Love on the Inside | ||||
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Studio album by Sugarland | ||||
Released | July 22, 2008 July 29, 2008 (Standard edition) |
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Recorded | 2007-2008 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 46:48 (Standard edition) 67:27 (Deluxe Fan edition) |
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Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
Producer |
Byron Gallimore Sugarland |
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Singles from Love on the Inside | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 83/100 |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Blender | |
Entertainment Weekly | A− |
Los Angeles Times | |
Engine 145 | |
The Phoenix | |
PopMatters | |
Robert Christgau | |
Slant | |
USA Today |
Love on the Inside is the third studio album by American country music duo Sugarland, released in 2008 (see 2008 in country music) on Mercury Nashville Records. It was first released on July 22, 2008 as a Deluxe Fan Edition, including five bonus tracks, with the regular edition following one week later. The album has produced three chart singles in "All I Want to Do", "Already Gone" and "It Happens", all Number One hits on the Billboard country singles charts. The fourth single, "Joey", reached Top 20. The release of the fifth single "Keep You" was cancelled. It is also the first album of the duo's career to reach Number One on Top Country Albums and The Billboard Top 200. The album has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA with sales of over 2 million copies in the United States.
The deluxe fan edition of Love on the Inside was released on July 22, 2008, which included 17 tracks in special packaging with an expanded CD booklet and access to download exclusive music video and behind the scenes footage. The deluxe fan edition was also released on vinyl record. Love on the Inside regular edition consisted of 12 songs and a regular CD booklet and was released on July 29.
"All I Want to Do", the album's lead-off single, debuted on the Hot Country Songs charts at No. 27 for the chart week of June 7, 2008 and became the duo's third Number One hit on that chart. Following it was "Already Gone" and "It Happens", which also went to Number One on the same chart in January and May 2009, respectively. All three of these singles were co-written by Sugarland's members (Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles) along with Bobby Pinson, with whom the duo also co-wrote their 2006 single "Want To". "Joey", which Sugarland wrote with Bill Anderson, was released in July 2009 as the fourth single.