American Love

American Love
American Love
Studio album by Jake Owen
Released	July 29, 2016
Genre	Country
Length	37:58
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Lukas Bracewell; Ross Copperman; Luke Laird; Shane McAnally; Jake Owen;
Jake Owen chronology
Singles from American Love
	"American Country Love Song"; Released: March 4, 2016; "If He Ain't Gonna Love You"; Released: October 17, 2016; "Good Company"; Released: April 17, 2017;

American Love is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Jake Owen. It was released on July 29, 2016, through RCA Nashville.^[1] It includes the #1 single "American Country Love Song".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Renowned for Sound	^[3]

AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album 3.5 out of 5 stars, noting the "bittersweet streak" in some of the song's themes, as well as Owen "modulating his delivery, choosing to lie back instead of lean into the songs, a tactic that gives the lighter moments a melancholy pull and the ballads a bit of grace."^[2] Daniel Patrin of Renowned for Sound rated the record 3 out of 5 stars, noting that it reverts to Owen's "deeper, ancestral country roots" and away from Days of Gold's "contemporary concoction of electronic pop-country mixtures", concluding that "American Love is the resulted work of a beholden musician, content and satisfied – rolling through songwriting without a shroud of guilt and a wealth of glittering pride."^[3]

Commercial performance

The album's lead single "American Country Love Song" topped the Billboard Country Airplay chart on September 17, 2016. The second single "If He Ain't Gonna Love You" stalled on the charts at its peak of #37 for several weeks, and became Owen's lowest charting single of his career. American Love debuted at number 4 on Billboard 200 with 35,000 units, Owen highest charting album on that chart.^[4] It also debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 29,400 albums in its first week.^[5] The album has sold 53,800 copies in the United States as of November 2016.^[6] The album's third single, "Good Company" released to country radio on April 17, 2017.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"American Love"	Jaren Johnston Luke Laird	Shane McAnally Ross Copperman	3:15
2.	"After Midnight"	Rodney Clawson Matt Dragstrem McAnally	McAnally Copperman	3:57
3.	"Where I Am"	Copperman Hillary Lindsey McAnally	McAnally Copperman	3:44
4.	"Everybody Dies Young"	Copperman McAnally Josh Osborne Scott Stepakoff	McAnally Copperman	3:08
5.	"VW Van"	Paul Reter Brent Stenzel	Lukas Bracewell Jake Owen	2:55
6.	"Good Company"	Matt Alderman Tommy Cecil Jared Mullins	Bracewell Owen	2:54
7.	"LAX"	Nathan Chapman Andrew Dorff Owen	McAnally Copperman	3:27
8.	"If He Ain't Gonna Love You"	Laird McAnally Chris Stapleton	McAnally Laird Copperman	3:36
9.	"When You Love Someone"	Blair Daly Lindsey Sean McConnell	Bracewell Owen	3:57
10.	"You Ain't Going Nowhere"	Copperman Dallas Davidson Ashley Gorley	McAnally Copperman	3:38
11.	"American Country Love Song"	Copperman Gorley Johnston	McAnally Copperman	3:17

Personnel

Credits for American Love adapted from AllMusic.^[7]

Vocals

Stephanie Chapman – background vocals
Ross Copperman – background vocals
Jaren Johnston – background vocals
Hillary Lindsey – background vocals
Shane McAnally – background vocals
Erin McCarley – background vocals
Josh Osborne – background vocals
Jake Owen – lead vocals, background vocals
Chris Stapleton – background vocals

Instruments

Joseph Arick – Hammond B-3 organ, harmonica, keyboards, piano
Lukas Bracewell – banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon string guitar, ukulele
Ross Copperman – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
Fred Eltringham – drums, drum loops, percussion
Robby Emerson – bass guitar
Ryan Gore – clapping, tambourine
Lee Hendricks – bass guitar
Myron Howell - drums, percussion
Scotty Huff – trumpet
Luke Laird – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Tony Lucido – bass guitar
Rob McNelley – electric guitar
Josh Osborne – acoustic guitar
Jake Owen – clapping
Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar
Jovan Quallo – saxophone
Danny Rader – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer, tres, Wurlitzer
Josh Scalf – trombone
Matt Stanfield – Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano
Aaron Sterling – drums, percussion
David Wallace – electric guitar
Derek Wells – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Nir Z – drums, percussion

