I Don't Dance (album)

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I Don't Dance
Studio album by
Lee Brice
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2014 (2014-09-09)
GenreCountry
Length48:56
LabelCurb Records
Producer
Lee Brice chronology
Hard 2 Love
(2012) 		I Don't Dance
(2014) 		Lee Brice
(2017)
Singles from I Don't Dance
  1. "I Don't Dance"
    Released: February 18, 2014
  2. "Drinking Class"
    Released: September 8, 2014
  3. "That Don't Sound Like You"
    Released: May 11, 2015

I Don't Dance is the third studio album by American country music artist Lee Brice. It was released on September 9, 2014 by Curb Records.

Content[edit]

The album's lead single is its title track,[1] which became a number one single on Country Airplay in mid 2014. "Drinking Class" is the second single.

Brice produced the title track by himself;[2] he co-produced with Jon Stone of American Young on tracks 2, 7–9, and 11–13, and Kyle Jacobs and Matt McClure on tracks 3–6, and 10. He also played every instrument on the track "Girls in Bikinis".[3]

"Sirens" appears in the video game Madden NFL 16.

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

I Don't Dance received positive reviews from music critics. It has a score of 69 out of 100 on Metacritic indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 4 critics reviews.[citation needed] Jon Freeman of Country Weekly rated the album "B". He praised the songwriting of the title track, as well as "Drinkin' Class", "My Carolina", and "The Airport Song", and described Brice's voice as "spectacular, ranging from a gentle whisper to a right-from-the-gut, serrated-edge howl that elevates even the most forgettable material into high drama." Freeman also praised the sparseness of the album's production.[5]

Commercial performance[edit]

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 5, and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart with 39,000 copies sold in the United States in its debut week.[6] The album has sold 247,400 copies in the US as of March 2016.[7] On October 18, 2017, the song received gold status by the RIAA.[8]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Don't Dance"
3:41
2."No Better Than This"
4:13
3."Show You Off Tonight"
3:54
4."Always the Only One"
3:53
5."Good Man"
3:24
6."Drinking Class"
3:27
7."That Don't Sound Like You"
3:30
8."Girls in Bikinis"
3:13
9."Sirens"
  • Brice
  • Hatch
  • Jon Stone
  • Lance Miller
3:54
10."Somebody's Been Drinking"
3:41
11."Hard to Figure Out (The Airport Song)"
  • Brice
  • Joe Leathers
  • Nicole Witt
3:25
12."My Carolina"
  • Brice
  • Phillip Lammonds
3:57
13."Panama City"
4:15
Deluxe Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."More My Style"
  • Brice
  • McGehee
  • Montana
  • Brian Davis
3:45
15."Closer"
4:08
16."Whiskey Used to Burn"
  • Brice
  • Hatch
  • Miller
3:32

Personnel[edit]

Adapted from liner notes.[9]

