Concrete (Sunny Sweeney album)

Concrete
Studio album by Sunny Sweeney
Released	August 23, 2011 (2011-08-23)
Genre	Country
Length	34:09
Label	Republic Nashville
Producer	Brett Beavers
Sunny Sweeney chronology
Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame (2007) Concrete (2011)
Singles from Concrete
"From a Table Away" Released: June 28, 2010 "Staying's Worse Than Leaving" Released: May 2, 2011 "Drink Myself Single" Released: October 3, 2011

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Roughstock	[2]
Slant Magazine	[3]

Concrete is the second studio album by American country music singer Sunny Sweeney. It was released on August 23, 2011 via Republic Nashville. The album includes the singles "From a Table Away" and "Staying's Worse Than Leaving," both of which have charted within the top 40 of Hot Country Songs.

Reception

Commercial

The album debuted at #21 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart upon its release. As of the chart dated September 24, 2011, the album has sold 26,418 copies in the US.^[4]

Critical

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "traditional-minded yet thoroughly modern".^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Drink Myself Single"	Sunny Sweeney, Monty Holmes	2:59
2.	"From a Table Away"	Sweeney, Bob DiPiero, Karyn Rochelle	3:36
3.	"Staying's Worse Than Leaving"	Sweeney, Radney Foster, Jay Clementi	3:24
4.	"The Old Me"	Lori McKenna, Mark D. Sanders	4:04
5.	"Amy"	Sweeney, Brennen Leigh	2:42
6.	"Worn Out Heart"	Sweeney, Brett Beavers	3:00
7.	"Mean as You"	Brett James, Tim Nichols, Kelley Lovelace	3:00
8.	"It Wrecks Me"	Sweeney, Clementi	4:08
9.	"Helluva Heart"	Sweeney, Heather Little, Deanna Bryant	3:09
10.	"Fall for Me"	Lisa Carver, Jaida Dreyer, Carolyn Dawn Johnson	4:07

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2011)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[5]	21
US Billboard Top Country Albums[5]	7

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US
2010	"From a Table Away"	10	71
2011	"Staying's Worse Than Leaving"	38	—
	"Drink Myself Single"A	41
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

• ^A Current single.

References

1. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Concrete review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r2235916. Retrieved 23 August, 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Bjorke, Matt (18 August 2011). "Concrete review". Roughstock. http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/sunny-sweeney-concrete. Retrieved 19 August 2011. 
3. ^ Keefe, Jonathan (21 August 2011). "Concrete review". Slant Magazine. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/sunny-sweeney-concrete/2594. Retrieved 21 August 2011. 
4. ^ "The Country Boys Continue to Dominate the Charts". Roughstock. http://www.roughstock.com/blog/september-14-2011-chart-news-george-strait-still-king-. Retrieved September 16, 2011. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Chart listing for Concrete". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com#/album/sunny-sweeney/concrete/1512380. Retrieved September 1, 2011.