Life at Best explained
Life at Best |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Eli Young Band |
Cover: | lifeatbest.jpg |
Studio: | Dark Horse Recording (Franklin, TN) Wrucke's House (Nashville, TN) |
Genre: | Country |
Label: | Republic Nashville |
Prev Title: | Jet Black & Jealous |
Prev Year: | 2008 |
Next Title: | 10,000 Towns |
Next Year: | 2014 |
Life at Best is the third studio album by American country music group Eli Young Band. It was released on August 16, 2011 via Republic Nashville. The album includes the number one singles "Crazy Girl" and "Even If It Breaks Your Heart" as well as "Say Goodnight", which peaked at number 22 on the Country Airplay Chart. According to HITS Daily Double, the album sold 348,000 copies as of February 2014.
Reception
Critical
Giving it four stars out of five, Steve Morley of Country Weekly said that the album "rings with roots-rock guitars and meaty, often melancholy themes".[1] A less favorable review came from Andrew Leahey of AllMusic, who thought that it was a "step backwards" because he did not consider its songs as memorable as those on Jet Black & Jealous.[2]
Personnel
Adapted from the Life at Best liner notes.[3]
- Eli Young Band
- Mike Eli – guitar, lead vocals
- Jon Jones – bass guitar, background vocals
- Chris Thompson – drums, percussion
- James Young – lead guitar, harmonica, background vocals
- Production
- Eric Tonkin – assistant engineer
- Nick Kallstrom – assistant engineer
- Mark Dobson – digital editing
- Mike Wrucke – mixing
- Richard Dodd – mastering
- Additional musicians
Chart performance
Year-end charts
Chart (2011) | Position |
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US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] | 55 |
Chart (2012) | Position |
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US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] | 33 | |
Singles
Notes and References
- Web site: Life at Best review. Morley. Steve. August 10, 2011. Country Weekly. August 17, 2011.
- Web site: Life at Best review. Leahey. Andrew. AllMusic. August 19, 2011.
- Life at Best. Eli Young Band. Republic Nashville. 2011. booklet. B001585602.
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 2011. Billboard. April 7, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210301174545/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/top-country-albums. March 1, 2021. live.
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 2012. Billboard. April 7, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20201124214554/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/top-country-albums. November 24, 2020. live.
- [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=eli young band|chart=Country Songs}} Eli Young Band Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs ]. . . August 17, 2011 . dead . https://www.webcitation.org/628q51XQN?url=http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/Rihanna/chart-history/658897?f=793&g=Singles . October 2, 2011 .
- [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=eli young band|chart=Country Airplay}} Eli Young Band Album & Song Chart History - Country Airplay ]. . . November 8, 2012 . dead . https://www.webcitation.org/628q51XQN?url=http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/Rihanna/chart-history/658897?f=793&g=Singles . October 2, 2011 .
- [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=eli young band|chart=all}} Eli Young Band Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100]. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. August 17, 2011.
- [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=eli young band|chart=Country Songs}} Eli Young Band Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100 ]. . . October 26, 2011 . dead . https://www.webcitation.org/628q51XQN?url=http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/Rihanna/chart-history/658897?f=793&g=Singles . October 2, 2011 .