Priscilla Block (EP)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Priscilla Block
| type = ep
| artist = Priscilla Block
| cover = Priscilla Block--EP.jpg
| released = {{start date|2021|04|30}}
| genre = Country{{cite web |title=Priscilla Block: Songs, reviews, credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/priscilla-block-mw0003522546 |website=AllMusic |access-date=24 December 2021}}
| length = 19:31
| label = {{hlist|InDent|Mercury Nashville}}
| producer = Robbie Artress (all tracks except 2)
Ross Copperman (track 2)
Jake Curry (all tracks except 2)
Justin Johnson (all tracks)
| prev_title = Different Route
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = Welcome to the Block Party
| next_year = 2022
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Priscilla Block
| type = ep
| single1 = Just About Over You
| single1date = October 9, 2020
}}
}}
Priscilla Block is an extended play (EP) by American country singer–songwriter Priscilla Block. It was released on April 30, 2021, via InDent Records and Mercury Nashville. The project contained six tracks, all of which were co-written by Block herself. Also included on the EP was Block's breakout single titled "Just About Over You".
Background and content
Priscilla Block developed a growing fan base through social media with songs like "Thick Thighs" and "PMS". Among these songs was "Just About Over You", which gained such a following that Block was able to sign a recording contract in 2020.{{cite web |last1=Monger |first1=James Christopher |title=Priscilla Block Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/priscilla-block-mn0003678451/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=25 December 2021}} Block described her self-titled EP as a project that came from a sensitive place: "This EP is such a vulnerable side of who I am and where I’ve been...It’s my story of falling apart in order to find myself again."{{cite journal |last1=Boero |first1=Steven |title=Priscilla Block Announces Debut EP |journal=Music Row |date=April 7, 2021 |url=https://musicrow.com/2021/04/priscilla-block-announces-debut-ep/ |access-date=25 December 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Ellwood-Hughes |first1=Pip |title=Priscilla Block to release self-titled EP later this month |url=https://entertainment-focus.com/2021/04/07/priscilla-block-to-release-self-titled-ep-later-this-month/ |access-date=25 December 2021 |work=Entertainment Focus |date=April 7, 2021}} The disc was produced by Ross Copperman, along with Robbie Artress, Jake Curry and Justin Johnson.{{cite journal |last1=Block |first1=Priscilla |title=Priscilla Block (CD Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=Mercury Nashville |date=April 30, 2021 |id=003447102}}
The EP contained a total of six tracks. These songs were all co-written by Block with other songwriters. Five of the album's tracks featured co-writes from Sarah Jones, while two tracks featured Emily Kroll. Block has described both Jones and Kroll as friends. "there’s something about the three of us girls getting together, where I feel we always write great songs," she told Songwriter Universe.{{cite magazine |last1=Kawashima |first1=Dale |title=Rising Country Artist Priscilla Block Talks About Her Debut Hit "Just About Over You," Her EP And Her Songwriting |magazine=Songwriter Universe |date=November 22, 2021 |url=https://www.songwriteruniverse.com/priscilla-block-interview-2021.htm |access-date=23 December 2021}}
Release and promotion
Priscilla Block was released on April 30, 2021. It was released through Mercury Nashville as a compact disc. It was issued digitally through Mercury Nashville and InDent Records.{{cite web |title=Priscilla Block by Priscilla Block |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/priscilla-block-ep/1560728227 |website=Apple Music |access-date=23 December 2021}} To promote the disc, Block performed a live-streamed concert through the Hard Rock cafe in Nashville, Tennessee. In the days that followed, Block also appeared for the first time at the Grand Ole Opry.