Nightfall (Little Big Town album)
2020 studio album by Little Big Town
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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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| Released | January 17, 2020 | |||
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| Genre | Country[1] | |||
| Length | 46:13 | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
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Critical reception
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| Metacritic | 74/100[3] |
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| AllMusic |   [4] |
| 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.
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]
Commercial performance
Track listing
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 | |||
Personnel
Little Big Town
- Karen Fairchild – vocals, art direction
- Kimberley Schlapman – vocals
- Phillip Sweet – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Jimi Westbrook – vocals, acoustic guitar
Additional musicians
- Avery Bright – viola (10, 11)
- Tofer Brown – electric guitar (1, 10), programming (6, 10); background vocals, guitar, percussion (6); piano (10, 11); acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, bass guitar, celesta, organ (10); synthesizer (11)
- Jacob Bryant – trumpet (6)
- Zach Casebolt – violin (10, 11)
- Matt Combs – violin (10, 11)
- Spencer Cullum Jr. – pedal steel guitar (4)
- Ian Fitchuk – drums (2, 9, 12); bass guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion (9, 12)
- Cara Fox – cello (10, 11)
- Jesse Frasure – programming (5)
- Tim Galloway – guitar (3), acoustic guitar (4)
- Dan Grech-Marguerat – additional programming (1, 7, 8, 10, 11)
- Jon Green – guitar (7)
- Jedd Hughes – guitar (6, 13), background vocals (6), electric guitar (8)
- Claire Indie – cello (10, 11)
- Katelyn Kelly – violin (10, 11)
- Hillary Lindsey – acoustic guitar (5)
- Todd Lombardo[a] – acoustic guitar (2, 9, 12)
- Sean McConnell – background vocals (6); acoustic guitar, programming (8)
- Hubert Payne – drums (1, 3–8, 10, 11, 13), percussion (6)
- K.S. Rhoads – conductor (10, 11)
- Daniel Tashian – electric guitar, programming (2, 9, 12); bass guitar (2); baritone guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin (9, 12)
- John Thomasson – bass guitar (1, 3–8, 13)
- Akil Thompson – keyboards (1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13), guitar (1, 6), Hammond B-3 organ (3)
- Foy Vance – piano (3)
- Evan Weatherford – guitar (1, 3–5, 7, 13), slide guitar (8)
- Kristin Weber – violin (10, 11)
- Kris Wilkinson – viola (10, 11)
Technical
- Emily Lazar – mastering
- Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing (1, 7, 8, 10, 11)
- Ryan Hewitt – mixing (2–4, 6, 9, 12, 13), vocal recording (2, 12)
- Manny Marroquin – mixing (5)
- Jason Hall – recording (1)
- Craig Alvin – recording (2, 9, 12)
- Josh Reynolds – recording (3, 5–8, 10, 11, 13), vocal recording (6, 8)
- Justin Francis – recording (9, 12)
- Tofer Brown – recording (10, 11)
- Chris Galland – mix engineering (5)
- Scott Johnson – production assistance
- Chris Allgood – mastering assistance
- Joel Davies – mixing assistance (1, 7, 8, 10, 11)
- Charles Haydon Hicks – mixing assistance (1, 7, 8, 10, 11)
- Robin Florent – mixing assistance (5)
- Scott Desmarais – mixing assistance (5)
- Zaq Reynolds – recording assistance (1, 3, 5–8, 10, 11), vocal recording assistance (2, 12)
- Zack Pancoast – recording assistance (1, 9, 12)
- Gavin Mellberg – recording assistance (5)
- Dan Davis – recording assistance (9, 12)
- Rachael Moore – recording assistance (10, 11)
Visuals
- Ashley Kohorst – art direction, design
- Reid Long – art direction, design, photography
- Becky Fluke – art direction, photography
- Kelly Russell Jarrell – art direction
- Richard Collins – hair and makeup
- Karan Mitchell – hair and makeup
- Karla Welch – wardrobe styling
- Grace Wrightsell – wardrobe styling assistance
- Kera Jackson – art production
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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