Feels Like Today
2004 studio album by Rascal Flatts
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Feels Like Today is the third studio album by American country music group Rascal Flatts. It was released on September 28, 2004, by Lyric Street Records. As of July 2014, the album has sold 5.274 million copies in the United States,[2] and it has been certified 5× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. The album produced its title track as a single along with "Bless the Broken Road", "Fast Cars and Freedom", and "Skin (Sarabeth)". "Bless the Broken Road" was initially recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and has also been recorded by Marcus Hummon, Melodie Crittenden (whose version was a number 42 country single in 1997), and Geoff Moore before the release of Rascal Flatts' version. It would later be a Top 5 Christian hit for Selah as well. "When the Sand Runs Out" was later recorded by Marty Raybon on his 2006 album of the same name.
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| Released | September 28, 2004 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 42:56 | |||
| Label | Lyric Street | |||
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| Singles from Feels Like Today | ||||
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"Skin (Sarabeth)", initially a hidden track, received enough airplay to enter Top 40 on the country charts in 2005, leading to its release as a single. Upon its release to radio, "Skin (Sarabeth)" was officially added to the track list. "Here's to You" also charted from unsolicited airplay, and was made into a music video.
This was the band's last album to be produced by Mark Bright.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Where You Are" |
| 3:53 |
| 2. | "Bless the Broken Road" |
| 3:46 |
| 3. | "Then I Did" | 3:12 | |
| 4. | "Feels Like Today" |
| 3:26 |
| 5. | "Fast Cars and Freedom" | 4:24 | |
| 6. | "When the Sand Runs Out" |
| 3:46 |
| 7. | "Here's to You" |
| 3:33 |
| 8. | "The Day Before You" | Matthew West | 4:06 |
| 9. | "Break Away" |
| 3:12 |
| 10. | "Holes" |
| 4:18 |
| 11. | "Oklahoma-Texas Line" |
| 2:56 |
| 12. | "Skin (Sarabeth)" (hidden track) | 4:18 | |
| Total length: | 42:56 | ||
Personnel
Rascal Flatts
- Jay DeMarcus – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Gary LeVox – lead vocals
- Joe Don Rooney – electric guitar, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Tim Akers – keyboards, synthesizers, accordion
- Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
- Gordon Mote – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ
- Steve Nathan – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Jonathan Yudkin – banjo, fiddle, mandolin, octofone, strings on "Feels Like Today" and "Skin (Sarabeth)"
Production
- Chapman Baehler – photography
- Mark Bright – producer
- Doug Howard – A&R
- Tom Baker – mastering
- Gene Dries – production coordinator
- Jennifer Kemp – wardrobe
- Greg McCarn – creative director
- Bart Morris – engineer, assistant engineer, mix assistant, digital editing
- Rhonda Parman – hair stylist, make-up
- Rascal Flatts – producers
- Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, design
- Marty Williams – producer, engineer, mixing
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 | US Pop |
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| 2004 | "Feels Like Today" | 9 | 56 | — | — |
| "Bless the Broken Road" | 1 | 29 | 40 | 20 | |
| 2005 | "Fast Cars and Freedom" | 1 | 38 | 70 | — |
| "Skin (Sarabeth)" | 2 | 42 | 74 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[12] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[13] | 5× Platinum | 5,274,000[14] |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||