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Released | January 17, 2020 | |||
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Genre | Country[1] | |||
Length | 46:13 | |||
Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
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Nightfall is the ninth studio album by American country music group Little Big Town. It was released on January 17, 2020, by Capitol Nashville, and was self produced by Little Big Town with major production assistance from Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. It includes the singles "Over Drinking", "The Daughters", and "Wine, Beer, Whiskey".[2] It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Album and both "The Daughters" and "Sugar Coat" were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 74/100[3] |
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Entertainment Weekly | B+[5] |
No Ripcord | 6/10[6] |
Nightfall received positive reviews from music critics, respectively. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 74 based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
The album placed fourth on the Billboard list of Top Country Albums of 2020. Billboard editors described the band as reaching "substantive emotional richness that few groups can touch" on the album.[1]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that "The labor is evident, particularly in the careful construction of the compositions and the subtle shading on individual tracks" and "it's music for meditative mornings or for afternoons in need of a dose of consolation and comfort." He also compared the band's sound favorably to Fleetwood Mac.[1]
Nightfall debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart with 31,000 equivalent album units, 26,000 in of which are in traditional album sales.[7] As of March 2020, it has sold 43,800 copies in the United States.[8]
All tracks are produced by Little Big Town, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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1. | "Next to You" |
| 4:06 | |
2. | "Nightfall" (prod.: Little Big Town, Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian) |
| Fairchild | 3:21 |
3. | "Forever and a Night" |
| Phillip Sweet | 4:26 |
4. | "Throw Your Love Away" | Kimberly Schlapman | 3:44 | |
5. | "Over Drinking" |
| Fairchild | 3:10 |
6. | "Wine, Beer, Whiskey" |
| Westbrook | 3:16 |
7. | "Questions" (prod.: Little Big Town, Jon Green) |
| Fairchild | 3:04 |
8. | "The Daughters" |
| Fairchild | 3:32 |
9. | "River of Stars" (prod.: Little Big Town, Fitchuk, Tashian) |
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| 3:37 |
10. | "Sugar Coat" (prod.: Little Big Town, Tofer Brown) |
| Fairchild | 3:40 |
11. | "Problem Child" (prod.: Little Big Town, Brown) |
| Westbrook | 3:35 |
12. | "Bluebird" (prod.: Little Big Town, Fitchuk, Tashian) |
| Fairchild | 3:11 |
13. | "Trouble with Forever" |
| Fairchild | 3:31 |
Total length: | 46:13 |
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