Own the Night
| Lady Antebellum
Own the Night
Own the Night is the third studio album by the American country music trio Lady Antebellum. It was released on September 13, 2011, by Capitol Nashville. It was produced by Paul Worley. It topped the Billboard 200, selling more than 347,000 copies in its first week, making it their second number-one album in the United States and one of the most successful country albums of 2011. It also topped the Billboard Top Country Albums as well as the Canadian Albums Chart, selling more than 21,000 copies in its first week in Canada alone. Critically, the album received mixed to positive reviews, with some critics praising its production and Hillary Scott's and Charles Kelley's vocals, calling it an improvement over their previous two albums, while others criticized its lyrical content and lack of personality, saying that it is a step downward from their previous albums. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album at the 54th Grammy Awards. -Wikipedia
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Pop Matters
Own the Night, takes its cues from that song more than their others, perhaps wisely.
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All Music
Own the Night is mood music but the aim isn’t amorous; it’s nothing more than a spot of relaxation, which doesn’t quite amount to compelling listening no matter how immaculate the execution.
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American Songwriter
If there ever was a band that knew the ins and outs of radio – how to get on it, stay on it, and bridge the great divide between pop and country stations – it’s these Nashville cats, who bring a familiar mix of down-home earthiness and hi-fi production gloss to Own the Night.
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Rolling Stone
Lady Antebellum’s follow-up to their Grammy-gobbling Need You Now is a set of heart-squishing power ballads and airbrushed twang rockers ready to woo Walmart shoppers.
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SLant
Own the Night confirms that the trio has absolutely nothing to offer but a vaguely racist name and music by and for dull people.
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Sputnik Music
At twelve songs in length, Own the Night features a horrid one-to-six ratio of upbeat songs versus ballads, and when the majority of the slow songs follow the exact same musical progression
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Taste of Country
'Own the Night' has a few snoozers, but they don't cast a shadow over the many bright spots.
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The Washington Post
It’s the Nashville group’s most impressive balancing act, tempering soft-focus schmaltz with heart-bruising harmonies.
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