Sounds So Good
2008 studio album by Ashton Shepherd
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Sounds So Good is the debut studio album by American country music artist Ashton Shepherd. The album was released on March 4, 2008, via MCA Nashville Records. The album has produced two singles: "Takin' Off This Pain", which reached number 20 on Billboard Hot Country Songs, and the title track, which reached number 21. Shepherd wrote or co-wrote all but one of the tracks.
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| Released | March 4, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 40:43 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | Buddy Cannon[1] | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Engine 145 | [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Ashton Shepherd, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Takin' Off This Pain" | 3:09 | |
| 2. | "I Ain't Dead Yet" | 3:13 | |
| 3. | "Sounds So Good" | 3:27 | |
| 4. | "Not Right Now" | 3:37 | |
| 5. | "Lost in You" | 4:13 | |
| 6. | "Old Memory" |
| 4:20 |
| 7. | "The Pickin' Shed" | 3:42 | |
| 8. | "Regular Joe" | 4:01 | |
| 9. | "How Big Are Angel Wings" |
| 4:05 |
| 10. | "The Bigger the Heart" |
| 2:34 |
| 11. | "Whiskey Won the Battle" | Cunningham | 4:20 |
Chart performance
Album
The album debuted and peaked at number 16 on the Top Country Albums chart, and number 90 on the Billboard 200 selling less than 10,000 copies in the United States.[5]
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 16 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 90 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |
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| US Country | US [6] | ||
| 2007 | "Takin' Off This Pain" | 20 | 116 |
| 2008 | "Sounds So Good" | 21 | 116 |
Personnel
- Wyatt Beard – background vocals
- Buddy Cannon – acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Chad Cromwell – drums
- Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
- Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar
- Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
- John Jorgenson – electric guitar
- Shelby Kennedy – background vocals
- B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar
- Randy McCormick – piano, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, synthesizer
- Larry Paxton – bass guitar
- Gary Prim – piano
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
- Scotty Sanders - steel guitar
- Ashton Shepherd - lead vocals
- Joe Spivey - fiddle, mandolin
- Scott Vestal - banjo
- Chip Young – acoustic guitar