{{cite journal |last1=Skates |first1=Sarah |title=Priscilla Block To Celebrate EP with Live Stream, Opry Debut |journal=Music Row |date=April 28, 2021 |url=https://musicrow.com/2021/04/priscilla-block-to-celebrate-ep-with-live-stream-opry-debut/ |access-date=25 December 2021}} The album's opening track, "Wish You Were the Whiskey", was released as a promotional single was issued on April 7, 2021. "I Bet You Wanna Know" was later issued as a second promotional single in 2021.{{cite web |title="I Bet You Wanna Know" -- Single by Priscilla Block |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-bet-you-wanna-know-single/1545233918 |website=Apple Music |access-date=23 December 2021}} The EP also included the radio single, "Just About Over You".{{cite news |last1=Dowling |first1=Markus K. |title=Priscilla Block To Release A "Vulnerable," Self-Titled EP On April 30 |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1832533/priscilla-block-to-release-a-vulnerable-self-titled-ep-on-april-30/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408183640/http://www.cmt.com/news/1832533/priscilla-block-to-release-a-vulnerable-self-titled-ep-on-april-30/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 8, 2021 |access-date=25 December 2021 |work=Country Music Television |date=April 8, 2021}} The song became a top 15 hit single on the American Hot Country Songs chart in 2021.{{cite news |last1=Watts |first1=Cindy |title=Priscilla Block Knows What It’s Like To Sit Alone – And It’s OK |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1839017/priscilla-block-knows-what-its-like-to-sit-alone-and-its-ok/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106013922/http://www.cmt.com/news/1839017/priscilla-block-knows-what-its-like-to-sit-alone-and-its-ok/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 6, 2021 |access-date=25 December 2021 |work=Country Music Television |date=November 5, 2021}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 19:31
| title1 = Wish You Were the Whiskey
| writer1 = {{hlist|Josh Beale|Priscilla Block|Kate Hasting|Sarah Jones}}
| length1 = 3:08
| title2 = Just About Over You
| note2 = radio edit
| writer2 = {{hlist|Block|Jones|Emily Kroll}}
| length2 = 3:08
| title3 = Heels in Hand
| writer3 = {{hlist|Robbie Artress|Beale|Block|Hasting|Jones}}
| length3 = 3:38
| title4 = Sad Girls Do Sad Things
| writer4 = {{hlist|Block|Jones|Kroll}}
| length4 = 3:45
| title5 = Bad Part of Good
| writer5 = {{hlist|Artress|Block}}
| length5 = 3:12
| title6 = I Bet You Wanna Know
| writer6 = {{hlist|Stone Aielli|Block|Jones}}
| length6 = 2:37
}}
Personnel
All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Priscilla Block and AllMusic.{{cite web |title=Priscilla Block: Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/priscilla-block-mw0003522546/credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=25 December 2021}}
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Musical personnel
- Stone Aielli – Piano
- Robbie Artress – Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano
- Josh Beale – Acoustic guitar, background vocals, electric guitar
- Priscilla Block – Background vocals, lead vocals
- Dave Cohen – Keyboards
- Jim Cooley – Background vocals
- Jake Curry – Background vocals, electric guitar
- Sarah Jones – Background vocals
- Tony Lucido – Bass
- Danny Rader – Acoustic guitar, banjo, bouzouki, electric guitar, Hammond B3 organ, percussion, piano, synthesizer
- Jerry Roe – Drums
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – Bass guitar
- Bryan Sutton – Banjo, dobro, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Derek Wells – Electric guitar
- Nir Z – Drums, percussion
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Technical personnel
- Stone Aielli – Programming
- Ribbie Artress – Editing, producer, programming, recording
- Sean R. Badum – Assistant engineer
- Drew Bollman – Recording
- Jim Cooley – Engineer
- Ross Copperman – Engineer, mixing, producing, programming
- Jake Curry – Producer, programming
- Mike "Frog" Griffifth – Production coordinator
- Justin Johnson – Producer, programming
- Scott Johnson – Production coordination
- Zack Kuhlman – Mixing assistant
- Tony Lucido – Engineer
- Andrew Mendelson – Mastering engineer
- Danny Rader – Programming, engineer
- Lance Van Dyke – Assistant engineer
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