The Big Revival

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Chesney produced the album with Buddy Cannon, who has produced his other albums starting in 1997 with I Will Stand.

The album has produced four singles — "American Kids", "Til It's Gone", "Wild Child" and "Save It for a Rainy Day" — all of which were number one hits on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.

The album's title track, "The Big Revival," was previously recorded by John Anderson on his 2001 album, Nobody's Got It All, and later by Montgomery Gentry on their 2008 album, Back When I Knew It All.

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine saying for AllMusic, how "Chesney overhauls his core strengths, winding up with his best record in years." Writing for Rolling Stone, Nick Murray reveals Chesney "continuously brings a sense of musical energy and emotional urgency his previous easygoing albums have sometimes lacked." On behalf of Billboard, Melinda Newman foresees how "The Big Revival serves his faithful flock a generous helping of country salvation with all the breeziness of a long holiday weekend." Glenn Gamboa for Newsday proclaims the album to be "a big-tent collection of future hits that celebrates regular folks who stand up for each other."

Commercial performance

The Big Revival debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, Chesney's 13th album to do so, selling 130,000 copies in the United States after its first week in release. It's also Chesney's 10th consecutive studio album to peak in the top 3 of the all genre Billboard 200 chart, debuting at No. 2. As of May 2016, the album has sold 447,000 copies in the US.

In Canada, the album debuted at number at No. 6 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 4,700 copies in its first week.