Studio album by

Easton Corbin

Released| June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)
Recorded| 2013–15
Genre| Neotraditional country
Label| Mercury Nashville
Producer| Carson Chamberlain
Easton Corbin chronology
| All Over the Road
(2012)  | About to Get Real
(2015)  | Let’s Do Country Right
(2023)

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Singles from  About to Get Real

1. "Clockwork"
Released: January 28, 2014
2. "Baby Be My Love Song"
Released: September 8, 2014
3. "Yup"
Released: July 27, 2015
4. "Are You with Me"
Released: May 23, 2016

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]

About to Get Real is the third studio album by American country music artist Easton Corbin. It was released on June 30, 2015 via Mercury Nashville.[2] It includes the singles "Clockwork", "Baby Be My Love Song". and "Yup".[3] It also includes "Are You with Me" from Corbin's previous album, All Over the Road.[4] The album was produced by Carson Chamberlain.[5]

## Content

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About the album, Corbin said, "When deciding on an album title, About to Get Real just says it all for me. When country fans listen to this album, I want them to take away that even though the music mixes the modern with the classic, it's entirely real. Like the music of my heroes, it's the real deal."[6] The album's track listing was announced on June 9.[7]

## Critical reception

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Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote that "No matter what the album title implies – "real" usually conveys grit, a quality conspicuously absent from these 12 songs – About to Get Real is so smooth it sometimes suggests the glory days of Urban Cowboy, when modern country flirted heavily with the soft rock mainstream."[1]

## Commercial performance

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The album debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, and No. 13 on the Billboard 200, with 20,000 copies sold in the US in its first week.[8] The album has sold 59,800 copies in the US as of May 2016.[9]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Kiss Me One More Time"|

* Carson Chamberlain
* Wade Kirby
* Phil O'Donnell

| 3:20
2.| "Guys and Girls"|

* Zach Crowell
* Jaren Johnston
* Cary Barlowe

| 3:48
3.| "Clockwork"|

* Chamberlain
* Kirby
* Ashley Gorley

| 3:09
4.| "Diggin' on You"|

* Easton Corbin
* Chamberlain
* O'Donnell
* Kirby

| 2:42
5.| "Baby Be My Love Song"|

* Jim Collins
* Brett James

| 3:21
6.| "About to Get Real"|

* Jeremy Stover
* Ben Hayslip
* Rhett Akins

| 3:15
7.| "Yup"|

* Shane Minor
* O'Donnell
* Kirby

| 3:13
8.| "Wild Women and Whiskey"|

* Ronnie Dunn
* Terry McBride

| 3:32
9.| "Are You with Me"|

* Tommy Lee James
* McBride
* Shane McAnally

| 3:40
10.| "Damn Girl"|

* Corbin
* Chamberlain
* Jeff Hyde

| 3:28
11.| "Just Add Water"|

* Tony Lane
* David Lee

| 3:04
12.| "Like a Song"|

* Corbin
* Chamberlain
* Stephen Allen Davis

| 3:48

## Personnel

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* Eddie Bayers – drums
* Jimmy Carter – bass guitar
* Easton Corbin – lead vocals
* J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar, resonator guitar
* Larry Franklin – fiddle
* Paul Franklin – steel guitar
* Brent Mason – electric guitar
* Gary Prim – Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano, Wurlitzer
* John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
* W. David Smith – bass guitar
* Russell Terrell – background vocals
* Biff Watson – banjo, bouzouki, acoustic guitar
* Glenn Worf – bass guitar

## Chart performance

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### Weekly charts

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| Chart (2015)  | Peak
position

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US Billboard 200[10] | 13
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[11] | 1

### Year-end charts

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| Chart (2015)  | Position

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US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[12] | 45

### Singles

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Year  | Single  | Peak chart positions

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US Country
[13] | US Country Airplay
[14] | US
[15] | CAN Country
[16] | CAN
[17]
2014  | "Clockwork"  | 31  | 32  | 124  | —  | —
"Baby Be My Love Song"  | 11  | 3  | 56  | 5  | 77
2015  | "Yup"  | 44  | 35  | —  | —  | —
2016  | "Are You with Me"  | 46  | 41  | —  | —  | —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

## References

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1. ^ a b Erlewine, Steven Thomas. "About to Get Real - Easton Corbin". AllMusic. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
2. ^ Bell, Rebekah (April 20, 2015). "Easton Corbin Releasing Third Album in June". Taste of Country. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
3. ^ Thompson, Gayle (April 21, 2015). "Easton Corbin Announces Release of Third Album". The Boot. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
4. ^ Alex, Sam (June 8, 2015). "Taste of Country Fest Performer Easton Corbin 'About to Get Real' With New Album". Taste of Country. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
5. ^ Skates, Sarah (April 20, 2015). "Easton Corbin Preps New Album, 'About To Get Real'". MusicRow. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
6. ^ Rutherford, Kevin (April 16, 2015). "Easton Corbin Announces New Album, Debuts 'Baby Be My Love Song' Video: Watch". radio.com. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
7. ^ Bjorke, Matt (June 9, 2015). "Easton Corbin "About To Get Real" Tracklist & Cover Art". Roughstock. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
8. ^ Jim Asker (July 9, 2015). "Easton Corbin Gets 'Real' With First No. 1 on Top Country Albums". Billboard.
9. ^ Bjorke, Matt (May 23, 2016). "Country Album Sales Chart: May 23, 2016". Roughstock.
10. ^ "Easton Corbin Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
11. ^ "Easton Corbin Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
12. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
13. ^ "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
14. ^ "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
15. ^ "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
16. ^ "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Canada Country". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
17. ^ "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 29, 2010.

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Easton Corbin

Studio albums|

* Easton Corbin (2010)
* All Over the Road (2012)
* About to Get Real (2015)

Singles|

* "A Little More Country Than That"
* "Roll with It"
* "I Can't Love You Back"
* "Lovin' You Is Fun"
* "All Over the Road"
* "Clockwork"
* "Baby Be My Love Song"
* "Yup"
* "Are You with Me"
* "A Girl Like You"

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