• Source: Nothing Like This (album)

      • Nothing Like This is the seventh studio album by American country music group Rascal Flatts. Released on November 16, 2010, it is their debut release after signing with Big Machine Records after Lyric Street went out of business. The album's lead-off single, "Why Wait," was released on August 2, 2010. This song became their first number one single on the Hot Country Songs charts since "Here Comes Goodbye." The album's second single, "I Won't Let Go" was released to country radio on January 10, 2011. The third single, "Easy" was released to country radio on June 27, 2011. This was the band's last album to go platinum.


      Content


      In the weeks leading up to the album's release, three promotional singles were released for music download; "I Won't Let Go" was released on October 25, 2010, "Play" on November 2, 2010, and the title track on November 9, 2010.
      In 2022, bassist Jay DeMarcus re-recorded the track "All Night To Get There" with his new group, Generation Radio, singing lead vocals.


      Reception




      = Commercial

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      The album debuted at number six on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number one on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums, selling 165,000 copies in its first week of release. It has sold 1.1 million copies in the United States as of the chart dated March 24, 2012.


      = Critical

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      Nothing Like This has received positive reviews from most critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine with AllMusic gave the album a four-star review, saying "Nothing Like This doesn't offer anything new, it's Rascal Flatts who have never strayed from the sunny sound of their 2000 debut - but everything from the melodies to the very sound of the tight 11-track record seems brighter than the trio's last few records. It's a fresh coat of paint on a sturdy old house". Gary Graff of Billboard magazine gave it a favorable review, saying that "[t]he trio's harmonies remain as crisp as a fresh pair of Wranglers; polished, deceptively effortless and relentlessly tuneful, Nothing Like This is everything we've come to expect from Rascal Flatts".
      Michael McCall of the Associated Press gave the album a positive review, saying that it had a "breezier, melodic sound" compared to the group's previous releases. Kyle Ward of Roughstock gave it three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that it was more consistent than the band's last two albums for former label Lyric Street Records. Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly gave the album a four-star rating, saying that Rascal Flatts "sounded re-energized", and commented saying "overall the Flatts boys haven't sounded this good in a while".


      Track listing




      Personnel


      Rascal Flatts
      Jay DeMarcus – keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals
      Gary Levox – lead vocals
      Joe Don Rooney – electric guitar, backing vocals
      Additional Musicians
      Tim Akers – acoustic piano
      Robbie Buchanan – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ
      Charlie Judge – keyboards, synthesizers, Hammond B3 organ
      Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
      Dann Huff – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, sitar
      Tim Pierce – electric guitar
      Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar
      Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar
      Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
      Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, mandolin
      Dorian Crozier – drums
      Shannon Forrest – drums
      Chris McHugh – drums
      David Huff – percussion, programming
      Natasha Bedingfield – lead and harmony vocals on "Easy"


      = Production

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      Dann Huff – producer
      Rascal Flatts – producers
      Brian Kennedy – co-producer (2)
      Ben Fowler – recording
      Justin Niebank – recording, mixing
      Drew Bollman – recording assistant, mix assistant
      Tomas Del Toro-Diaz – recording assistant
      Leland Elliott – recording assistant
      Seth Morton – recording assistant
      David Huff – digital editing
      Sean Neff – digital editing
      Christopher Rowe – digital editing
      Adam Ayan – mastering
      Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
      Whitney Sutton – copy coordinator
      Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, package design
      Chapman Baehler – photography
      John Murphy – wardrobe
      Melissa Schleicher – hair, makeup


      Charts




      = Singles

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      Certifications




      Release history




      References

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