Feels Like Today
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{{Infobox album
| name = Feels Like Today
| type = studio
| artist = Rascal Flatts
| cover = feelsliketoday.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 28, 2004
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 42:56
| label = Lyric Street
| producer = {{hlist|Mark Bright|Rascal Flatts|Marty Williams}}
| prev_title = Melt
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = Me and My Gang
| next_year = 2006
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Feels Like Today
| type = Studio
| single1 = Feels Like Today
| single1date = June 21, 2004
| single2 = Bless the Broken Road
| single2date = November 1, 2004
| single3 = Fast Cars and Freedom
| single3date = March 21, 2005
| single4 = Skin (Sarabeth)
| single4date = August 15, 2005
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=feels-like-today-mw0000395742|pure_url=yes}}|title=Feels Like Today review|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|work=Allmusic|access-date=July 17, 2011}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Feels Like Today is the third studio album by American country music group Rascal Flatts. It was released on September 28, 2004, by Lyric Street Records. As of July 2014, the album has sold 5.274 million copies in the United States,{{cite web | url=https://ca.music.yahoo.com/photos/top-new-acts-since-2000-1403561474-slideshow/496298581mb00117-2014-cma-f-photo-1403561220390.html| title=Top 20 New Acts Since 2000| publisher=Yahoo! Music|date=July 8, 2014|last=Grein|first=Paul}} and it has been certified 5× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. The album produced its title track as a single along with "Bless the Broken Road", "Fast Cars and Freedom", and "Skin (Sarabeth)". "Bless the Broken Road" was initially recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and has also been recorded by Marcus Hummon, Melodie Crittenden (whose version was a number 42 country single in 1997), and Geoff Moore before the release of Rascal Flatts' version. It would later be a Top 5 Christian hit for Selah as well. "When the Sand Runs Out" was later recorded by Marty Raybon on his 2006 album of the same name.
"Skin (Sarabeth)", initially a hidden track, received enough airplay to enter Top 40 on the country charts in 2005, leading to its release as a single. Upon its release to radio, "Skin (Sarabeth)" was officially added to the track list. "Here's to You" also charted from unsolicited airplay, and was made into a music video.
This was the band's last album to be produced by Mark Bright.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Where You Are
| writer1 = {{hlist|Catt Gravitt|James LeBlanc}}
| length1 = 3:53
| title2 = Bless the Broken Road
| writer2 = {{hlist|Jeff Hanna|Bobby Boyd|Marcus Hummon}}
| length2 = 3:46
| title3 = Then I Did
| writer3 = {{hlist|Steve Robson|Jeffrey Steele}}
| length3 = 3:12
| title4 = Feels Like Today
| writer4 = {{hlist|Robson|Wayne Hector}}
| length4 = 3:26
| title5 = Fast Cars and Freedom
| writer5 = {{hlist|Gary LeVox|Neil Thrasher|Wendell Mobley}}
| length5 = 4:24
| title6 = When the Sand Runs Out
| writer6 = {{hlist|LeBlanc|Brad Crisler}}
| length6 = 3:46
| title7 = Here's to You
| writer7 = {{hlist|Jay DeMarcus|Thrasher|Mobley}}
| length7 = 3:33
| title8 = The Day Before You
| note8 = Matthew West cover
| writer8 = West
| length8 = 4:06
| title9 = Break Away
| writer9 = {{hlist|Joe Don Rooney|Randy Cantor|Dennis Matkosky}}
| length9 = 3:12
| title10 = Holes
| writer10 = {{hlist|Gregory Becker|John Paul White}}
| length10 = 4:18
| title11 = Oklahoma-Texas Line
| writer11 = {{hlist|DeMarcus|LeVox|Rooney}}
| length11 = 2:56
| title12 = Skin (Sarabeth)
| note12 = hidden track
| writer12 = {{hlist|Doug Johnson|Joe Henry}}
| length12 = 4:18
|total_length = 42:56
}}
Personnel
Rascal Flatts
- Jay DeMarcus – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Gary LeVox – lead vocals
- Joe Don Rooney – electric guitar, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Tim Akers – keyboards, synthesizers, accordion
- Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
- Gordon Mote – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ
- Steve Nathan – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Jonathan Yudkin – banjo, fiddle, mandolin, octofone, strings on "Feels Like Today" and "Skin (Sarabeth)"
Production
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- Chapman Baehler – photography
- Mark Bright – producer
- Doug Howard – A&R
- Tom Baker – mastering
- Gene Dries – production coordinator
- Jennifer Kemp – wardrobe
- Greg McCarn – creative director
- Bart Morris – engineer, assistant engineer, mix assistant, digital editing
- Rhonda Parman – hair stylist, make-up
- Rascal Flatts – producers
- Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, design
- Marty Williams – producer, engineer, mixing
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Chart performance
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2004)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Rascal Flatts|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2020}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Rascal Flatts|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2020}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2004)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2004/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2004|work=Billboard|access-date=November 8, 2020}}
| 145 |
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2004/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2004|work=Billboard|access-date=November 8, 2020}}
| 22 |
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2005)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2005/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005|work=Billboard|access-date=November 8, 2020}}
| 10 |
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2005/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005|work=Billboard|access-date=November 8, 2020}}
| 2 |
| scope="row"|Worldwide Albums (IFPI){{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2005.pdf|title=Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2005|publisher=IFPI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117003309/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2005.pdf|archive-date=November 17, 2008|access-date=February 2, 2023}}
|29 |
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2006)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006|work=Billboard|access-date=November 8, 2020}}
| 20 |
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006|work=Billboard|access-date=November 8, 2020}}
| 6 |
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=Singles=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions |
|---|
| style=font-size:smaller;
! width="45"| US Country ! width="45"| US ! width="45"| US ! width="45"| US |
| rowspan="2"| 2004
| align="left"| "Feels Like Today" | 9 | 56 | — | — |
| align="left"| "Bless the Broken Road"
| 1 | 29 | 40 | 20 |
| rowspan="2"| 2005
| align="left"| "Fast Cars and Freedom" | 1 | 38 | 70 | — |
| align="left"| "Skin (Sarabeth)"
| 2 | 42 | 74 | — |
| colspan="6" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Feels Like Today"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=Feels Like Today|artist=Rascal Flatts|type=album|award=Platinum|certyear=2006|relyear=2005}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Feels Like Today|artist=Rascal Flatts|type=album|award=Platinum|number=5|certyear=2008|relyear=2005|salesamount=5,274,000|salesref={{cite web | url=https://ca.music.yahoo.com/photos/top-new-acts-since-2000-1403561474-slideshow/496298581mb00117-2014-cma-f-photo-1403561220390.html| title=Top 20 New Acts Since 2000| publisher=Yahoo! Music | date=July 8, 2014 |last=Grein|first=Paul}}}}
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References
{{Reflist}}
{{Rascal Flatts}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Albums produced by Mark Bright (record producer)