Concrete (Sunny Sweeney album)

2011 studio album by Sunny Sweeney

Concrete

Studio album by

Sunny Sweeney

Released| August 23, 2011 (2011-08-23)
Genre| Country
Length| 34:09
Label| Republic Nashville
Producer| Brett Beavers
Sunny Sweeney chronology
| Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame
(2007)  | Concrete
(2011)  | Provoked
(2014)

|
|

Singles from  Concrete

1. "From a Table Away"
Released: June 28, 2010
2. "Staying's Worse Than Leaving"
Released: May 2, 2011
3. "Drink Myself Single"
Released: October 3, 2011

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
Roughstock| [2]
Slant Magazine| [3]

Concrete is the second studio album by American country music singer Sunny Sweeney. It was released on August 23, 2011 via Republic Nashville. The album includes the singles "From a Table Away", "Staying's Worse Than Leaving" and "Drink Myself Single", all of which have charted within the top 40 of Hot Country Songs.

## Reception

[edit]

### Commercial

[edit]

The album debuted at #21 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart upon its release. As of the chart dated September 24, 2011, the album has sold 26,418 copies in the US.[4]

### Critical

[edit]

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "traditional-minded yet thoroughly modern".[2]

## Track listing

[edit]

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

|
|
|

1.| "Drink Myself Single"|

* Sunny Sweeney
* Monty Holmes

| 2:59
2.| "From a Table Away"|

* Sweeney
* Bob DiPiero
* Karyn Rochelle

| 3:36
3.| "Staying's Worse Than Leaving"|

* Sweeney
* Jay Clementi
* Radney Foster

| 3:24
4.| "The Old Me"|

* Lori McKenna
* Mark D. Sanders

| 4:04
5.| "Amy"|

* Sweeney
* Brennen Leigh

| 2:42
6.| "Worn Out Heart"|

* Sweeney
* Brett Beavers

| 3:00
7.| "Mean as You"|

* Brett James
* Kelley Lovelace
* Tim Nichols

| 3:00
8.| "It Wrecks Me"|

* Sweeney
* Clementi

| 4:08
9.| "Helluva Heart"|

* Sweeney
* Deanna Bryant
* Heather Little

| 3:09
10.| "Fall for Me"|

* Lisa Carver
* Jaida Dreyer
* Carolyn Dawn Johnson

| 4:07
Total length:| 34:09

## Personnel

[edit]

Credits adapted from AllMusic[5]

* Steve Brewster - drums
* Mike Brignardello \- bass guitar
* Bob Britt - electric guitar
* Nicole Broussard - background vocals
* Jimmy Carter - bass guitar
* J.T. Corenflos \- electric guitar
* Larry Franklin \- fiddle
* Mike Johnson - lap steel guitar
* Greg Morrow \- drums
* Mike Rojas - accordion, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano
* Scotty Sanders - dobro, steel guitar, lap steel guitar
* Bryan Sutton \- acoustic guitar
* Sunny Sweeney \- lead vocals
* Russell Terrell - background vocals

## Chart performance

[edit]

### Album

[edit]

Chart (2011)  | Peak
position

|

US Billboard 200[6] | 21
US Billboard Top Country Albums[6] | 7

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Concrete review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
2. ^ a b Bjorke, Matt (August 18, 2011). "Concrete review". Roughstock. Archived from the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
3. ^ Keefe, Jonathan (August 21, 2011). "Concrete review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
4. ^ "The Country Boys Continue to Dominate the Charts". Roughstock. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
5. ^ "Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
6. ^ a b "Chart listing for Concrete". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 1, 2011.

* v
* t
* e

Sunny Sweeney

Discography

Studio albums|

* Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame (2006)
* Concrete (2011)
* Provoked (2014)
* Trophy (2017)

Singles|

* "From a Table Away"
* "Staying's Worse Than Leaving"
* "Drink Myself Single"

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

|

*[No.]: Number
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template