Enjoy Yourself (Billy Currington album)
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| Released | September 21, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 34:05 | |||
| Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
| Producer | Carson Chamberlain Billy Currington | |||
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Enjoy Yourself is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Billy Currington. It was released on September 21, 2010, via Mercury Nashville. Four singles were released from the album, including the Number Ones "Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer" and "Let Me Down Easy."
Background[edit]
In an interview with The Boot, Currington talked about the album, and how if reflects who he is as a person. “It’s a great mix, it reflects who I am. I’m definitely not just one thing. I’m the beach guy, I’m the country guy, I love my dirt roads and fishin’, but I love New York City and L.A. and Miami, too.[1] "It's been a process for this particular project for like five years when I go back through my songs. I've been stashing all these songs that I get pitched every year in this one little spot on my computer – it's probably been more like 10 years of songs now – and so I feel like I'm so stashed up with songs that I didn't need to write or look for them."[1]
Recording[edit]
Currington explained the recording behind Enjoy Yourself, saying "This record was about recording songwriter’s songs, I could have gone back and recorded a bunch of mine that I’ve written, but there were a lot of writers I wanted to record, like Shawn and Troy. I had to put their songs on this album.”[1]
Reception[edit]
Commercial[edit]
The album debuted at number nine on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart after selling 45,000 copies, becoming his first Top 10 album on that chart.[2] It also peaked at number two on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[3] As of the chart dated June 25, 2011, the album has sold over 329,489 copies in the United States.[4]
Critical[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [5] |
| Associated Press | (positive)[6] |
| Billboard | (positive)[7] |
| Country Weekly | [8] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B+)[9] |
| Parcbench | [10] |
| PopMatters |   [11] |
| Roughstock | [12] |
| The Washington Post | (mixed)[13] |
| Engine 145 | [14] |
Upon its release, Enjoy Yourself received generally positive reviews from most music critics.[15] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 4 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[15]
Matt Bjorke with Roughstock gave it a three and a half out of five star rating, saying that Currington "has perfected his formula; Enjoy Yourself is a mostly jovial affair that really feels like a tight collection of escapist, feel-good music.[12] Stephen Thomas Erlewine with Allmusic also gave it a three and a half out of five star rating, saying "Everything rolls just a little bit too easily [...] its mellow vibes and occasional soft romantic touch feel true to Currington."[5] Greg Victor with Parcbench gave it a 3½ rating, commenting "This album is full of music makes you want to dance and laugh and sing along; this album is the one I put on for my own enjoyment."[10]
The Associated Press' Michael McCall said that "[on] Enjoy Yourself he zeroes in on an easy-going soul vibe, a sound that brings out a likable quality in Currington's Georgia-raised tenor."[6] Bill Friskics-Warren with The Washington Post gave it a mixed review, saying that "[Currington] can pride himself on having made a record with the sort of warmth and intimacy that gives the work of neo-traditionalist elders such as George Strait and Alan Jackson such staying power."[13] He also called the track "Like My Dog" "The only real misstep".[13]
Jessica Phillips with Country Weekly gave it three stars, commented saying that it is "a perfect sleepy and summery soundtrack; this collection largely falls headlong into leisurely tales of drinking and fishing rather than the more spirited or smouldering fare that spurred earlier hits."[8] Blake Boldt with Engine 145 gave it two and a half stars out of five, calling it a "pretty bland modern country album" and said that Currington "is a little too spic-and-span. None of these ten songs is even remotely suspenseful; conflicts and concerns are neatly wrapped up within four minutes."[14] Dave Heaton with PopMatters gave it five out of ten stars, and criticized the songwriting on the album, saying " on a songwriting level, Currington has dropped any real storytelling emphasis or attention to specific details.[11]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All Day Long" | 3:49 | |
| 2. | "Love Done Gone" | 3:32 | |
| 3. | "Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer" | Troy Jones | 3:00 |
| 4. | "Until You" | Dave Barnes | 4:45 |
| 5. | "Like My Dog" | 2:46 | |
| 6. | "Perfect Day" |
| 2:55 |
| 7. | "Let Me Down Easy" | 3:50 | |
| 8. | "Bad Day of Fishin'" | 3:04 | |
| 9. | "Enjoy Yourself" |
| 3:00 |
| 10. | "Lil' Ol' Lonesome Dixie Town" | 3:21 |
Personnel[edit]
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Chart performance[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Singles[edit]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US Country | US | CAN | ||
| 2010 | "Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer"[22] | 1 | 41 | 50 |
| "Let Me Down Easy"[23] | 1 | 46 | 71 | |
| 2011 | "Love Done Gone"[24] | 11 | 58 | 83 |
| "Like My Dog"A[25] | 24 | 102 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
- ADid not enter the Hot 100 but charted on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[26]
Certifications[edit]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[27] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Billy Currington : News : THATNASHVILLESOUND.COM – Billy Currington Article". theboot.com. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
- ^ Caulfield, Keith (September 29, 2010). "Zac Brown Band Bows At No. 1 on Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
- ^ https://www.billboard.com/artist/billy-currington/chart-history/
- ^ "Ronnie Dunn Lands #1 on Album Sales Chart". Roughstock. June 15, 2011. Archived from the original on June 20, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Enjoy Yourself – Billy Currington". Allmusic. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
- ^ a b McCall, Michael (September 20, 2010). "Currington finds his vibe on CD". Associated Press. heraldtribune.com. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
- ^ Graff, Gary (September 24, 2010). "Billy Currington, "Enjoy Yourself"". Billboard. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ^ a b Phillips, Jessica (September 21, 2010). "Enjoy Yourself : Billy Currington – Reviews – Country Weekly Magazine". Country Weekly. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
- ^ Wood, Mikael (September 21, 2010). "Enjoy Yourself". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ^ a b Victor, Greg (September 21, 2010). ""Enjoy Yourself" with Billy Currington's new album (Review)". parcbench.com. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
- ^ a b Heaton, Dave (October 1, 2010). "Billy Currington: Enjoy Yourself < PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ^ a b Bjorke, Matt (September 20, 2010). "Billy Currington – Enjoy Yourself". roughstock.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
- ^ a b c Friskics-Warren, Friskics-Warren (September 21, 2010). "Review of Billy Currington's 'Enjoy Yourself'". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
- ^ a b Boldt, Blake (September 13, 2010). "Album Review: Billy Currington – Enjoy Yourself". Engine 145. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
- ^ a b "Enjoy Yourself Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ^ "Billy Currington Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ "Billy Currington Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2011". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2011". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2012". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer – Billy Currington, Billboard, retrieved January 2, 2011
- ^ Let Me Down Easy – Billy Currington, Billboard, retrieved January 2, 2011
- ^ Love Done Gone – Billy Currington, Billboard, retrieved June 11, 2012
- ^ Like My Dog – Billy Currington, Billboard, retrieved June 11, 2012
- ^ "Bubbling Under Hot 100 Week of February 11, 2012". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 13, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "American album certifications – Billy Currington – Enjoy Yourself". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
