Charleston, SC 1966
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Upon its release, Charleston, SC 1966 received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic
, which assigns a normalized
rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average
score of 68, based on 9 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Jessica Phillips with Country Weekly
compared it to his previous album Learn to Live
, saying "[Rucker] created a successful blend of touching love ballads and positive up-tempo meditations on life with his 2008 foray into country music, Learn to Live, and he reprises that winning mix for his sophomore country solo release", and gave it four out of five stars. Matt Bjorke with Roughstock gave it a four star rating, called all of the tracks on the record "radio ready" and said "Charleston, SC 1966 may not feature many outright old school traditional tunes like Learn to Live featured but in many ways the album features quite a few songs that show off a more 'traditional' feel than most mainstream country albums do nowadays and to be perfectly honest, it’s a sound and feel that suits Darius Rucker like a glove. Sarah Rodman with The Boston Globe
favored the album over its predecessor saying it "surpasses its predecessor on the strength of more vibrant and charming tunes." Brian Mansfield with USA Today
called it a "fine-sounding country album" and said that with the release, "he seems to have made his primary home in country music".
Mario Tarradell with The Dallas Morning News
gave it a "B" rating, calling it a "solid follow-up" to Learn to Live, and said that he "ably captures the nuances of mainstream country". Stephen Thomas Erlewine
with Allmusic calleed it "a gleaming example of polished, pressed, modern country-pop" and gave it a three star rating. Rick Moore with American Songwriter gave it three and a half stars, saying "Charleston, SC 1966 doesn’t break any rules or new ground, and probably wasn’t meant to [...] it’s obviously calculated to appeal to the million people who bought Learn to Live
, so if you’re one of them, you’ll probably like this record."
Michael McCall with the Associated Press
called the tracks on the release "too radio friendly" and said that "his new focus loses the creative sweep and emotional force that made his first country album so compelling. Jonathan Keefe with Slant Magazine
gave it a two and a half star rating, calling the material "banal".
Additional musicians
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, which assigns a normalized
Standard score
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rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average
Weighted mean
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score of 68, based on 9 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Jessica Phillips with Country Weekly
Country Weekly
Country Weekly is an American tabloid style weekly magazine established in 1994. The magazine focuses on country music stars and events, and regularly features exclusive interviews with recording artists and country music news...
compared it to his previous album Learn to Live
Learn to Live
Learn to Live is the second solo studio album by American country artist, Darius Rucker. The album was released September 16, 2008 on Capitol Nashville Records and was produced by Frank Rogers...
, saying "[Rucker] created a successful blend of touching love ballads and positive up-tempo meditations on life with his 2008 foray into country music, Learn to Live, and he reprises that winning mix for his sophomore country solo release", and gave it four out of five stars. Matt Bjorke with Roughstock gave it a four star rating, called all of the tracks on the record "radio ready" and said "Charleston, SC 1966 may not feature many outright old school traditional tunes like Learn to Live featured but in many ways the album features quite a few songs that show off a more 'traditional' feel than most mainstream country albums do nowadays and to be perfectly honest, it’s a sound and feel that suits Darius Rucker like a glove. Sarah Rodman with The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
favored the album over its predecessor saying it "surpasses its predecessor on the strength of more vibrant and charming tunes." Brian Mansfield with USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
called it a "fine-sounding country album" and said that with the release, "he seems to have made his primary home in country music".
Mario Tarradell with The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News is the major daily newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas area, with a circulation of 264,459 subscribers, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported in September 2010...
gave it a "B" rating, calling it a "solid follow-up" to Learn to Live, and said that he "ably captures the nuances of mainstream country". Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine is a senior editor for Allmusic. He is the author of many artist biographies and record reviews for Allmusic, as well as a freelance writer, occasionally contributing liner notes. He is also frontman and guitarist for the Ann Arbor-based band Who Dat?Erlewine is the nephew...
with Allmusic calleed it "a gleaming example of polished, pressed, modern country-pop" and gave it a three star rating. Rick Moore with American Songwriter gave it three and a half stars, saying "Charleston, SC 1966 doesn’t break any rules or new ground, and probably wasn’t meant to [...] it’s obviously calculated to appeal to the million people who bought Learn to Live
Learn to Live
Learn to Live is the second solo studio album by American country artist, Darius Rucker. The album was released September 16, 2008 on Capitol Nashville Records and was produced by Frank Rogers...
