You Get What You Give (album)
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Upon its release, You Get What You Give received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic
, which assigns a normalized
rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average
score of 80, based on 6 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Samantha Stepp with The Badger Herald
gave it a perfect rating, calling it a "masterpiece", and saying that album "offers a soulful voice, pleasant melodies, honest lyrics and that classic fiddle-and-steel guitar combo that has come to define pure country." Steve Leggett with Allmusic called it "better and more consistent album" in comparison to The Foundation
. Jessica Phillips with Country Weekly
gave it a near perfect rating, complimenting their capability to "routinely and capably flits between genres, often in the same song." Eric R. Danton with The Hartford Courant
called it "a solid, strong outing" and commented saying "The circuitous path to success has done the band good: it's given Brown and company time enough to develop a winsome country-rock style without undue meddling from the major-label mediocracy, and it shows on You Get What You Give".
Ron Harris with The Associated Press
referred to it as "one of the best country albums of the year" and called it "country-plus". Jonathan Keefe with Slant Magazine
gave it four out of five stars, and called it "one of the year's strongest country records", and referred to the band as "easily the most accomplished band in contemporary country since the Dixie Chicks
still counted."
Whitney Pastorek with Entertainment Weekly
gave it a 'B' rating, and criticized the album's lyrics, saying they "too often pander to a certain good-time demographic." Steve Morse with The Boston Globe
gave a mixed review, saying many of the songs on the album "fall into the sugary commercial country column". Gregory Robson with AbsolutePunk gave it a '79%' rating, saying it was "comfortable and corny; that's not to say that the album is weak, in fact it's rather strong, but the saccharine nature of the lyrics and the tepid arrangements do leave a bit to be desired."
Additional musicians
Technical
Metacritic
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, which assigns a normalized
Standard score
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rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average
Weighted mean
The weighted mean is similar to an arithmetic mean , where instead of each of the data points contributing equally to the final average, some data points contribute more than others...
score of 80, based on 6 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Samantha Stepp with The Badger Herald
The Badger Herald
The Badger Herald is a newspaper serving the University of Wisconsin–Madison community. Founded in 1969, it is one of America's first independent daily student newspapers. The paper is published Monday through Friday during the academic year...
gave it a perfect rating, calling it a "masterpiece", and saying that album "offers a soulful voice, pleasant melodies, honest lyrics and that classic fiddle-and-steel guitar combo that has come to define pure country." Steve Leggett with Allmusic called it "better and more consistent album" in comparison to The Foundation
The Foundation (Zac Brown Band album)
The Foundation is the first major-label studio album by the Zac Brown Band, an American country music band. It was released on November 18, 2008. Originally slated for release on the Home Grown label and Big Picture Records, the album is distributed by Atlantic Nashville in association with those...
. Jessica Phillips with Country Weekly
Country Weekly
Country Weekly is an American tabloid style weekly magazine established in 1994. The magazine focuses on country music stars and events, and regularly features exclusive interviews with recording artists and country music news...
gave it a near perfect rating, complimenting their capability to "routinely and capably flits between genres, often in the same song." Eric R. Danton with The Hartford Courant
The Hartford Courant
The Hartford Courant is the largest daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Connecticut, and is a morning newspaper for most of the state north of New Haven and east of Waterbury...
called it "a solid, strong outing" and commented saying "The circuitous path to success has done the band good: it's given Brown and company time enough to develop a winsome country-rock style without undue meddling from the major-label mediocracy, and it shows on You Get What You Give".
Ron Harris with The Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
referred to it as "one of the best country albums of the year" and called it "country-plus". Jonathan Keefe with Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine is an online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians. The site covers various film festivals like the New York Film Festival.- History :...
gave it four out of five stars, and called it "one of the year's strongest country records", and referred to the band as "easily the most accomplished band in contemporary country since the Dixie Chicks
Dixie Chicks
The Dixie Chicks are an American country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines...
still counted."
Whitney Pastorek with Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
gave it a 'B' rating, and criticized the album's lyrics, saying they "too often pander to a certain good-time demographic." Steve Morse with The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
gave a mixed review, saying many of the songs on the album "fall into the sugary commercial country column". Gregory Robson with AbsolutePunk gave it a '79%' rating, saying it was "comfortable and corny; that's not to say that the album is weak, in fact it's rather strong, but the saccharine nature of the lyrics and the tepid arrangements do leave a bit to be desired."
Singles
- "As She's Walking AwayAs She's Walking Away"As She's Walking Away" is the title of a song performed by the Zac Brown Band, an American country music band. It features guest vocals from veteran country singer Alan Jackson. The song is the sixth single release by the band, and the first from its album You Get What You Give...
