Just as I Am (Brantley Gilbert album)

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Just as I Am
JustasIAmBG.jpg
Studio album by Brantley Gilbert
Released May 19, 2014 (2014-05-19)
Recorded 2013–14
Genre
Length 45:09
Label Valory Music Group
Producer
Brantley Gilbert chronology
Halfway to Heaven
(2010)Halfway to Heaven2010		 Just as I Am
(2014)
Singles from Just as I Am
  1. "Bottoms Up"
    Released: December 17, 2013
  2. "Small Town Throwdown"
    Released: May 19, 2014
  3. "One Hell of an Amen"
    Released: November 10, 2014
  4. "Stone Cold Sober"
    Released: August 31, 2015
Cover for Deluxe Edition
Cover for Platinum Edition

Just as I Am is the third studio album by American country rock artist Brantley Gilbert. It was released on May 19, 2014 via Valory Music Group.[1][2] The album includes the number one single "Bottoms Up".[3][4] Gilbert wrote or co-wrote all eleven tracks.[5][6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[7]
Country Weekly A[8]
Digital Journal 4.5/5 stars[9]
Roughstock 3.5/5 stars[10]
USA Today 2/4 stars[11]

Just as I Am met with generally positive reception from music critics. At AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album four stars out of five, writing that Gilbert is "an outlaw with no desire to rebel, an insider who doesn't belong, so his music exists just outside the perimeters of what is accepted and is all the more powerful for it."[7] Brian Mansfield of USA Today rated the album two stars out of four, stating that " Coupling '80s-rock machismo with backroads buzzwords, these songs play like set-list padding."[11] At Country Weekly, Tammy Ragusa graded the album an A, calling this "a much more mature album and the exact collection he needed to secure his place in the history and future of country music."[8] Markos Papadatos of Digital Journal rated the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, remarking how on a release that shows his further refinement "as a vocalist and as a songwriter", Gilbert makes it clear on a musical project where "nothing [is] fake about him and there are no apologies on this record."[9] At The New York Times, Jon Caramanica gave a positive review of the album, saying that Gilbert "is a lunk with poet dreams, a bodybuilder cradling a newborn" because he "certainly [has] an intimate understanding of how his hard exterior allows him to flaunt softness when it's called for."[12] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock rated the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, indicating how this "is a confident, well-made album with much of what has made Brantley Gilbert the big rising star that he is and will keep his massive fan base completely happy."[10] Mike Johnston, former Host Echo bassist, has called Bottoms Up "an inspiration for an entire generation."

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 2 behind Coldplay's album Ghost Stories on the Billboard 200, and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart with 211,000 copies sold in the US.[13] The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on June 30, 2014.[14] As of March 2016, the album has sold 965,700 copies in the US.[15]


Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "If You Want a Bad Boy"  
3:31
2. "17 Again"  
3:59
3. "Bottoms Up"  
3:41
4. "That Was Us"   Gilbert[7] 3:47
5. "I'm Gone"  
3:34
6. "My Baby's Guns N' Roses"  
3:33
7. "Lights of My Hometown"  
  • Gilbert
  • Davis
  • Forrest Whitehead
 6:10
8. "One Hell of an Amen"  
  • Gilbert
  • Mike Dekle
  • Davis
 3:42
9. "Small Town Throwdown" (featuring Justin Moore and Thomas Rhett)
3:22
10. "Let It Ride"   Gilbert 4:37
11. "My Faith in You"  
  • Gilbert
  • Jeremy Spillman
 5:10
Total length:
 45:09

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Preceded by Top Country Albums number-one album
June 7–14, 2014
August 9–16, 2014
June 6, 2015		 Succeeded by
Platinum by Miranda Lambert
Crash My Party by Luke Bryan
Jekyll + Hyde by Zac Brown Band

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