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Town Line

Town Line is the first EP by American rock musician Aaron Lewis, and is his first solo release. An extended play consisting of country songs, it was released on March 1, 2011, on Stroudavarious Records. As of the chart dated September 3, 2011, the album has sold 200,208 copies in the US.

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Town Line
EP by
Aaron Lewis
ReleasedMarch 1, 2011
Genre
Length32:57
LabelStroudavarious
Producer
Aaron Lewis chronology
Town Line
(2011) 		The Road
(2012)
Singles from Town Line
  1. "Country Boy"
    Released: December 7, 2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStar1
Country WeeklyStarStarStar2
Engine 145StarStar3

Town Line is the first EP by American rock musician Aaron Lewis, and is his first solo release. An extended play consisting of country songs, it was released on March 1, 2011, on Stroudavarious Records.4 As of the chart dated September 3, 2011, the album has sold 200,208 copies in the US.5

Content

The first single, "Country Boy", which features George Jones, Charlie Daniels, and Chris Young, was released on December 7, 2010. This song has charted on both Hot Country Songs and Rock Songs.6 The track "Tangled Up in You" is a re-recording of a song from Staind's album The Illusion of Progress.2

Live versions of the songs "Vicious Circles" and "Country Boy" also appear on the deluxe edition of Lewis' 2012 album, The Road.

Critical reception

Giving it three stars out of five, Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly thought that the songs were "rich with imagery." She also praised Lewis for "resist[ing] the temptation to don a faux twang", but criticized the single "Country Boy" as "an unfortunately overextended string of rural impressions."2 Sam Gazdziak of Engine 145 rated it two stars out of five, calling "Country Boy" "turgid" and "polarizing", also criticizing the three versions present on the EP.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Aaron Lewis.

No.TitleLength
1."The Story Never Ends"4:47
2."Vicious Circles"5:07
3."Country Boy" (featuring George Jones and Charlie Daniels)4:43
4."Tangled Up in You" (featuring Alexa Carter)4:29
5."Massachusetts"5:03
6."Country Boy" (radio edit)4:20
7."Country Boy" (acoustic version)4:20

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.7

Charts

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US US Country US Main US Rock
2011 "Country Boy" (with George Jones and Charlie Daniels) 87 50 23 39
References

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Town Line review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  2. Phillips, Jessica (March 7, 2011). Country Weekly. 18 (10): 56. ISSN 1074-3235. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Gazdziak, Sam (April 13, 2011). "Town Line review". Engine 145. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  4. "Town Line". AllMusic. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
  5. "It's Country Boy's World on SoundScan Charts This Week". Roughstock. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  6. "Charts for Town Line". Allmusic. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
  7. Town Line (CD booklet). Aaron Lewis. R&J Records. 2011. STRV-01013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. "Aaron Lewis Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  9. "Aaron Lewis Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  10. "Aaron Lewis Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  11. "Aaron Lewis Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  12. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2011". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  13. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2011". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  14. "Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2011". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2021.