," a duet with Alan JacksonAlan JacksonAlan Eugene Jackson is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Holiday albums, 1 Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista...
was released as the first single on August 17, 2010. It debuted at #32 on the US BillboardBillboard (magazine)Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country SongsHot Country SongsHot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
charts for the week of August 28, 2010.
- "Colder Weather" the album's second single on released to country radio on December 20, 2010. It charted as number-one on country radio on April 16, 2011 and stayed at the top for 2 weeks. It has since sold 1 million copies in digital sales.
- "Knee Deep (feat. Jimmy Buffet)" was released as the third single from the album. It charted as number-one on country radio on August 13, 2011, taking 16 weeks to reach top. It received more impressions at country radio in its week at the top than any other single week in the past 6 years.
- "Keep Me In Mind" was released as a digital single on September 13, 2010, a week prior to the album's release, and was later released as the 4th single from the album to country radio in August 2011.
Track listing
Personnel
Zac Brown Band- Coy Bowles – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, Hammond organHammond organThe Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard... - Zac Brown – guitar, lead vocals
- Clay CookClay CookDouglas "Clay" Cook is a songwriter, producer and musician who co-wrote several songs with Grammy-winner John Mayer including "No Such Thing", "Comfortable", and "Neon"...
– guitar, Hammond organ, pedal steel guitarPedal steel guitarThe pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, mandolin, vocals - Jimmy de Martini – violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
, vocals - Chris FryarChris FryarChris Fryar is an American drummer. He is a member of the Grammy Award winning group, Zac Brown Band, He has also worked with Oteil and the Peacemakers, led by bassist Oteil Burbridge of the Allman Brothers Band, Charles Neville, Victor Wooten, John Popper, Steve Bailey, David Hood, Robert Moore...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - John Driskell Hopkins – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals
Additional musicians
- Donald Dunlavey - guitar
- Tony RiceTony RiceTony Rice is an American acoustic guitarist and bluegrass musician. He is considered one of the most influential acoustic guitar players in bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, newgrass and acoustic jazz.Rice spans the range of acoustic music, from traditional bluegrass to jazz-influenced New...
- guitar
Technical
- Thomas R. Bledsoe — photography
- Zac Brown – producer
- Jason Campbell - production Coordination
- Clay Cook – engineer
- Ruffin Gillican - design
- John Driskell Hopkins - engineer
- John Kelton - engineer, mixing
- Steve Lowrey - engineer
- Alex Martinez - photography
- Mister CartoonMister CartoonMark Machado, better known as Mr. Cartoon or more commonly just Cartoon, is a Mexican American tattoo artist and graffiti artist based in Los Angeles, California....
- cover calligraphy - Gregg Nadel - A&R
- Matt Rovey - engineer
- Jeffrey Skillings - photography
- Keith StegallKeith StegallRobert Keith Stegall is an American country music recording artist and record producer. Active since 1980, Stegall has recorded two-major label studio albums: 1985's Keith Stegall and 1996's Passages...
- producer - Hank Williams - mastering
Album
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 1 |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 12 |
| Australian Country Albums | 20 |
Certifications
End of year charts
| Chart (2010) | Year-end 2010 |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
73 |
| US Billboard Top Country Albums | 11 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
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| 2010 | "As She's Walking Away As She's Walking Away "As She's Walking Away" is the title of a song performed by the Zac Brown Band, an American country music band. It features guest vocals from veteran country singer Alan Jackson. The song is the sixth single release by the band, and the first from its album You Get What You Give... " (with Alan Jackson Alan Jackson Alan Eugene Jackson is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Holiday albums, 1 Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista... ) |
1 | 32 | 49 |
| "Colder Weather Colder Weather "Colder Weather" is the title of a song performed by the Zac Brown Band, an American country music group. Lead singer Zac Brown co-wrote the song with Coy Bowles , Wyatt Durrette and Levi Lowrey... " |
1 | 29 | 47 | |
| 2011 | "Knee Deep Knee Deep "Knee Deep" is the title of a song recorded by American country music group Zac Brown Band with Jimmy Buffett. It was released in May 2011 as the third single from the Zac Brown Band's second major-label album, 2010's You Get What You Give. It reached number-one on the U.S... " (with Jimmy Buffett Jimmy Buffett James William "Jimmy" Buffett is a singer-songwriter, author, entrepreneur, and film producer. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffett's musical hits include "Margaritaville" , and "Come Monday"... ) |
1 | 18 | 42 |
| "Keep Me in Mind Keep Me in Mind (Zac Brown Band song) "Keep Me in Mind" is the title of a song recorded by American country music group Zac Brown Band. It was released in August 2011 as the fourth single from the Zac Brown Band's second major-label album, 2010's You Get What You Give.-Critical reception:... "A |
4 | 44 | 64 | |
- ACurrent single.