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Own the Night is the third studio album by the American country music group Lady Antebellum. The album was released on September 13, 2011. The lead off single, "Just a Kiss", was released on May 2, 2011, and became a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and their fifth number one single on the Hot Country Songs chart. The second single, "We Owned the Night", was released on August 15, 2011. In the weeks preceding the release, the band pre-released songs from the album, including "Dancin' Away With My Heart" and "Wanted You More."

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(63/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
American Songwriter[3]
Country Weekly[4]
Entertainment Weekly(B)[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Slant Magazine[8]

Upon its release, Own the Night received mixed reviews.[1] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 63, based on eight reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[1] The New York Times was very positive about Own the Night and wrote this third album "elevates this group's fecklessness to high art. It makes no apologies for its blunt-force tactics. It owns its shamelessness. That cocksure stance helps to make it one of the most convincing albums of the year, a huge leap forward for a group that threatened to become famous without leaving a true mark."[9] Giving it a four stars rating out of five, Country Weekly's Jessica Phillips appreciated that "For the most part, Lady Antebellum strikes a nice balance between the two -creating something different while replicating some elements of the previous album, keeping the penchant for bighearted ballads and the vocal chemistry between Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott intact".[4] Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the album a 3.5 stars out of 5 commenting "In an effort to break new ground on their just released album, Own the Night, Lady Antebellum occasionally forget their strengths and weaknesses. Not every courageous step they take lands on solid ground, but it’s difficult to criticize a band for taking artistic chances."[10] Entertainment Weekly gave the album a "B" grade commenting "With their easy pop-country tempos and ingratiating white-soul harmonies, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, and Dave Haywood are masters of the soft sell, an approach they employ here with characteristically genteel results."[5] Randy Lewis of The Los Angeles Times found that "everything sounds bigger, brighter and shinier than on Lady A's first two albums. That'll probably go over well with fans of grandiose country pop" but he noted that "the all-stops-out production gradually loses impact."[6] However, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic was less enthusiastic about the album. He gave it a three stars rating and described it as "mood music but the aim isn't amorous; it's nothing more than a spot of relaxation, which doesn't quite amount to compelling listening no matter how immaculate the execution."[2] American Songwriter found Own the Night not "high art" and despised the "clichéd country images" but did appreciate the singing "with the band stacking its harmonies three voices deep at every twist and turn" and that's why the album received a three stars rating.[3] Nevertheless, Rolling Stone's Will Hermes was not convinced by the new album and gave it a two stars rating out of five.[7] Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine negatively reviewed Own the Night: "In the past, the trio has been able to elevate their unremarkable songwriting with spirited performances, but that isn't the case on Own the Night". He found the band "across-the-board amateurish and anonymous".[8]

Commercial perfomance

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at number-one, selling 347,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album is the largest start for any country release since Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" (2010). It is also their second number-one album.[11]

Track listing

[12]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."We Owned the Night"Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Dallas Davidson3:17
2."Just a Kiss"Haywood, Kelley, Hillary Scott, Davidson3:41
3."Dancin' Away with My Heart"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Josh Kear3:53
4."Friday Night"Eric Paslay, Rose Falcon, Rob Crosby2:57
5."When You Were Mine"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Busbee4:53
6."Cold as Stone"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Hillary Lindsey4:47
7."Singing Me Home"Haywood, Kelley, Rivers Rutherford3:52
8."Wanted You More"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Matt Billingslea, Dennis Edwards, Jonathan Long, Jason "Slim" Gambill4:02
9."As You Turn Away"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Monty Powell3:55
10."Love I've Found in You"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Patrick Davis3:53
11."Somewhere Love Remains"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Powell4:51
12."Heart of the World"Tom Douglas, Travis Hill3:43

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Canadian Albums Chart[13] 1
US Billboard 200[14] 1
US Billboard Top Country Albums[15] 1

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[16] 		US
[17] 		US AC
[18] 		US Adult
[19] 		AUS
[20] 		CAN
[21] 		UK
[22]
2011 "Just a Kiss" 1 7 13 25 72 13 83
"We Owned the Night"A 16 47 29
  • A Current single.
Preceded by Top Country Albums number-one album
October 1, 2011 		Succeeded by
incumbent

References

  1. ^ a b c "Own The Night Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Own the Night review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Leahey, Andrew (September 12, 2011). "Lady Antebellum: Own The Night". American Songwriter. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  4. ^ a b Phillips, Jessica (September 13, 2011). "Own the Night by Lady Antebellum". Retrieved September 16, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |= ignored (help)
  5. ^ a b Wood, Mikael (September 16, 2011). "Own the". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  6. ^ a b Lewis, Randy (September 12, 2011). "Album Review: Lady Antebellum's "Own the Night"". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  7. ^ a b Hermes, Will (September 13, 2011). "Own the Night by Lady Antebellum -Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  8. ^ a b Keefe, Jonathan (September 11, 2011). "Music Review - Lady Antebellum: Own the Night". Slant Magazine. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  9. ^ Caramanica, Jon (September 14, 2011). "A Gentle Nod to Country, With a Streak of Darkness". The New York Times. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  10. ^ Dukes, Billy (September 13, 2011). "Lady Antebellum, 'Own the Night' – Album Review". Taste of Country. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  11. ^ Cauffield, Keith (21 September 2011). "Lady Antebellum 'Own' the Billboard 200 With Second No. 1 Album". Billboard. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  12. ^ "Lady Antebellum Reveals Track Listing, Cover Art for Own the Night". ladyantebellum.com. July 18, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  13. ^ "Canadian Albums: Week of October 1, 2011". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  14. ^ "Billboard 200: Week of October 1, 2011". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  15. ^ "Country Albums: Week of October 1, 2011". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  16. ^ "Lady Antebellum Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  17. ^ "Lady Antebellum Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  18. ^ "Lady Antebellum Album & Song Chart History - Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  19. ^ "Lady Antebellum & Song Chart History - Adult Pop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  20. ^ "Chartifacts - Week Commencing: 8th August 2011". Australian Recording Industry Association. August 8, 2011. Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  21. ^ "Lady Antebellum Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  22. ^ "Chart Stats - Lady Antebellum". Chart Stats. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  23. ^ "American singles certifications – Lady Antebellum – Just a Kiss". Recording Industry Association of America.
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