Production

Joseph Arick – programming
Daniel Bacigalupi – mixing
Sean R. Badum – assistant
Joe Baldridge – engineer
Drew Bollman – assistant
Lukas Bracewell – engineer, producer, programming
Ross Copperman – digital editing, engineer, producer, programming
Josh Ditty – assistant
Ryan Gore – engineer
Kelsey Granda – production assistant
Luke Laird – producer, programming
Jasper Lemaster – assistant
Joseph Llanes – photographer
Kam Lutcherhand – assistant
Tony Lucido – engineer
Shane McAnally – producer
Andrew Mendleson – mastering
Buckley Miller – digital editing
Seth Morton – assistant
Justin Niebank – digital editing, mixing
Zack Pancoast – engineer
Jake Owen – producer
Andy Selby – digital editing
Aaron Sterling – engineer
Brian David Willis – digital editing

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[8]	55
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[9]	14
US Billboard 200^[10]	4
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[10]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2016)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[11]	50

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US Hot Country ^[12]	US Country Airplay ^[13]	US ^[14]	CAN Country ^[15]	CAN ^[16]
2016	"American Country Love Song"	6	1	55	2	88
2016	"If He Ain't Gonna Love You"	45	37	—	—	—
2017	"Good Company"	39	32	—	—	—

References

^ Nicholson, Jessica (May 19, 2016). "Jake Owen Releases Track Listing, Cover Art For 'American Love'". MusicRow. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "American Love - Jake Owen". AllMusic. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Patrin, Daniel (August 7, 2016). "Album Review: Jake Owen – American Love". Renowned for Sound. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
^ Caulfield, Keith (August 7, 2016). "DJ Khaled Earns His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Major Key'". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
^ Bjorke, Matt (August 9, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: August 9, 2016". Roughstock.
^ Bjorke, Matt (November 6, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: November 7, 2016". Roughstock.
^ "Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
^ "CHART WATCH #380". auspOp. August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
^ "Jake Owen Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "DJ Khaled Earns His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Major Key'". Billboard. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
^ "Jake Owen Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
^ "Jake Owen Album & Song Chart History - Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
^ "Jake Owen Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
^ "Jake Owen Album & Song Chart History - Canada Country". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
^ "Jake Owen Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 10, 2016.

[1] Nicholson, Jessica (May 19, 2016). "Jake Owen Releases Track Listing, Cover Art For 'American Love'". MusicRow. Retrieved June 2, 2016.

[AM-2] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "American Love - Jake Owen". AllMusic. Retrieved October 30, 2016.

[Sound-3] Patrin, Daniel (August 7, 2016). "Album Review: Jake Owen – American Love". Renowned for Sound. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2017.

[4] Caulfield, Keith (August 7, 2016). "DJ Khaled Earns His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Major Key'". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.

[5] Bjorke, Matt (August 9, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: August 9, 2016". Roughstock.

[6] Bjorke, Matt (November 6, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: November 7, 2016". Roughstock.

[7] "Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved August 22, 2016.

[8] "CHART WATCH #380". auspOp. August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.

[ac_BillboardCanada_Jake_Owen-9] "Jake Owen Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 9, 2016.

[Billboard-10] "DJ Khaled Earns His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Major Key'". Billboard. Retrieved August 8, 2016.

[11] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved July 25, 2020.

[12] "Jake Owen Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 6, 2011.

[13] "Jake Owen Album & Song Chart History - Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 8, 2012.

[14] "Jake Owen Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 6, 2011.

[15] "Jake Owen Album & Song Chart History - Canada Country". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 20, 2013.

[16] "Jake Owen Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 10, 2016.

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Discography
Studio albums	Startin' with Me (2006) Easy Does It (2009) Barefoot Blue Jean Night (2011) Days of Gold (2013) American Love (2016) Greetings from... Jake (2019)
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (2017)
Singles	"Yee Haw" "Startin' with Me" "Something About a Woman" "Don't Think I Can't Love You" "Eight Second Ride" "Tell Me" "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" "Alone with You" "The One That Got Away" "Back" "Anywhere with You" "Days of Gold" "Beachin'" "What We Ain't Got" "Real Life" "American Country Love Song" "If He Ain't Gonna Love You" "Good Company" "I Was Jack (You Were Diane)" "Down to the Honkytonk" "Homemade" "Made for You" "Best Thing Since Backroads" "11 Beers"
Other songs	"Life in a Northern Town" "One Little Kiss (Never Killed Nobody)"
Tours	Days of Gold Tour