Saturday, January 23, 2021

Morgan Wallen Dangerous hit #1 on the country chart for first of 97 weeks

Dangerous: The Double Album

Morgan Wallen

Released: January 8, 2021

Peak: 110 US, 197 CW, 77 UK, 18 CN, 2 AU

Sales (in millions): 6.0 US, -- UK, 6.4 world (includes US and UK)

Genre: country

Tracks, Disc 1:

Song Title (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to charts.

  1. Sand in My Boots (1/23/21, 30 BB, 11a CW)
  2. Wasted on You (1/11/21, 9 BB, 25 AC, 14 A40, 19 CW, 10 CN)
  3. Somebody’s Problem (12/5/20, 25 BB)
  4. More Surprised Than Me (1/23/21, 66 BB)
  5. 865 (1/23/21, 46 BB)
  6. Warning (1/23/21, 42 BB)
  7. Neon Eyes (1/23/21, 63 BB)
  8. Outlaw (with Ben Burgess) (1/23/21, 86 BB)
  9. Whiskey’d My Way (1/23/21, 83 BB)
  10. Wonderin’ ‘Bout the Wind (1/23/21, 93 BB)
  11. Your Bartender (1/23/21, 84 BB)
  12. Only Thing That’s Gone (with Chris Stapleton) (1/23/21, 90 BB, 32 CW)
  13. Cover Me Up (12/5/20, 52 BB)
  14. 7 Summers (8/14/20, 6 BB, 36 A40, 11 CW, 8 CN)
  15. More Than My Hometown (5/2/20, 15 BB, 11a CW)

Tracks, Disc 2:

  1. Still Goin’ Down (12/5/20, 45 BB)
  2. Rednecks, Red Letters, Red Dirt
  3. Dangerous (1/23/21, 62 BB)
  4. Beer Don’t
  5. Blame It on Me
  6. Somethin’ Country
  7. This Bar (1/23/21, 92 BB)
  8. Country A$$ Shit
  9. Whatcha Think of Country Now
  10. Me on Whiskey
  11. Need a Boat
  12. Silverado for Sale (34 CW)
  13. Heartless (Wallen album mix)
  14. Livin’ the Dream (12/5/20, 74 BB)
  15. Quittin’ Time

Rating:

3.817 out of 5.00 (average of 18 ratings)

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

About the Album:

Country singer/songwriter Morgan Wallen was born in 1993 in Tennessee. He got his big break appearing on the television talent show The Voice. While he didn’t win, he got signed to Panacea Records and in 2015 released the EP Stand Alone. He moved on to Big Loud and released his debut album, If I Know Me, in 2018. It topped the country charts and was certified three times platinum, spurred by three songs which topped the country airplay chart.

In 2021, he released Dangerous: The Double Album. The album is far and away the biggest #1 in the history of the country album chart, spending 97 weeks at the pinnacle. The next highest – both Shania Twain’s Come on Over and Luke Combs’ This One’s for You – have logged 50 weeks on top.

The album’s four official singles – More Than My Hometown, 7 Summers, Sand in My Boots, and Wasted on You – all topped the Billboard country singles chart and/or country airplay charts. “Wasted on You” also won the American Music Association Award for Country Song of the Year.

The idea for a double album started as a joke, but became a reality when Covid-19 hit and Wallen had much more time on his hands to finish up the myriad of songs he’d accumulated over the last few years. WK The length was criticized by Chris Richards, who wrote in The Washington Post that the album “feels about 19 songs too long.” WK The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Dan DeLuca said it was “overstuffed with radio-ready cliché.” WK

Rolling Stone’s Jonathan Bernstein criticized the move as “part album, part playlist, part content dump” WK and said Wallen wasn’t always “up to the heavy task of pumping fresh life into well-worn topics.” WK On the opposite side, however, Stereogum’s Chris DeVille said the album was “a massive leap from his debut” WK and even said Wallen was “capable of becoming Garth Brooks for a new generation.” WK

Notes:

The Target edition of the album added bonus tracks “This Side of a Dust Cloud,” “Bandaid on a Bullet Hole,” and “Sand in My Boots” (THe Dangerous Sessions).

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