Kellie Pickler (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Kellie Pickler
Type = studio
Artist = Kellie Pickler


Released = start date|2008|09|30
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 33:21 / 44:20 (iTunes Deluxe Edition)
Label = BNA/19 Recordings
Producer = Chris Lindsey
Reviews =
*"Allmusic" – rating|2|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hpfqxzwkldte link]
*"US Weekly" - rating|3|4 [http://www.usmagazine.com/node/20624 link]
*"USA Today" - rating|3|4 [http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2008/09/this-weeks-re-4.html?loc=interstitialskip link]
Last album = "Small Town Girl"
(2006)
This album = "Kellie Pickler"
(2008)
Next album = Singles
Name = Kellie Pickler
Type = studio
single 1 = Don't You Know You're Beautiful
single 1 date = June 9, 2008
single 2 = Best Days of Your Life
single 2 date = TBR 2008

"Kellie Pickler" is the self-titled second album of country music artist Kellie Pickler. It was released on September 30, 2008 on BNA Records. The lead-off single, "Don't You Know You're Beautiful", has charted in the Top 25 on the Hot Country Songs charts.

"Kellie Pickler" also includes a re-recorded version of "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You", which was previously included on Pickler's 2006 debut album "Small Town Girl". [http://www.hearsomethingcountry.com/bna/kelliepickler/kelliepickler/ Kellie Pickler - Album In Stores 9/30/2008] ] Pickler also co-wrote with fellow country singer Taylor Swift the track "Best Days of Your Life", which will be the released as the second single. [ [http://blogs.usatoday.com/idolchatter/2008/09/updates-on-kell.html] ] Clips of each song were put up on hearsomethingcountry.com, [http://www.hearsomethingcountry.com/bna/kelliepickler/kelliepickler/] with four full-length tracks on Pickler's MySpace.

"Lucky Girl" was previously recorded by Catherine Britt and was released as a single in Australia.

Track listing

Regular CD

#"Don't You Know You're Beautiful" (Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Karyn Rochelle) – 3:16
#"I'm Your Woman" (Josh Kear, Rochelle, Troy Verges) – 2:56
#"Rocks Instead of Rice" (Kellie Pickler, Kear, Chris Tompkins) – 3:19
#"Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You" (Lindsey, Mayo, Verges) – 4:45
#"Lucky Girl" (Catherine Britt, Brett Beavers, Tony Martin) – 2:30
#"One Last Time" (Pickler, Kyle Jacobs, Lindsey, Mayo) – 3:26
#"Best Days of Your Life" (Pickler, Taylor Swift) – 3:47
#"Somebody to Love Me" (Pickler, Lindsey, Mayo) – 4:19
#"Makin' Me Fall in Love Again" (Rochelle, James T. Slater, Shane Stevens) – 3:26
#"Going Out in Style" (Pickler, Jacobs, Mayo, Lindsey) – 3:37

iTunes Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

#

"Anything But Me" - 3:40
#"Don't Close Your Eyes" - 4:00
#"Happy" - 3:40

Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD

#A Day on the Road (Documentary)
#"Don't You Know You're Beautiful" (Music Video)

Promotion

To help promoting the album, "Kellie Pickler" was released in a regular edition (which only includes the CD) and a Deluxe Edition, including the normal CD, along with a special DVD with 30-minute footage from Pickler on her tour and behind the scenes of the recording process (called "A Day on the Road"), and the music video for "Don't You Know You're Beautiful." ]

The Deluxe Edition features three bonus tracks if bought on a digital retailer (such as iTunes); "Anything But Me", "Don't Close Your Eyes", and "Happy." [http://myplay.com/music/kellie-pickler/kellie-pickler-deluxe-version]

Pickler is currently on the road as one of the opening acts for Sugarland's "Love on the Inside" tour. [http://www.myspace.com/kelliepickler]

Chart Performance

References