Town Line

Town Line is the first EP by American Staind frontman Aaron Lewis, and is his first solo release. An extended play consisting of country songs, it was released on March 1, 2011 on Stroudavarious Records.[4] As of the chart dated September 3, 2011, the album has sold 200,208 copies in the US.[5]

Town Line
EP by
ReleasedMarch 1, 2011
Genre
Length32:57
LabelStroudavarious
Producer
Aaron Lewis chronology
Town Line
(2011)
The Road
(2012)
Singles from Town Line
  1. "Country Boy"
    Released: December 7, 2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Country Weekly[2]
Engine 145[3]

Content

The first single, "Country Boy", which features George Jones, Charlie Daniels, and Chris Young, was released on December 7, 2010. This song has charted on both Hot Country Songs and Rock Songs.[6] The track "Tangled Up in You" is a re-recording of a song from Staind's album The Illusion of Progress.[2]

Live versions of the songs "Vicious Circles" and "Country Boy" also appear on the deluxe edition of Lewis' 2012 album, The Road.

Critical reception

Giving it three stars out of five, Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly thought that the songs were "rich with imagery." She also praised Lewis for "resist[ing] the temptation to don a faux twang", but criticized the single "Country Boy" as "an unfortunately overextended string of rural impressions."[2] Sam Gazdziak of Engine 145 rated it two stars out of five, calling "Country Boy" "turgid" and "polarizing", also criticizing the three versions present on the EP.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Aaron Lewis.

No.TitleLength
1."The Story Never Ends"4:47
2."Vicious Circles"5:07
3."Country Boy" (featuring George Jones, Charlie Daniels and Chris Young)4:43
4."Tangled Up in You" (featuring Alexa Carter)4:29
5."Massachusetts"5:03 ==Bonus tracks==
6."Country Boy" (radio edit)4:20
7."Country Boy" (acoustic version)4:20

Personnel

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2011) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 7
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums 3
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums 3

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US US Country US Main US Rock
2011 "Country Boy" (with George Jones and Charlie Daniels) 87 50 23 39

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Town Line review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  2. Phillips, Jessica (7 March 2011). Country Weekly. 18 (10): 56. ISSN 1074-3235. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Gazdziak, Sam (13 April 2011). "Town Line review". Engine 145. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  4. "Town Line". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  5. "It's Country Boy's World on SoundScan Charts This Week". Roughstock. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  6. "Charts for Town Line". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
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