Easy Does It (Jake Owen album)
Easy Does It is the second studio album by American country music singer Jake Owen. It was released on February 24, 2009, by RCA Records Nashville. It includes the Top 10 hits "Don't Think I Can't Love You" and "Eight Second Ride." As with his first album, Easy Does It is produced by Jimmy Ritchey, with whom Owen co-wrote several of the songs. It has sold 120,000 copies as of November 2009.
Easy Does It | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 24, 2009 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | RCA Nashville | |||
Producer | Jimmy Ritchey | |||
Jake Owen chronology | ||||
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Singles from Easy Does It | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Engine 145 | [2] |
Roughstock | favorable[3] |
Content
Owen co-wrote eight of the ten songs on the album. Among the co-writes are the lead-off single "Don't Think I Can't Love You", which became his highest-charting single with a peak of number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on April 21, 2009. "Eight Second Ride", the album's second single, is a re-recording of a song from Owen's 2006 debut album Startin' with Me. "Tell Me" was the album's third single.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Tell Me" | Jake Owen, Jimmy Ritchey, Don Poythress | 4:38 |
2. | "Eight Second Ride" | Eric Durrance, Owen | 3:07 |
3. | "Easy Does It" | Owen, Ritchey, Patrick Jason Matthews | 3:35 |
4. | "Don't Think I Can't Love You" | Owen, Ritchey, Kendell Marvel | 3:05 |
5. | "Cherry on Top" | Mark Stephen Jones, Travis Meadows | 3:37 |
6. | "Who Said Whiskey (Was Meant to Drink a Woman Away)" | Owen, Ritchey, Rob Hatch | 3:27 |
7. | "Green Bananas" | Owen, Ritchey, Bob Regan | 3:20 |
8. | "Anything for You" | Owen, Ritchey, Regan | 3:52 |
9. | "Every Reason I Go Back" | Owen, Casey Beathard, Dave Turnbull | 3:34 |
10. | "Nothin' Grows in Shadows" | Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, Doug Johnson | 5:01 |
Personnel
- Kenny Aronoff - drums
- Skip Cleavinger - bagpipes on "Nothin' Grows in Shadows"
- Eric Darken - percussion
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro
- David Grissom - electric guitar
- Tania Hancheroff - background vocals
- Wes Hightower - background vocals
- Mark Hill - bass guitar
- Tim Lauer - keyboards
- B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
- Brent Mason - electric guitar
- Gordon Mote - keyboards
- Jake Owen - lead vocals
- Jimmy Ritchey - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |
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US Country | US | ||
2008 | "Don't Think I Can't Love You" | 2 | 57 |
2009 | "Eight Second Ride" | 11 | 70 |
2010 | "Tell Me" | 35 | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
References
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Easy Does It review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
- Greenberg, Pierce. "Album Review: Jake Owen – Easy Does It". Engine 145. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
- Bjorke, Matt. "Jake Owen - Easy Does It". Roughstock. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
- "Jake Owen Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- "Jake Owen Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2020.