Chief (album)
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| Studio album by Eric Church | ||||
| Released | July 26, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010–11 | |||
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| Length | 39:39 | |||
| Label | EMI Nashville | |||
| Producer | Jay Joyce | |||
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| Metacritic | 77/100 |
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| Under The Gun Review | 9/10 |
Chief is the third studio album by American country music artist Eric Church. It was released on July 26, 2011, via EMI Nashville. The album produced five singles, including the first two number one singles of his career on the Hot Country Songs chart: "Drink in My Hand" and "Springsteen", two additional top tens on the country chart: "Creepin'" and "Like Jesus Does", as well as the top 20 country hit "Homeboy". On June 20, 2012, Chief was certified Platinum by the RIAA for having shipped 1,000,000 records. As of January 2017, the album has sold 1,944,900 copies in the United States.
The album received a nomination for Best Country Album at the 54th Grammy Awards.
Upon its release, Chief 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 77, based on 9 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".Allmusic reviewer Thom Jurek gave it 4 stars out of 5, saying that it is "defiant, well-conceived, and more carefully executed than it sounds, with some excellent songs".
Rolling Stone placed the album at number 19 on its Best Albums of 2011 list.
Compiled from Allmusic.
^shipments figures based on certification alone
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