Crash My Party
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{{Infobox album
| name = Crash My Party
| type = studio
| artist = Luke Bryan
| cover = CrashMyPartyCD.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2013|8|13}}
| venue =
| studio =
- Ocean Way Nashville, Blackbird Studio and Starstruck Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
| genre = Country
| length = {{Duration|m=44|s=32}}
| label = Capitol Records Nashville
| producer = Jeff Stevens
| prev_title = Tailgates & Tanlines
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Kill the Lights
| next_year = 2015
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Crash My Party
| type = studio
| single1 = Crash My Party
| single1date = April 7, 2013
| single2 = That's My Kind of Night
| single2date = August 5, 2013
| single3 = Drink a Beer
| single3date = November 11, 2013
| single4 = Play It Again
| single4date = March 24, 2014
| single5 = Roller Coaster
| single5date = July 14, 2014
| single6 = I See You
| single6date = November 3, 2014
}}}}
Crash My Party is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Luke Bryan. It was released on August 13, 2013 by Capitol Records Nashville.{{cite news|last=Whitaker|first=Sterling|title=Luke Bryan Reveals Track Listing for Upcoming Album 'Crash My Party'|url=http://theboot.com/luke-bryan-track-listing-crash-my-party/|access-date=July 18, 2013|newspaper=The Boot|date=July 12, 2013}}{{cite news|last=Pacella|first=Megan|title=Luke Bryan Reveals Name, Cover Art for 2013 New Album|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/luke-bryan-2013-album-crash-my-party/|access-date=July 18, 2013|newspaper=Taste of Country|date=June 27, 2013}} Its first single, the title track, reached number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.{{cite news|title=Luke Bryan Offering Deluxe Edition of New Album, Crash My Party|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1710238/luke-bryan-offering-deluxe-edition-of-new-album-crash-my-party.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714123609/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1710238/luke-bryan-offering-deluxe-edition-of-new-album-crash-my-party.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2013|access-date=July 18, 2013|newspaper=Country Music Television|date=July 9, 2013}} The album was produced by Jeff Stevens.{{cite news|last=Watts|first=Cindy|title=Luke Bryan reveals details for new album, 'Crash My Party'|url=http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2013/06/26/luke-bryan-reveals-details-for-new-album-crash-my-party/|access-date=July 18, 2013|newspaper=The Tennessean|date=June 26, 2013}}{{cite news|last=Conaway|first=Alanna|title=Luke Bryan "Crash My Party" Tracklist & Cover Art|url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/luke-bryan-crash-my-party-tracklist-cover-art|access-date=July 18, 2013|newspaper=Roughstock|date=July 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713133849/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/luke-bryan-crash-my-party-tracklist-cover-art|archive-date=July 13, 2013}} A deluxe edition with four bonus tracks is available digitally or by exclusive Target and Walmart CDs.
Even though the reception towards the album by music critics was mixed, the album has seen remarkably high commercial success. On its first week, the album sold 528,000 copies and debuted at number one on both the Billboard 200, Bryan's first album to do so on that chart, and Top Country Albums charts. It was certified Platinum by the RIAA on September 30, 2013, and became the third best-selling album of 2013.{{cite news |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/chart-watch-top-10-albums-songs-2013-184702481.html |title=The Top 10 Albums and Songs of 2013 | author= Paul Grein |date=January 2, 2014 |work=Chart Watch |publisher=Yahoo }} By July 2014, the album had reached over 2 million in sales in the United States.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| MC = 56/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/crash-my-party/luke-bryan/critic-reviews|title=Critic Reviews from Crash My Party|author=Metacritic|date=August 15, 2013|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=June 23, 2017}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/crash-my-party-mw0002532581|title=Crash My Party - Luke Bryan|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|date=August 12, 2013|website=Allmusic|access-date=August 13, 2013}}
| rev2 = American Songwriter
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2013/08/luke-bryan-crash-my-party/|title=Luke Bryan: Crash My Party |last=Allen|first=Eric|date=August 15, 2013|work=American Songwriter|access-date=August 16, 2013}}
| rev3 = Country Weekly
| rev4 = HitFix
| rev5 = Music Is My Oxygen
| rev6 = Newsday
| rev7 = The Oakland Press
| rev7Score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nhregister.com/connecticut/article/Album-reviews-Luke-Bryan-The-Wild-Feathers-11419368.php|title=Listening Room: Luke Bryan picks the right songs to "Crash My Party"|last=Graff|first=Gary|author-link=Gary Graff|date=August 12, 2013|work=The Oakland Press|access-date=August 13, 2013|via=New Haven Register}}
| rev8 = Rolling Stone
| rev9 = Roughstock
| rev10 = Taste of Country
| rev10Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/luke-bryan-crash-my-party-album/|title=Luke Bryan, 'Crash My Party' – Album Review|last=Dukes|first=Billy|date=August 13, 2013|publisher=Taste of Country|access-date=August 15, 2013}}
| rev11 = USA Today
| rev11Score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/08/11/review-of-luke-bryan-album/2632937/|title=Luke Bryan serves up the same old 'Party'|last=Mansfield|first=Brian|author-link=Brian Mansfield|date=August 11, 2013|work=USA Today|access-date=August 13, 2013}}
}}
Crash My Party garnered mixed reception from music critics. At Metacritic, they assign a weighted average score to ratings and reviews from selected mainstream critics, which based upon six reviews, the album has a Metascore of 56.
