Need You Now

## ***Need You Now***Studio Album by Lady A

* US
* Europe/UK
* Japan

## Singles from *Need You Now*

1.  Need You Now
 Released: August 11th, 2009

2. American Honey
 Released: January 11th, 2010

3. Our Kind of Love
 Released: May 31st, 2010

4. Hello World
 Released: October 4th, 2010

***Need You Now*** is the second studio album by American country music trio Lady A. It was released on January 26th, 2010, through Capitol Records Nashville.

## Critical Reception

Upon its release, *Need You Now* received generally mixed 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 63, based on 9 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Giving it four stars out of five, Jessica Phillips wrote in *Country Weekly* magazine that the group "certainly need have no fear of a sophomore slump" due to the success of "Need You Now". She also said that the album showed the trio's "ability to craft memorable country pop hooks," but added that "not every song works on this record." Crystal Bell, writing for *Billboard* was also positive in her review citing Kelley's vocal slyness and the delicate arrangement of the track, "Ready to Love Again", also noting "the trio's musical growth."

Allmusic reviewer Thom Jurek wrote that on this album "they stick very close to the formula of their debut: a slew of mid- and uptempo love songs, a sad ballad, and a couple of rocked-up good-time tunes — all self-written with some help from some of Nashville's most respected writers." He also went on to say that the album was "flawless in its songwriting, production, and performances." Mikael Wood of *Entertainment Weekly* said, "they're most successful when they keep to the moody minor key stuff" and gave the album a B+. Jonathan Keefe of *Slant* Magazine was less positive.

## Commercial Performance

*Need You Now* debuted at No. 1 on the US *Billboard* 200 chart, selling 481,000 copies in its first week. This became Lady A's first US No. 1 debut. In its second week, the album remained at No. 1 on the chart, selling an additional 209,000 copies. In its third week, the album dropped to No. 2 on the chart, selling 208,000 more copies. In its fourth week, the album remained at No. 2 on the chart, selling 144,000 copies. In 2010, the album became the third best-selling album of the year, behind *I Dreamed a Dream* by Susan Boyle and *Recovery* by American rapper Eminem. The album also spent 31 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart in 2010 and 2011. On March 20th, 2013, the album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over four million copies in the United States.

After the 53rd Grammy Awards and the band winning five awards, *Need You Now* debuted at No. 24 on the German Albums Chart in February 2011, 9 months after the release of the album. The song "Perfect Day" has been used in one of The CW's commercials to promote new TV series *Hart of Dixie*.

## Singles

Need You Now
August 11th, 2009American Honey
January 11th, 2010Our Kind of Love
May 31st, 2010Hello World
October 4th, 2010
### Promotional Singles

Our Kind of Love
January 10th, 2010Ready to Love AgainLove This Pain

## Charts

### Year-end Charts

 UK Albums (OCC)
 Australian Albums (ARIA)
 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)
 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)
 Canadian Albums (*Billboard*)
 US *Billboard* 200
 US Top Country Albums (*Billboard*)

 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)
 Australian Albums (ARIA)
 US *Billboard* 200
 US Top Country Albums (*Billboard*)

## Credits

### Lady A

* **Hillary Scott** – lead vocals, background vocals
* **Charles Kelley** – lead vocals, background vocals
* **Dave Haywood** – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals

### Additional Musicians

* **Bruce Bouton** – dobro
* **Michael Busbee** – piano
* **Chad Cromwell** – drums
* **Stuart Duncan** – fiddle, mandolin
* **Jason "Slim" Gambill** – electric guitar, soloist
* **David Huff** – loop programming, percussion, tambourine
* **Rob McNelley** – electric guitar, soloist
* **The Nashville String Machine** – strings
* **Mike Rojas** – accordion, Hammond B-3 organ, piano, synthesizer
* **Kris Wilkinson** – string arrangements
* **Paul Worley** – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, soloist
* **Craig Young** – bass guitar

## References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need\_You\_Now\_(Lady\_Antebellum\_album)