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Sarah Buxton Studio album by Sarah Buxton Released February 23, 2010 Genre Country Length 43:16 Label Lyric Street Producer Sarah Buxton, Blair Daly, Bob DiPiero, Dann Huff, Craig Wiseman Sarah Buxton chronology Almost My Record
(2007)Sarah Buxton
(2010)Singles from Sarah Buxton - "Outside My Window"
Released: June 29, 2009
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Country Weekly [2] Sarah Buxton is the self-titled debut album by American country artist Sarah Buxton. It was released on February 23, 2010 via Lyric Street Records. The album's only single, "Outside My Window," was released in June 2009 and was a Top 25 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, reaching a peak of number 23 in March 2010. The album also includes Buxton's previous three singles that were released on her extended-play, Almost My Record. As of April 2010, the album has sold nearly 30,000 copies.
Contents
History
Prior to its release, Buxton issued a six-song extended play entitled Almost My Record. This EP produced the singles "Innocence," "That Kind of Day" and "Space," all of which charted in the country music Top 40. Those three singles and two other tracks from the EP are included on this album, as is her fourth single, "Outside My Window."[3] Buxton co-wrote ten of the eleven songs, including "Stupid Boy," which was previously released by Keith Urban as a single from his 2007 album Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing.
Critical reception
Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly magazine described Buxton's vocal range as "transform[ing] from sunny to sweet[…]to scratchy and soulful" and referred to the songs' topics as "being a typical 20-something-year-old girl in America." Phillips gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five.[2] Bobby Peacock of Roughstock also described Buxton's voice favorably and called the lyrics "optimistic," but thought that some tracks were overproduced.[4] Stephen Thomas Erlewine considered the album "carefully constructed, with each element designed to reach the broadest possible audience" but said that it also showed that Buxton is "a solid writer and performer," ultimately giving it three stars out of five.[1]
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "American Daughters" Sarah Buxton, Bob DiPiero 3:46 2. "Outside My Window" Buxton, Gary Burr, Mark Hudson, Victoria Shaw 3:46 3. "Radio Love" (featuring Jedd Hughes) Buxton, Jedd Hughes, Steve Robson 4:01 4. "For Real" Buxton, DiPiero 3:49 5. "Wings" Buxton, Blair Daly 4:03 6. "Love Like Heaven" (featuring Jedd Hughes) Buxton, Daly 3:47 7. "Space" Buxton, Chuck Cannon, Lari White 3:15 8. "Innocence" Buxton, Jeremy Stover, Dave Berg, Georgia Middleman 3:43 9. "That Kind Of Day" Buxton, Stover, Greg Barnhill 3:27 10. "Stupid Boy" Buxton, Berg, Deanna Bryant 5:30 11. "Big Blue Sky" (featuring Jedd Hughes) Hughes, Luke Laird 4:06 Amazon MP3 Exclusive[5] No. Title Length 12. "Crazy Dream" 4:10 Production
- tracks 1, 8-10 — Dann Huff, Craig Wiseman
- tracks 2, 7 — Sarah Buxton
- tracks 3, 5, 11 — Dann Huff
- track 4 — Sarah Buxton, Bob DiPiero
- track 6 — Sarah Buxton, Blair Daly
Chart performance
The album debuted at number 12 on U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums and number 68 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling over 8,000 copies in its first week.
Album
Charts (2010) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard 200 68[6] U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 12[6] Singles
Year Single Peak chart
positionsUS Country US
[7]2009 "Outside My Window" 23 107 References
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Sarah Buxton review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1719544. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
- ^ a b Phillips, Jessica (22 February 2010). "Reviews". Country Weekly 17 (8): 54. ISSN 1074-3235.
- ^ Morton, Ken (9 February 2010). "Sarah Buxton’s Big Day: The 9513’s Exclusive Interview". The 9513. http://www.the9513.com/sarah-buxtons-big-day-the-9513s-exclusive-interview/. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ Peacock, Bobby (20 February 2010). "Sarah Buxton review". Roughstock. http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/sarah-buxton-sarah-buxton. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0038AP0GS
- ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/#/album/sarah-buxton/sarah-buxton/1318134
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 132. ISBN 0-89820-188-8.
Categories:- 2010 albums
- Sarah Buxton albums
- Lyric Street Records albums
- "Outside My Window"
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