At Rolling Stone, Chuck Eddy felt that "Given the drinking songs he's best at, he'd be better off pretending spring break lasts all year long" because he cannot seem to match up to "Kenny Chesney's knack for lonely contemplation." Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic told that some of the tracks "seem slightly cookie-cutter", yet at the same time "he does seem savvy," and "somebody who embraces what real redneck living is about in 2013." At The Boston Globe, Sarah Rodman gave the album a mixed review, and wrote that the album sounds somewhat generic "But the majority of the record is given over to 'Party' games we've heard Bryan [...] and many others in contemporary country [...] play before."{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/08/11/album-review-luke-bryan-crash-party/F0ycHEzZ1oSuoXBguGsCJM/story.html|title=Few surprises in Luke Bryan's 'Crash My Party'|last=Rodman|first=Sarah|date=August 12, 2013|work=The Boston Globe|access-date=August 13, 2013}} Eric Allen of American Songwriter noted how "Crash My Party is melodiously rewarding despite its sporadic lyrical missteps." At Music Is My Oxygen, Rob Burkhardt felt that Bryan "chose to coast on that momentum" from his previous album.
At USA Today, Jerry Shriver highlighted that in comparison to his last album this has a "slightly more generic-sounding" tone, and he wrote that Bryan "comes across as just another backwoods party animal with an amped-up sound and indiscriminate taste in women." At The Oakland Press, Gary Graff felt that the release was yet "another mostly upbeat and good-humored set, which, more than anything else, demonstrates Bryan's and producer Jeff Stevens' knack for picking out exactly the right songs for the singer to record." Melinda Newman of HitFix alluded to how the release "will be a nice new chapter in a pleasingly familiar book, if not a particularly high-octane one." At Country Weekly, Joseph Hudak told that "All the imagery his fans have come to demand is there", however "In the future, it'd be nice to see Luke, the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year, grow out of the fields he's so clearly comfortable in."
Billy Dukes of Taste of Country felt that "there is little to differentiate the two projects", which this may lead some people to "line up to pigeonhole him", and noted that "There are hits to be found on his fourth studio album, but a lack of powerful album cuts makes the project much less exciting than one would like." At Newsday, Glenn Gamboa called Bryan "a singles hitter [...] in more ways than one", which means that he felt "Bryan never hits a home run, but he sure does connect a lot." They also continue on to say that "every time he tries to swing for the fences, he strikes out." Matt Bjorke of Roughstock evoked that "Crash My Party clearly features melodies and ideas that come from outside of Country's traditions, nobody would mistake the album for anything but a Country Music album, a strong, well-made modern one which makes times to nod to tradition while still looking forward."
