Genre Neotraditional country Label Capitol Nashville | Length 38:44 Producer Bart Butler
Jon Pardi | |
Released January 14, 2014 (2014-01-14) Write You a Song
(2014) California Sunrise
(2016) | ||
Write You a Song is the debut album by American country music artist Jon Pardi. It was released on January 14, 2014 via Capitol Nashville. The album includes the singles "Missin' You Crazy", "Up All Night", "What I Can't Put Down", and "When I've Been Drinkin'."
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Critical reception
Write You a Song received unanimously positive reception by music critics. At Country Weekly, Jon Freeman graded the album an A–, proclaiming that "We’ll raise a glass to that." Steve Leggett of AllMusic rated the album three-and-a-half stars, stating that "The playing, production, and sound on Write You a Song are solid and professional, with enough edge to keep it from being simply predictable." At Digital Journal, Markos Papadatos rated the album four stars, saying that "Jon Pardi does a decent job on his debut studio album and hopefully, he will have more hits from it." Matt Bjorke of Roughstock rated the album four stars, writing that "The melodies are interesting, the songwriting is tight and Pardi is in strong voice throughout Write You A Song, which is all anyone can ask from a debut album and for anyone looking for someone to anoint as a potential ‘savior’ of Country music, Pardi may just be that guy for you." At Got Country Online, Tara Toro rated the album four stars, highlighting the album as "a cohesive package of country music that you’ll want to listen to again and again."
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.
Chart performance
The album debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 chart, and No. 3 on the Top Country Albums chart, with 17,000 copies sold in its debut week. As of February 2016, the album has sold 85,000 copies in the U.S.