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2011 studio album by Lauren Alaina
Wildflower is the debut studio album by season ten American Idol runner-up Lauren Alaina . The album was released on October 11, 2011, by Mercury Nashville .[ 2] [ 3] The album's first single, "Like My Mother Does ", reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[ 4] Wildflower debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart, making Alaina the youngest female artist to debut that high since LeAnn Rimes ' debut album, Blue , fifteen years prior.[ 5]
Wildflower received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on 4 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[ 6] AllMusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and wrote: "Byron Gallimore, who previously produced Sugarland and Faith Hill , gives Wildflower an appealing gloss that helps disguise the ordinariness of the material along with any of Alaina's shortcomings, and that slickness serves Wildflower well, making it a much more enjoyable piece of product than McCreery's Clear as Day ".[ 7] The New York Times gave a very positive review to the album and said: "It works, not only because Ms. Alaina has a big voice, but also because she doesn't portray herself as an aw-shucks beginner. She's skipped that step, and rightly so".[ 10] Melissa Maerz of Entertainment Weekly was also positive on the album and gave it a "B" and said: "On Wildflower, she captures the restless spirit of small-town girls who get grounded for French-kissing the boy next door".[ 9] Jessica Nicholson of Country Weekly gave the album 3 and half stars out of 5 and noted: "Despite the album's title, she plays it safe rather than wild".[ 8]
Title Writer(s) 1. "Georgia Peaches " 3:07 2. "Growing Her Wings" 3:01 3. "Tupelo" 3:39 4. "The Middle" 3:56 5. "Like My Mother Does " 4:07 6. "She's a Wildflower" 3:38 7. "I'm Not One of Them" 3:18 8. "The Locket" Hope 5:10 9. "Eighteen Inches " 3:44 10. "One of Those Boys" Marla Cannon-Goodman Benjamin Caver Anthony L. Smith 2:42 11. "Funny Thing About Love" 3:57 12. "Dirt Road Prayer" 4:14
Lauren Alaina - lead vocals
Charlie Bisharat - fiddle
Perry Coleman - background vocals
Dan Dugmore - dobro , steel guitar
Stuart Duncan - fiddle, mandolin
Shannon Forrest - drums , percussion
Larry Franklin - fiddle
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Byron Gallimore - electric guitar , keyboards
Lisa Gregg - background vocals
Tania Hancheroff - background vocals
Troy Lancaster - acoustic guitar , electric guitar
Pat McGrath - banjo , acoustic guitar, resonator guitar , mandolin
Jerry McPherson - electric guitar
Kenny LeMasters - steel guitar
Brent Mason - electric guitar
Jamie Muhoberac - keyboards
Steve Nathan - keyboards, organ , piano
Jeannette Olsson - background vocals
Michael Thompson - electric guitar
Lonnie Wilson - drums, drum loops, percussion
Glenn Worf - bass guitar
Craig Young - bass guitar
Chris "Tek" O'Ryan - sound engineer
The album debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with 69,000 copies sold.[ 11] It has sold 303,000 copies in the United States as of January 2013.[ 12]
^ Shelburne, Craig (September 8, 2011). "New Album Preview: Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum and More" . Country Music Television . Archived from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2011 .
^ Dukes, Billy (September 15, 2011). "Lauren Alaina 'Wildflower' Track Listing Revealed" . Taste of Country. Retrieved September 21, 2011 .
^ Mansfield, Brian (September 15, 2011). "Lauren Alaina reveals 'Wildflower' tracklisting" . USA Today . Gannett Company . Retrieved September 21, 2011 .
^ Stromblad, Cory (September 15, 2011). "Lauren Alaina Reveals 'Wildflower' Track Listing" . The Boot. Retrieved September 21, 2011 .
^ "Lauren Alaina : News : Lauren Alaina Best-Selling Country Female Debut Since 2006" . www.laurenalainaofficial.com . Archived from the original on 2012-03-31.
^ a b "Critic Reviews for Wildflower by Lauren Alaina" . Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved October 29, 2011 .
^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas . "Wildflower - Lauren Alaina" . AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved October 11, 2011 .
^ a b Nicholson, Jessica (October 20, 2011). "Wildflower by Lauren Alaina - Country Weekly" . Country Weekly . American Media . Retrieved October 20, 2011 .
^ a b Maerz, Melissa (October 13, 2011). "Wildflower review - Lauren Alaina Review" . Entertainment Weekly . Time Inc. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011 .
^ a b "Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Claudia Quintet - New Albums" . The New York Times . October 10, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2011 .
^ Mansfield, Brian (October 19, 2011). "Lauren Alaina's 69,000 sales mean a top-five debut" . Idol Chatter . USA Today. Retrieved October 19, 2011 .
^ Mansfield, Brian (January 7, 2013). "Phillip Philips' album sales rise" . Idol Chatter . USA Today. Retrieved January 9, 2013 .
^ "Lauren Alaina Chart History (Canadian Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved May 28, 2021.
^ "Lauren Alaina Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard . Retrieved May 28, 2021.
^ "Lauren Alaina Chart History (Top Country Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved May 28, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2011" . Billboard . Retrieved May 28, 2021 .
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2012" . Billboard . Retrieved May 28, 2021 .
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