Commercial performance
Crash My Party sold over 528,000 copies during its first week of release.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5657842/luke-bryans-crash-my-party-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200|title=Luke Bryan's 'Crash My Party' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200|last=Caulfield|first=Keith |date=August 20, 2013|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 21, 2013}} In 2013, it became the fourth best-selling album in its debut week, with the only albums to achieve better first week sales being Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience, Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Jay Z's Magna Carta... Holy Grail, and Drake's Nothing Was the Same. Any album by a male country music artist has not been sold this well in nine years. For the week of August 31, 2013, the album reached number one on both the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums charts. As a result, this became Bryan's second number one album that year.{{cite magazine |id={{ProQuest|1473703671}} |last1=Caulfield |first1=Keith |title=A Half-Million Reasons To Celebrate |magazine=Billboard |volume=125 |issue=33 |date=31 August 2013 |page=43 }} The album's title track climbed the charts and reached number 2 on Hot Country Songs.{{cite magazine |id={{ProQuest|1473703650}} |last1=Price |first1=Deborah Evans |title=Luke Bryan's Big 'Party' |magazine=Billboard |volume=125 |issue=33 |date=31 August 2013 |page=40 }} The next week, the album broke the record for the largest second-week percentage sales drop for a number-one debuting album of the Nielsen SoundScan era.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6553768/luke-bryan-crash-my-party-biggest-album|title=Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Luke Bryan's 'Party' Now His Biggest-Album Seller Ever|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|magazine=Billboard|date=May 2, 2015|access-date=November 30, 2019}}
Crash My Party became the third best-selling album of 2013 in the United States with over 1,521,000 copies sold that year. In 2014, the album sold an additional 754,000 copies,{{cite web | url = https://www.yahoo.com/music/taylor-swift-frozen-and-the-battle-for-the-105565429741.html | title = Taylor Swift, 'Frozen,' and the Battle for the Year's #1 Album | author = Paul Grein | publisher = Yahoo! Music | date = December 19, 2014 | access-date = December 24, 2014}} and it reached its two million sales mark in July 2014.{{cite web |url=https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-sia-is-up-from-down-under-194432211.html |title=Chart Watch: Sia Is Up From Down Under|author= Paul Grein |date=July 16, 2014 |work=Yahoo! Music }} In May 2015, the album surpassed the total in sales of Bryan's previous album (2011's Tailgates & Tanlines) to become his best-selling album to date.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6553768/luke-bryan-crash-my-party-biggest-album |title=Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Luke Bryan's 'Party' Now His Biggest-Selling Album Ever |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=May 1, 2015 |access-date=May 2, 2015}} As of July 2017, the album has sold over 2.7 million copies in the United States.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7865966/billboard-200-chart-moves-chris-stapletons-traveller |title=Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Chris Stapleton's 'Traveller' Surpasses 2 Million in U.S. Sales |date=July 14, 2017 |first= Keith |last=Caulfield|magazine=Billboard }}
Track listing
{{track listing
| total_length = 44:32
| title1 = That's My Kind of Night
| writer1 = {{hlist|Dallas Davidson|Chris DeStefano|Ashley Gorley}}
| length1 = 3:10
| title2 = Beer in the Headlights
| writer2 = {{hlist|Michael Carter|Brandon Kinney|Cole Swindell}}
| length2 = 2:52
| title3 = Crash My Party
| writer3 = {{hlist|Rodney Clawson|Gorley}}
| length3 = 3:54
| title4 = Roller Coaster
| writer4 = {{hlist|Carter|Swindell}}
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = We Run This Town
| writer5 = {{hlist|Gorley|Davidson|Kelley Lovelace}}
| length5 = 3:14
| title6 = Drink a Beer
| writer6 = {{hlist|Jim Beavers|Chris Stapleton}}
| length6 = 3:23
| title7 = I See You
| writer7 = {{hlist|Luke Bryan|Gorley|Luke Laird}}
| length7 = 3:06
| title8 = Goodbye Girl
| writer8 = {{hlist|Shane McAnally|Josh Osborne|Matthew Ramsey}}
| length8 = 2:39
| title9 = Play It Again
| writer9 = {{hlist|Davidson|Gorley}}
| length9 = 3:47
| title10 = Blood Brothers
| writer10 = {{hlist|Brett James|Bobby Pinson}}
| length10 = 4:03
| title11 = Out Like That
| writer11 = {{hlist|Aaron Goodvin|Adam Sanders|Swindell}}
| length11 = 3:18
| title12 = Shut It Down
| writer12 = {{hlist|Tony Martin|Wendell Mobley|Neil Thrasher}}
| length12 = 3:16
| title13 = Dirt Road Diary
| writer13 = {{hlist|Rhett Akins|Bryan|Davidson|Ben Hayslip}}
| length13 = 3:31
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Deluxe Edition
| title14 = What Is It with You
| writer14 = {{hlist|Bryan|Shane Minor|Jeff Stevens{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=15099065&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130813060435/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=15099065&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 13, 2013|title=What Is It With You|author=Bryan Luke|publisher=Broadcast Music, Inc.|access-date=August 13, 2013}}}}
| length14 = 4:00
| title15 = Sunburnt Lips
