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Nightfall
Studio album by
Little Big Town
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2020 (2020-01-17)
GenreCountry[1]
LabelCapitol Nashville
Producer
Little Big Town chronology
The Breaker
(2017) 		Nightfall
(2020)
Singles from Nightfall
  1. "The Daughters"
    Released: April 2019
  2. "Over Drinking"
    Released: September 16, 2019
  3. "Wine, Beer, Whiskey"
    Released: June 1, 2020

Nightfall is the ninth studio album by American country music group Little Big Town. It was released on January 17, 2020, by Capitol Nashville, and was self produced by Little Big Town with major production assistance from Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. It includes the singles "Over Drinking", Grammy-nominated "The Daughters", and "Wine, Beer, Whiskey".[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[5]
No Ripcord6/10[6]

Nightfall received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 74 based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that "The labor is evident, particularly in the careful construction of the compositions and the subtle shading on individual tracks" and "it's music for meditative mornings or for afternoons in need of a dose of consolation and comfort." He also compared the band's sound favorably to Fleetwood Mac.[1]

Commercial performance

Nightfall debuted at No. 1 on Top Country Albums with 31,000 equivalent album units, 26,000 in of which are in traditional album sales.[7] As of March 2020, it has sold 43,800 copies in the United States.[8]

Track listing

Nightfall track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Next to You"
  • Michael Jade
  • Trevor Jarvis
  • Hillary Reynolds
Karen Fairchild4:06
2."Nightfall"
Fairchild3:21
3."Forever and a Night"
Philip Sweet4:26
4."Throw Your Love Away"
Kimberley Schlapman3:44
5."Over Drinking"
Fairchild3:10
6."Wine, Beer, Whiskey"
Jimi Westbrook3:16
7."Questions"
  • Fairchild
  • Jon Green
  • Sara Haze
Fairchild3:04
8."The Daughters"
  • Ashley Ray
  • Fairchild
  • McConnell
Fairchild3:32
9."River of Stars"
  • Fairchild
  • Ian Fitchuk
  • Tashian
  • Fairchild
  • Westbrook
3:37
10."Sugar Coat"
  • Josh Kerr
  • McKenna
  • Jordyn Shellhart
Fairchild3:40
11."Problem Child"
  • Brown
  • Fairchild
  • McConnell
  • Schlapman
  • Sweet
  • Westbrook
Westbrook3:35
12."Bluebird"
  • Fairchild
  • Fitchuk
  • Tashian
Fairchild3:11
13."Trouble with Forever"
  • Mark Beeson
  • Haze
  • Jason Saenz
Fairchild3:31

Personnel

Little Big Town

  • Karen Fairchild
  • Kimberley Schlapman
  • Philip Sweet
  • Jimi Westbrook

Charts

Chart performance for Nightfall
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 88
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10] 65
Scottish Albums (OCC)[11] 40
US Billboard 200[12] 13
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[13] 1

References

  1. ^ a b Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Nightfall review". AllMusic. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Bonaguro 9/9/2019, Alison. "Little Big Town Fans Wake Up to Nightfall". CMT News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ "Nighfall - Little Big Town". AllMusic. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  5. ^ Johnston, Maura (July 31, 2020). "Little Big Town's The Nightfall: EW Review". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  6. ^ Gordon, Ethan. "Little Big Town: Nightfall Review". Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  7. ^ Asker, Jim (January 28, 2020). "Little Big Town Earns Fourth Top Country Albums No. 1 With 'Nightfall,' Dustin Lynch's 'Tullahoma' Starts in Top Five". Billboard.
  8. ^ Bjorke, Matt (March 10, 2020). "Top 10 Country Albums Pure Sales Chart: March 9, 2020". RoughStock. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "ARIA Chart Watch #561". auspOp. January 25, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  10. ^ "Little Big Town Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  11. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  12. ^ "Little Big Town Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  13. ^ "Little Big Town Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
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