Uncaged
Uncaged is the third studio album by American country music group Zac Brown Band. It was released on July 10, 2012.[2] The album's lead single, "The Wind" was released on June 6, 2012.[3] The album received widely positive reviews from critics and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. At the 2013 Grammy Awards, it won the award for Best Country Album.
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Background[edit]
Zac Brown called the album "Your basic country-Southern rock-bluegrass-reggae-jam record" saying "It's really about making people dance, you just don't let them go. There's a lot of songs on the record that when we play them live we'll extend out long. But it's really about just grabbing people in that pulse and then not letting them go that entire song."[4] Clay Cook said "This is first record that we’ve made from start to finish in one thought, the previous albums have been a collection of songs … this is an album.”[5]
Artwork[edit]
The cover features artist Brandon Maldonado's 2009 Our Lady of Merciful Fate.
Commercial performance[edit]
Uncaged debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 234,000 copies in its first week of release, giving them their second number one album and best sales week yet.[21] In its second week, it sold 78,000 copies, falling to number 2.[22] In its third week of release, it sold an additional 48,000 copies, returning to number one on the chart.[23] The album was specially priced for $3.99 at the Amazon MP3 store for its first week of release, which some sources suggest may have contributed around 25,000 to 30,000 of its debut number.[21] In Canada, the album debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 8,100 copies, the band's first number one in Canada.[24] Uncaged was certified Platinum by the RIAA on November 20, 2013,[25] and as of September 2015, it has sold 1,200,000 copies in the United States.[26]
Zac Brown Band
Guest musicians