| writer15 = {{hlist|Thomas Rhett|Lee Brice|Rob Hatch|Lance Miller{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/TitleSearch.asp?querytype=WorkName&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&keyname=Sunburnt%20Lips&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=False&blnAltTitles=False|title=Sunburnt Lips|author=Bryan Luke|publisher=Broadcast Music, Inc.|access-date=August 13, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}}}
| length15 = 3:25
| title16 = Better Than My Heart
| writer16 = {{hlist|Bryan|Jeff Stevens|Lonnie Wilson{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=10622526&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130813060417/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=10622526&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 13, 2013|title=Better Than My Heart|author=Bryan Luke|publisher=Broadcast Music, Inc.|access-date=August 13, 2013}}}}
| length16 = 3:44
| title17 = Your Mama Should've Named You Whiskey
| writer17 = {{hlist|Laird|Jeremy Spillman|T. Rhett}}
| length17 = 3:42
| total_length = 59:23
}}
{{track listing
| total_length = 1:06:43
| headline = International Tour Edition{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5uXnz1avW5OxFmroX5eSBu?si=ioZshsKbRzyii7I0_9h8Cw&dl_branch=1|title=Crash My Party (International Tour Edition)|website=Spotify|accessdate=September 13, 2021}}
| title18 = She Get Me High
| writer18 = {{hlist|Bryan|Jeff Stevens|Jody Stevens}}
| length18 = 3:37
| title19 = Good Lookin' Girl
| writer19 = {{hlist|Bryan|Carter|Jim McCormick}}
| length19 = 3:43
}}
Personnel
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{{col-2}}
- Luke Bryan – lead vocals
- Charlie Judge – synthesizers
- Mike Rojas – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers
- Jody Stevens – programming
- Tom Bukovac – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar, Ebow guitar
- Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar, Ebow guitar
- Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar, ganjo
- Mike Johnson – pedal steel guitar
- Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar
- Joe Spivey – bouzouki, fiddle
- Mike Brignardello – bass
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass
- Shannon Forrest – drums
- Greg Morrow – drums
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Perry Coleman – backing vocals
- Tania Hancheroff – backing vocals
- Chris Stapleton – backing vocals (6)
- Jenifer Wrinkle – backing vocals
{{col-end}}
= Production =
- Jeff Stevens – producer
- Derek Bason – recording, mixing
- Mills Logan – additional recording
- Chris Small – recording assistant
- Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
- Scott Johnson – production assistant
- Joanna Carter – art direction
- Karen Naff – art direction
- Craig Allen – design
- Joseph LIanes – photography
- Kristin Barlowe – photography (page 5)
- Paula Turner – hair, make-up
- Lee Moore – wardrobe stylist
- Kerri Edwards and KPentertainment – management
- Red Light Management – management
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Chart (2013–15)
! Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Australia|19|artist=Luke Bryan|album=Crash My Party|accessdate=May 3, 2014}} |
| Australian Country Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue1226.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130918140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20130919-0000/Issue1226.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-09-18|title=ARIA Report|publisher=ARIA|access-date=May 3, 2014}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|align=center|4 |
| {{album chart|BillboardCanada|1|artist=Luke Bryan}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Luke Bryan}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Luke Bryan}} |
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= Year-end charts =
= Decade-end charts =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2010–2019)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/billboard-200|title=Decade-End Charts: Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 15, 2019}}
| style="text-align:center"| 25 |
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=Singles=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="45"| US Hot Country ! width="45"| US Country Airplay ! width="45"| US ! width="45"| CAN Country ! width="45"| CAN |
| rowspan="3"| 2013
| align="left"| "Crash My Party" | 2 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 |
| align="left"| "That's My Kind of Night"
| 1 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 19 |
| align="left"| "Drink a Beer"
| 1 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 34 |
| rowspan="3"| 2014
| align="left"| "Play It Again" | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 20 |
| align="left"| "Roller Coaster"
| 5 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 56 |
| align="left"| "I See You"
| 1 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 51 |
Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Luke Bryan|relyear=2013|certyear=2015|title=Crash My Party|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|access-date=December 19, 2013}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Luke Bryan|title=Crash My Party|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=2013|certyear=2017}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true | streaming=true}}
References
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Category:Capitol Records Nashville albums
Category:Canadian Country Music Association Top Selling Album albums