Big Day in a Small Town
Studio album by
Brandy Clark
ReleasedJune 10, 2016 (2016-06-10)
GenreCountry
Length40:20
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
ProducerJay Joyce
Brandy Clark chronology
12 Stories
(2013)		 Big Day in a Small Town
(2016)		 Live from Los Angeles
(2017)
Singles from Big Day in a Small Town
  1. "Girl Next Door"
    Released: February 16, 2016
  2. "Love Can Go to Hell"
    Released: September 12, 2016
  3. "Three Kids No Husband"
    Released: April 2017

Big Day in a Small Town is the second studio album by American country music artist Brandy Clark. It was released on June 10, 2016, through Warner Bros. Records.[1] The album was nominated for Best Country Album and the album's second single, "Love Can Go To Hell", was nominated for Best Country Solo Performance at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.[2]

Background

Two of the album's tracks were previously recorded by other artists: "Homecoming Queen" previously appeared on Feels Like Home, the 2013 studio album by Sheryl Crow, and "Three Kids No Husband" previously appeared on the 2014 album Numbered Doors, by its co-writer Lori McKenna.

The track "Daughter" features Clark's close friend and collaborator Kacey Musgraves on harmony vocals.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Exclaim!9/10[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Spin8/10[7]
Uncut8/10[8]
Vice (Expert Witness)A−[9]

Big Day in a Small Town received highly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 84 out of 100, which indicates "universal acclaim" based on 5 reviews.[3] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic states: "Songs rarely come much better than these."[4] Rolling Stone's Will Hermes calls it "music tooled alternately for stadiums and songwriting circles, commercial and public radio, line-dance bars and coffee shops."[6] Additionally, it was the Spin "album of the week" and called "fantastic; often a superb piece of recorded music" by reviewer Alfred Soto.[7] The Boston Globe's Stuart Munro wrote: "If you're looking for alternatives to mainstream country, Clark is still providing one... you just have to keep listening beyond the first two tracks to find it."[10]

Award nominations for Big Day in a Small Town
Year Association Category Result
2017 Grammy Awards[2] Best Country Album Nominated
Accolades for Big Day in a Small Town
Publication Rank List
AllMusic N/A Best Albums of 2016[11]
American Songwriter 21 Top 50 Albums of 2016[12]
Entertainment Weekly 8 The Best Country Albums of 2016[13]
Rolling Stone 6 40 Best Country Albums of 2016[14]
27 50 Best Albums of 2016[15]
Stereogum 4 The 20 Best Country Albums of 2016[16]
Uproxx 7 The 20 Best Country Albums of 2016[17]

Track listing

Writing credits source: BMI[18]

All tracks are written by Brandy Clark, with additional co-writers as noted

Big Day in a Small Town track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Soap Opera"
3:25
2."Girl Next Door"
4:33
3."Homecoming Queen"
3:07
4."Broke"
3:39
5."You Can Come Over"
  • Dillon
  • Mark Narmore
3:53
6."Love Can Go to Hell"
  • Scott Stepakoff
3:58
7."Big Day in a Small Town"
3:43
8."Three Kids No Husband"
3:14
9."Daughter"
  • Dillon
  • Jeremy Spillman
3:19
10."Drinkin', Smokin', Cheatin'" 2:57
11."Since You've Gone to Heaven"
  • McAnally
4:32
Total length:40:20

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[19]

Commercial performance

Big Day in a Small Town debuted at number eighty-two on the US Billboard 200 chart[20] with 8,100 equivalent album units; it sold 7,400 copies in its first week, with the remainder of its unit total reflecting the album's streaming activity and track sales.[21] As of August 2016 the album has sold 15,500 copies in the US.[22]

Chart performance

Chart performance for Big Day in a Small Town
Chart (2016) Peak
position
UK Country Albums (OCC)[23] 3
US Billboard 200[24] 82
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[25] 8
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[26] 5

Release history

Release history of Big Day in a Small Town
Region Date Format(s) Label
United States June 10, 2016
Warner Bros.

References

  1. ↑ Hudak, Joseph (March 22, 2016). "Brandy Clark Sets Release Date for New Album 'Big Day in a Small Town'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Grammy Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Reviews for Big Day in a Small Town by Brandy Clark". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Big Day in a Small Town – Brandy Clark". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  5. ↑ Henderson, Stuart (June 10, 2016). "Brandy Clark: Big Day In A Small Town". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  6. 1 2 Hermes, Will (June 17, 2016). "Big Day in a Small Town". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. Archived from the original on June 18, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  7. 1 2 Soto, Alfred (June 6, 2016). "Review: Brandy Clark Saved the Hits for Herself This Time on 'Big Day in a Small Town'". Spin. Buzzmedia. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  8. ↑ Deusner, Stephen (July 2016). "Brandy Clark: Big Day in a Small Town". Uncut. No. 230. p. 71.
  9. ↑ Christgau, Robert (July 1, 2016). "Tall Tales and Big Country: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Noisey. Vice. Retrieved July 9, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  10. ↑ Munro, Stuart (June 9, 2016). "Despite slick start, 'Big Day' still a sharp alternative". The Boston Globe. John W. Henry. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  11. ↑ AllMusic staff. "AllMusic Best Albums of 2016". AllMusic. Retrieved December 10, 2016. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  12. ↑ American Songwriter Staff (December 1, 2016). "Top 50 Albums Of 2016". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  13. ↑ Madison Vain (December 14, 2016). "The Best Country Albums of 2016". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  14. ↑ Rolling Stone staff (December 6, 2016). "40 Best Country Albums of 2016". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  15. ↑ Rolling Stone staff (November 28, 2016). "50 Best Albums of 2016". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  16. ↑ Stephen Deusner (December 16, 2016). "The 20 Best Country Albums of 2016". Stereogum. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  17. ↑ Caitlin White (December 14, 2016). "The 20 Best Country Albums of 2016". Uproxx. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  18. ↑ BMI Repertoire Search for CLARK BRANDY LYNN
  19. ↑ "Big Day in a Small Town - Brandy Clark - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Brandy Clark - Chart history - Billboard". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on September 24, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  21. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (June 21, 2016). "Country Albums Chart: June 20, 2016". Roughstock. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  22. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (August 21, 2016). "Country Albums Sales Chart: August 22, 2016". Roughstock.
  23. ↑ "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Brandy Clark Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  25. ↑ "Brandy Clark Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Brandy Clark Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
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