It's America
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Singles
The album's first single release was its title track, written by Brett JamesBrett James
Brett James Cornelius is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Signed to Career Records as a solo artist in 1995, James charted three singles and released a self-titled debut album that year...
and Angelo Petraglia. Released in late 2008, the song went on to become the fifth Number One single of his career. It was followed by "15 Minutes" at number 20, and "Chasin' Girls", which failed to make the Top 40. The latter was partially re-written for its radio edit. The song debuted in September 2009 but failed to reach the country Top 40, peaking at No. 48.
In March 2010, the album was re-released with "Farmer's Daughter" added to the tracklist, and the radio edit of "Chasin' Girls" in place of the original recording. "Farmer's Daughter" has reached Top 20 on Hot Country Songs.
Critical reception
Todd Sterling of Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five, saying that Atkins "plays it safe and sticks to the same formula used on If You're Going Through Hell." Also giving it three stars, Roughstock critic Liz Jungers thought that the album was "feel-good through and through" and that it had "killer musicianship," but criticized it for lacking musical variety. Pierce Greenberg of The 9513 also criticized the album for having too many "frothy feel-good, I-am-blessed" songs, saying that it such songs "would benefit from being on a more diverse album." He rated the album two stars out of five.Album
Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 3 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 15 |
Canadian Albums Chart | 84 |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
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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... |
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2008 | "It's America" | 1 | 44 | ||||||
2009 | "15 Minutes" | 20 | 115 | ||||||
"Chasin' Girls" | 48 | — | |||||||
2010 | "Farmer's Daughter" | 5 | 47 | ||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||