, so if you’re one of them, you’ll probably like this record."
Michael McCall with the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
called the tracks on the release "too radio friendly" and said that "his new focus loses the creative sweep and emotional force that made his first country album so compelling. Jonathan Keefe with Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine is an online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians. The site covers various film festivals like the New York Film Festival.- History :...
gave it a two and a half star rating, calling the material "banal".
Track listing
Personnel
Production- Brady Barnett - Digital Editing
- Richard Barrow - Engineer, Overdub Engineer
- Steve Beers - Assistant Engineer
- Drew Bollman - Mixing Assistant
- Neal Cappellino - Overdub Engineer
- Joanna Carter - Art Direction
- Michelle Hall - Producer
- Gina Ketchum - Make-Up, Wardrobe
- Tyler Moles - Digital Editing
- Seth Morton - Mixing Assistant
- John Netti - Assistant Engineer
- Justin Niebank - Mixing
- Rich Ramsey - Assistant Engineer
- Frank RogersFrank Rogers (record producer)Frank Mandeville Rogers V is an American record producer, songwriter and session musician. In 1990, Rogers made the trek to Nashville, attending Belmont University and graduating with a Music Business degree. While at Belmont, he met friend and future collaborator Brad Paisley...
- Producer - Wendy Stamberger - Design
- Phillip Stein - Digital Editing, Production Assistant
- Hank Williams - Mastering
- Brian David Willis - Digital Editing
- Jim Wright - Photography
Additional musicians
- Mike Brignardello - Bass
- Pat Buchanan - Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar
- Sam BushSam BushSam Bush is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.- History :...
- Mandolin - J.T. Corenflos - Baritone Guitar, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar
- John CowanJohn CowanJohn Cowan is an American soul music and progressive bluegrass vocalist and bass guitar player. He was the lead vocalist and bass player for the New Grass Revival...
- Background Vocals - Eric Darken - Percussion
- Dan Dugmore - Steel Guitar
- Béla FleckBéla FleckBéla Anton Leoš Fleck is an American banjo player. Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.-Early life and career details:Fleck was born in...
- Banjo - Shannon Forrest - Drums
- Aubrey HaynieAubrey HaynieAubrey Haynie is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle and mandolin. In his career, he has recorded three studio albums for the Sugar Hill Records label, all three of which contained mostly songs that he wrote himself...
- Fiddle, Mandolin - Wes Hightower - Background Vocals
- Gordon Mote - Keyboards, Piano, Wurlitzer
- Brad PaisleyBrad PaisleyBrad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references....
- Acoustic and Electric Guitar - Michael Rhodes - Bass, Fretless Bass
- Bryan SuttonBryan SuttonBryan Sutton is an American musician. Primarily known as a flatpicked acoustic guitar player, Sutton also plays many other instruments including mandolin, banjo, and electric guitar....
- Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin - Ilya Toshinsky - Banjo, Bouzouki, Mandolin, National Steel Guitar
Album
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
12 |
| UK Country Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
1 |
| US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
2 |
| US Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
Certifications
| Country | Certification |
|---|---|
| United States Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... |
Gold |
End of year charts
| Chart (2010) | Year-end 2010 |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
160 |
| US Billboard Top Country Albums | 32 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
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| 2010 | "Come Back Song Come Back Song "Come Back Song" is the title of a song recorded by American singer Darius Rucker. The song, co-written by Rucker and Nashville songwriter Chris Stapelton, was released to country radio in early July 2010 as the lead single from Rucker's second album of country music, Charleston, SC... " |
1 | 37 | 87 |
| "This This (Darius Rucker song) "This" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Darius Rucker. It was released in November 2010 as the second single from his 2010 album Charleston, SC 1966, and the sixth solo single release of his career. It reached number-one on the U.S... " |
1 | 51 | 84 | |
| 2011 | "I Got Nothin' I Got Nothin' "I Got Nothin'" is the title of a song recorded by American country music singer Darius Rucker and co-written by Rucker with Clay Mills. It is the seventh solo release of Rucker's career, and the third single from his 2010 album Charleston, SC 1966.... "A |
17 | 84 | |
- A Current single.