Rascal Flatts (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Rascal Flatts

| type = studio

| artist = Rascal Flatts

| cover = Rf cd cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|2000|06|06}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Country pop

| length = 43:33

| label = Lyric Street

| producer = {{hlist|Mark Bright|Marty Williams}}

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Melt

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Rascal Flatts

| type = studio

| single1 = Prayin' for Daylight

| single1date = February 21, 2000

| single2 = This Everyday Love

| single2date = August 7, 2000

| single3 = While You Loved Me

| single3date = March 26, 2001

| single4 = I'm Movin' On

| single4date = October 8, 2001

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r484829|pure_url=yes}}|title=Rascal Flatts review|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|work=Allmusic|accessdate=July 17, 2011}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Rascal Flatts is the debut studio album by American country music group Rascal Flatts, released on June 6, 2000, by Lyric Street Records. It sold 2,303,000 in the United States up to May 2009,{{cite web|last=Trust |first=Gary |title=What Sold The Most |publisher=Billboard |date=May 1, 2009 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/ask-billboard/268747/ask-billboard |accessdate=May 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829020626/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/ask-billboard/268747/ask-billboard |archivedate=August 29, 2014 }} and has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA.

The album produced four singles on the Billboard country charts in "Prayin' for Daylight", "This Everyday Love", "While You Loved Me" and "I'm Movin' On", all of which charted in the Top Ten on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. "Long Slow Beautiful Dance" also charted.

Track listing

{{track listing

| title1 = Prayin' for Daylight

| writer1 = {{hlist|Steve Bogard|Rick Giles}}

| length1 = 3:40

| title2 = This Everyday Love

| writer2 = {{hlist|Danny Wells|Gene Nelson}}

| length2 = 3:08

| title3 = While You Loved Me

| writer3 = {{hlist|Wells|Kim Williams|Marty Dodson}}

| length3 = 3:29

| title4 = Some Say

| writer4 = {{hlist|Don Pfrimmer|Danny Orton}}

| length4 = 4:00

| title5 = See Me Through

| writer5 = {{hlist|Gary LeVox|Bruce Miller|Eddie Schwartz}}

| length5 = 6:28

| title6 = One Good Love

| writer6 = {{hlist|Annie Roboff|Marcus Hummon}}

| length6 = 3:53

| title7 = It's Not Just Me

| writer7 = {{hlist|Jay DeMarcus|Hummon}}

| length7 = 3:58

| title8 = Waiting All My Life

| writer8 = {{hlist|Tommy Lee James|Rob Mathes}}

| length8 = 3:11

| title9 = From Time to Time

| writer9 = {{hlist|Rich Alves|Bill Rice}}

| length9 = 3:52

| title10 = Long Slow Beautiful Dance

| writer10 = {{hlist|Kevin Fisher|Fred Wilhelm}}

| length10 = 4:00

| title11 = I'm Movin' On

| writer11 = {{hlist|Phillip White|D. Vincent Williams}}

| length11 = 4:06

|total_length = 43:33

}}

Personnel

;Rascal Flatts

Jay DeMarcus – backing vocals, bass guitar (9), lead vocals (10)
Gary LeVox – lead vocals
Joe Don Rooney – backing vocals, lead vocals (10)

;Additional musicians

Tim Akers – keyboards (2-8, 11)
Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar
Mike Brignardello – bass guitar (2-8, 11)
Joe Chemay – bass guitar (1, 10)
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Dann Huff – electric guitar (2-4, 6, 7)
George Marinelli, Jr. – electric guitar (1, 9, 10)
Brent Mason – electric guitar (1, 2, 5-11)
Brian Siewert – keyboards (1, 9, 10)
Lonnie Wilson – drums
Jonathan Yudkin – mandolin, fiddle, cello, viola, violin

;Production

Mark Bright – producer
John Guess – mixing
Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
Sherri Halford – art direction
Russ Harrington – photography
Greg McCarn – art direction
Christopher Rowe – engineer
Shawn Simpson – engineer
Glenn Sweitzer – design
Ann Waters – stylist
Marty Williams – producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
Debra Wingo – hair stylist, make-up

Chart performance

=Weekly charts=

scope="col"\| Chart (2000–02) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="row"\| Canadian Country Albums (RPM) \| 14
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|43\|artist=Rascal Flatts\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=October 24, 2020}}
{{album chart\|BillboardCountry\|3\|artist=Rascal Flatts\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=October 24, 2020}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\| Chart (2000) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/top-country-albums\|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2000\|magazine=Billboard\|accessdate=October 24, 2020}} \| 49
scope="col"\| Chart (2001) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020701173700/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html\|archivedate=July 1, 2002\|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html\|title= Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada\|website=Jam!\|accessdate= March 28, 2022}} \| 97
scope="row"\| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-country-albums\|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001\|magazine=Billboard\|accessdate=October 24, 2020}} \| 26
scope="col"\| Chart (2002) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\|Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204032208/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_country.html\|archivedate=December 4, 2003\|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_country.html\|title=Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada\|website=Jam!\|accessdate=March 28, 2022}} \|38
scope="row"\| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-billboard-200-albums\|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002\|magazine=Billboard\|accessdate=October 24, 2020}} \| 172
scope="row"\| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-country-albums\|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002\|magazine=Billboard\|accessdate=October 24, 2020}} \| 18

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (2000)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2000|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=October 24, 2020}}

| 49

scope="col"| Chart (2001)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020701173700/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html|archivedate=July 1, 2002|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html|title=

Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada|website=Jam!|accessdate= March 28, 2022}}

| 97

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=October 24, 2020}}

| 26

scope="col"| Chart (2002)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"|Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204032208/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_country.html|archivedate=December 4, 2003|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_country.html|title=Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada|website=Jam!|accessdate=March 28, 2022}}

|38

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=October 24, 2020}}

| 172

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=October 24, 2020}}

| 18

=Singles=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2"\| Single ! colspan="2"\| Peak chart positions
style=font-size:smaller; ! width="45"\| US Country ! width="45"\| US
rowspan="2"\| 2000 \| align="left"\| "Prayin' for Daylight"^{{{anchor\|ref_A}}[A]} \| 3 \| 38
align="left"\| "This Everyday Love" \| 9 \| 56
rowspan="2"\| 2001 \| align="left"\| "While You Loved Me" \| 7 \| 60
align="left"\| "I'm Movin' On" \| 4 \| 41

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="2"| Peak chart
positions

style=font-size:smaller;

! width="45"| US Country

! width="45"| US

rowspan="2"| 2000

| align="left"| "Prayin' for Daylight"^{{{anchor|ref_A}}[A]}

| 3

| 38

align="left"| "This Everyday Love"