  • Carolyn Wann Bailey - strings (tracks 5, 10)
  • Hari Bernstein - strings (tracks 5, 10)
  • Travis Bettis - electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 12)
  • Jessica Blackwell - strings (tracks 5, 10)
  • Lee Brice - acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 7-9, 12), banjo (tracks 8, 9) electric guitar (tracks 3-5, 7, 11), handclaps (track 9), horn arrangements (track 10), keyboards (track 8), string arrangements (tracks 5, 10), lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 11), "Heys" (track 9), whistle (track 8)
  • Sara Brice - talking girl (track 8)
  • Tom Bukovac - electric guitar (tracks 2, 13)
  • Perry Coleman - background vocals (tracks 2, 4-7, 11, 13)
  • Chad Cromwell - drums (tracks 7, 11)
  • Eric Darken - percussion (track 1)
  • Charles Kenneth Dixon - strings (tracks 5, 10), copyist (tracks 5, 10)
  • Chip Esten - handclaps (track 9), "Heys" (track 9)
  • Dan Frizsell - programming (track 12)
  • Ben Glover - background vocals (track 3)
  • Kevin "Swine" Grantt - bass guitar (track 7)
  • Adrienne Harmon - strings (tracks 5, 10)
  • Mark Hill - bass guitar (tracks 3, 5, 6, 10)
  • June Iwasaki - strings (tracks 5, 10)
  • Mike Johnson - steel guitar (tracks 3-6)
  • Charlie Judge - B-3 organ (track 11), horn arrangements (track 10), keyboards (tracks 1, 3-8), piano (track 6), programming (tracks 1-8, 11), string arrangements (tracks 5, 10), strings (track 11)
  • Jeff King - electric guitar (tracks 3-6, 9, 10)
  • Jennifer Kummer - french horn (track 10)
  • Phillip Lammonds - acoustic guitar (track 12)
  • Tim Lauer - keyboards (track 2)
  • Tony Lucido - bass guitar (track 8, 9)
  • Donnie Marple - drums (tracks 1, 4, 12)
  • Matt McClure - programming (tracks 3-6)
  • Pat McGrath - acoustic guitar (tracks 3-6, 10)
  • Jerry McPherson - e-bow (track 1), electric guitar (tracks 1, 3-6, 9, 10)
  • Miles McPherson - drums (track 6)
  • Greg Morrow - drums (track 2)
  • Emily Nelson - strings (tracks 5, 10)
  • Justin Niebank - programming (track 1)
  • Kelly Norman - background noise (track 13)
  • Kelly Norris - background vocals (track 2)
  • Russ Pahl - steel guitar (tracks 1, 9)
  • Sarighandi D. Reist - strings (tracks 5, 10)
  • Paul Rippee - bass guitar (tracks 1, 2)
  • Maggie Rose - background vocals (track 13)
  • Bradley Smith - B-3 organ (track 12), piano (track 13), background vocals (track 12)
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas - bass guitar (tracks 4, 11, 12)
  • Jon Stone - acoustic guitar (tracks 8, 11), electric guitar (track 7), handclaps (track 9), background vocals (tracks 2, 9), "Heys" (track 9), "Woos" and "Yeas" (track 8)
  • Russell Terrell - background vocals (track 10)
  • Patrick Walle - french horn (track 10)
  • Jason Webb - B-3 organ (tracks 3, 6), keyboards (tracks 3, 6), piano (track 4), programming (track 6)
  • Derek Wells - electric guitar (tracks 3-5, 10)
  • Nir Z. - drums (tracks 3, 5, 8–10)

Chart performance[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2014–16) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 70
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11] 5
US Billboard 200[12] 5
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[13] 1

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2014) Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[14] 43
Chart (2015) Position
US Billboard 200[15] 157
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[16] 34

Singles[edit]

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US Country Airplay US CAN Country CAN
2014 "I Don't Dance" 5 1 33 3 40
"Drinking Class" 3 2 53 11 66
2015 "That Don't Sound Like You" 13 10 64 38 75

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[17] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lee Brice Reveals 'Dance' Details". Rolling Stone. 9 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Lee Brice Unveils New Album Coming Sept. 9". 10 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Country Music News - Nash Country Daily".
  4. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "I Don't Dance – Lee Brice". AllMusic. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  5. ^ Freeman, Jon (September 29, 2014). "Review: I Don't Dance". Country Weekly. 21 (39): 66. ISSN 1074-3235.
  6. ^ Wade Jessen (September 18, 2014). "Lee Brice Does No. 1 'Dance' on Top Country Albums Chart". Billboard.
  7. ^ Bjorke, Matt (March 28, 2016). "Country Album Chart: March 29, 2016". Roughstock.
  8. ^ "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.
  9. ^ I Don't Dance (CD booklet). Lee Brice. Curb Records. 2014. D2-79392.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ Ryan, Gavin (March 19, 2016). "ARIA Albums: Matt Corby 'Telluric' Is 100th No 1 Australian Album". Noise11. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  11. ^ "Lee Brice Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
  12. ^ "Lee Brice Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  13. ^ "Lee Brice Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
  14. ^ "Top Country Albums: 2014 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  15. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  16. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  17. ^ "American album certifications – Lee Brice – I Don't Dance". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
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