Spark (Drake White album)
Spark is the debut studio album of American country music singer Drake White. It was released on August 19, 2016 via Dot Records, an imprint of Big Machine Records. The album has produced three singles, "It Feels Good", Livin' the Dream" and "Makin' Me Look Good Again", all of which have reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. White co-wrote eleven of the album's twelve tracks. "Makin' Me Look Good Again" won the International Song of the Year award at the 2017 British Country Music Association Awards.
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Released | August 19, 2016 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 42:19 | |||
Label | Dot | |||
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Ross Copperman and Jeremy Stover produced all tracks except for track 10, with assistance from White on tracks 3, 6, 7, and 8. Andrew Petroff and Adam Schwind produced track 10.
Commercial reception
The album debuted at No. 34 on Billboard 200, and No. 4 on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 11,000 copies in its first week.[1] It has sold 58,900 copies in the US as of September 2017.[2]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Heartbeat" |
| 3:27 |
2. | "Story" |
| 3:14 |
3. | "Makin' Me Look Good Again" |
| 3:59 |
4. | "It Feels Good" |
| 2:40 |
5. | "Livin' the Dream" | 3:09 | |
6. | "I Need Real" |
| 3:41 |
7. | "Back to Free" |
| 3:59 |
8. | "Equator" |
| 4:07 |
9. | "Live Some" |
| 3:38 |
10. | "Waitin' on the Whiskey to Work" |
| 4:01 |
11. | "Elvis" |
| 3:07 |
12. | "Take Me as I Am" |
| 3:17 |
Total length: | 42:19 |
Personnel
- Musicians
- Jon Aanestad – harmonica
- Joe Andrews – electric guitar
- Paul Armstrong – trumpet
- Zac Brown – background vocals
- Clay Cook – background vocals
- Ross Copperman – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, background vocals
- Sam Damewood – fiddle
- Jimmy de Martini – background vocals
- Kris Donegan – electric guitar
- Fred Eltringham – drums
- Shannon Forrest – drums
- Mark Hill – bass guitar
- John Driskell Hopkins – background vocals
- Carolyn Dawn Johnson – background vocals
- Jaren Johnston – background vocals
- Jason Lehning – keyboards
- Tony Lucido – bass guitar
- Matt McDaniel – banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, electric sitar
- Miles McPherson – drums
- Jimmy Nichols – keyboards
- Billy Nobel – keyboards
- Phillip Pence – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, ukulele
- Andrew Petroff – percussion
- Ethan Pilzer – bass guitar
- Danny Rader – banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
- Mike Rojas – keyboards
- Adam Schwind – drums, percussion, background vocals
- Carlos Sosa – saxophone
- Dawn Soul – tambourine
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Raúl Vallejo – trombone
- Derek Wells – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Drake White – lead vocals
- Production
- Natthaphol Abhigantaphand – production assistant
- Daniel Bacigalupi – production assistant
- Joe Baldridge – engineer
- Adam Bokesch – production assistant
- Drew Bollman – production assistant
- Ross Copperman – digital editing, engineer, producer, programming
- Paul Cossette – production assistant
- Andrew Darby – production assistant
- Brian David – digital editing
- Steve Dewey – production assistant
- Angella Grossi – production assistant
- Bob Holland – engineer mixing
- Travis Humbert – production assistant
- Scott Johnson – production coordination
- Allison Jones – A&R
- Laurel Kittleson – production coordination
- Jason Kyle – engineer
- Nick Lane – engineer
- Jasper Lemaster – production assistant, engineer
- Andrew Mendelson – mastering
- Buckley Miller – engineer, mixing
- Justin Niebank – mixing
- Andrew Petroff – engineer, producer
- Richard Ridgell – production assistant
- Lindsay Rimes – programming
- Adam Schwind – producer
- Reid Shippen – engineer, mixing
- Brianna Steinitz – production coordination
- Jeremy Stover – producer
- Drake White – producer
- Chris Wilkinson – production assistant
Chart performance
Album
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 Airplay [8] | ||
2015 | "It Feels Good" | 38 | 33 |
"Livin' the Dream" | 20 | 12 | |
2016 | "Makin' Me Look Good Again" | 32 | 26 |
References
- Asker, Jim (August 30, 2016). "Dolly Parton Back at No. 1 on Top Country Albums After 25 Years". Billboard.
- Bjorke, Matt (September 27, 2017). "TOP 10 Country Album Sales Chart: September 25, 2017". Roughstock.
- "Drake White Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
- "Drake White Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
- "Drake White Chart History (Digital Albums)". Billboard.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
- "Drake White Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
- "Drake White Album & Song Chart History - Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 4, 2016.