Desperate Man (album)
Desperate Man (stylized in all lowercase) is the sixth album by American country music singer Eric Church. It was released via EMI Nashville and Snakefarm Records on October 5, 2018. Following the success of 2015's Mr. Misunderstood, Church reteamed with long-time producer Jay Joyce to work on new material for his next country album. The album garnered positive reviews from music critics. Desperate Man debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number five on the Billboard 200, spawning three singles: the title track, "Some of It" and "Monsters". It was certified gold in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Desperate Man
History[edit]
Church announced the album's release on July 13, 2018, via a livestream to his fanclub, the Church Choir. The lead single, which is the title track, was shipped to radio a day prior to this announcement. The album consists of 11 songs, and Church revealed the tracklisting on a pre-order page on his website. As with all of his previous albums, it was produced by Jay Joyce.[2] Church said that the album's title came from the emotions he felt after the 2017 Las Vegas shooting; he told Rolling Stone that "I got a little bit desperate in there to just find an album, because it was not fucking happening."[3]
Commercial performance[edit]
Desperate Man debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, with 103,000 copies sold (116,000 in equivalent album units). It is Church's fifth top ten entry in the chart.[10] It also debuted atop the Top Country Albums chart.[11] On the Billboard 200, the album left the top 100 on the week of November 24, 2018, and has spent 22 weeks on the chart.[12][13] It has sold 245,100 copies in the United States as of March 2020.[14] Desperate Man was certified gold by the RIAA in the US on August 3, 2020.[15] In Canada, the album debuted and peaked at number five on the Canadian Albums chart for the week of October 20, 2018.[16] Desperate Man was certified gold by Music Canada in Canada on March 26, 2021.[17]
Credits adapted from the Desperate Man liner notes.[18]
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