About to Get Real
{{Infobox album
| name = About to Get Real
| type = studio
| artist = Easton Corbin
| cover = AbouttoGetReal.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2015|6|30}}
| recorded = 2013–15
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Neotraditional country
| length =
| label = Mercury Nashville
| producer = Carson Chamberlain
| prev_title = All Over the Road
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = Let’s Do Country Right
| next_year = 2023
| misc = {{Singles
| name = About to Get Real
| type = studio
| single1 = Clockwork
| single1date = January 28, 2014
| single2 = Baby Be My Love Song
| single2date = September 8, 2014
| single3 = Yup
| single3date = July 27, 2015
| single4 = Are You with Me
| single4date = May 23, 2016
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite news|last=Erlewine|first=Steven Thomas|title=About to Get Real - Easton Corbin |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/about-to-get-real-mw0002849900|accessdate=November 22, 2015|newspaper=AllMusic}}
}}
About to Get Real is the third studio album by American country music artist Easton Corbin. It was released on June 30, 2015 via Mercury Nashville.{{cite news|last1=Bell|first1=Rebekah|title=Easton Corbin Releasing Third Album in June|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/easton-corbin-about-to-get-real-release-date/|accessdate=June 9, 2015|work=Taste of Country|date=April 20, 2015}} It includes the singles "Clockwork", "Baby Be My Love Song". and "Yup".{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Gayle|title=Easton Corbin Announces Release of Third Album|url=http://theboot.com/easton-corbin-about-to-get-real-baby-be-my-love-song-video/|accessdate=June 9, 2015|work=The Boot|date=April 21, 2015}} It also includes "Are You with Me" from Corbin's previous album, All Over the Road.{{cite news|last1=Alex|first1=Sam|title=Taste of Country Fest Performer Easton Corbin ‘About to Get Real’ With New Album|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/easton-corbin-talks-about-to-get-real-album/|accessdate=June 9, 2015|work=Taste of Country|date=June 8, 2015}} The album was produced by Carson Chamberlain.{{cite news|last1=Skates|first1=Sarah|title=Easton Corbin Preps New Album, ‘About To Get Real’|url=http://www.musicrow.com/2015/04/easton-corbin-preps-new-album-about-to-get-real/|accessdate=June 9, 2015|work=MusicRow|date=April 20, 2015}}
Content
About the album, Corbin said, "When deciding on an album title, About to Get Real just says it all for me. When country fans listen to this album, I want them to take away that even though the music mixes the modern with the classic, it's entirely real. Like the music of my heroes, it's the real deal."{{cite news|last1=Rutherford|first1=Kevin|title=Easton Corbin Announces New Album, Debuts ‘Baby Be My Love Song’ Video: Watch|url=http://radio.com/2015/04/16/easton-corbin-baby-be-my-love-song-video-new-album/|accessdate=June 9, 2015|work=radio.com|date=April 16, 2015}} The album's track listing was announced on June 9.{{cite news|last1=Bjorke|first1=Matt|title=Easton Corbin "About To Get Real" Tracklist & Cover Art|url=http://roughstock.com/news/2015/06/35581-easton-corbin-get-real-tracklist-cover-art/|accessdate=June 9, 2015|work=Roughstock|date=June 9, 2015}}
Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote that "No matter what the album title implies – "real" usually conveys grit, a quality conspicuously absent from these 12 songs – About to Get Real is so smooth it sometimes suggests the glory days of Urban Cowboy, when modern country flirted heavily with the soft rock mainstream."
Commercial performance
The album debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, and No. 13 on the Billboard 200, with 20,000 copies sold in the US in its first week.{{cite news |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6627125/easton-corbin-gets-real-with-first-no-1-on-top-country-albums |title=Easton Corbin Gets 'Real' With First No. 1 on Top Country Albums|author= Jim Asker |date= July 9, 2015 |work=Billboard }} The album has sold 59,800 copies in the US as of May 2016.{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2016/05/40327-country-album-sales-chart-may-23-2016 |title=Country Album Sales Chart: May 23, 2016 |first= Matt|last= Bjorke |date= May 23, 2016 |work=Roughstock }}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = Kiss Me One More Time
| writer1 = {{hlist|Carson Chamberlain|Wade Kirby|Phil O'Donnell}}
| length1 = 3:20
| title2 = Guys and Girls
| writer2 = {{hlist|Zach Crowell|Jaren Johnston|Cary Barlowe}}
| length2 = 3:48
| title3 = Clockwork
| writer3 = {{hlist|Chamberlain|Kirby|Ashley Gorley}}
| length3 = 3:09
| title4 = Diggin' on You
| writer4 = {{hlist|Easton Corbin|Chamberlain|O'Donnell|Kirby}}
| length4 = 2:42
| title5 = Baby Be My Love Song
| writer5 = {{hlist|Jim Collins|Brett James}}
| length5 = 3:21
| title6 = About to Get Real
| writer6 = {{hlist|Jeremy Stover|Ben Hayslip|Rhett Akins}}
| length6 = 3:15
| title7 = Yup
| writer7 = {{hlist|Shane Minor|O'Donnell|Kirby}}
| length7 = 3:13
| title8 = Wild Women and Whiskey
| writer8 = {{hlist|Ronnie Dunn|Terry McBride}}
| length8 = 3:32
| title9 = Are You with Me
| writer9 = {{hlist|Tommy Lee James|McBride|Shane McAnally}}
| length9 = 3:40
| title10 = Damn Girl
| writer10 = {{hlist|Corbin|Chamberlain|Jeff Hyde}}
| length10 = 3:28
| title11 = Just Add Water
| writer11 = {{hlist|Tony Lane|David Lee}}
| length11 = 3:04
| title12 = Like a Song
| writer12 = {{hlist|Corbin|Chamberlain|Stephen Allen Davis}}
| length12 = 3:48
}}
Personnel
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Jimmy Carter – bass guitar
- Easton Corbin – lead vocals
- J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar, resonator guitar
- Larry Franklin – fiddle
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Gary Prim – Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano, Wurlitzer
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
- W. David Smith – bass guitar
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Biff Watson – banjo, bouzouki, acoustic guitar
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Chart performance
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=Weekly charts=
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| Chart (2015)
! Peak |
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| {{album chart|Billboard200|13|artist=Easton Corbin}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Easton Corbin}} |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable" |
| Chart (2015)
! Position |
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| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2015|work=Billboard|accessdate=July 28, 2020}}
| style="text-align:center;"|45 |
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