The Breaker (Little Big Town album)
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| Studio album by Little Big Town | ||||
| Released | February 24, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
| Genre | Country pop | |||
| Length | 41:49 | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
| Producer | Jay Joyce | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100 |
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| AllMusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | A– |
| Paste | 7.7/10 |
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The Breaker is the eighth studio album by American country music group Little Big Town. It was released on February 24, 2017, through Capitol Nashville.
During a press conference at the Ryman Auditorium in November 2016, Little Big Town announced the album's title.
Taylor Swift single-handedly wrote the album's lead single, "Better Man", about the ending of a past relationship with a significant other. Swift claimed that she thought of Little Big Town and their trademark harmony vocals and subsequently sent the song to the group.
To help promote the The Breaker, Little Big Town had a residency at the Ryman Auditorium, titled Little Big Town at the Mother Church, and began it the day of the album's release. The band originally announced six performances at the auditorium between February and September before announcing three additional shows with plans to announce more throughout the year. They also announced a six date UK tour.
"Happy People" was released as the first promotional single on February 3, 2017. "We Went to the Beach" was released as the second promotional single on February 10, 2017. "When Someone Stops Loving You" was released as the third and final promotional single on February 17, 2017.
"Better Man", the lead single from The Breaker, was released on October 20, 2016, and has sold 437,000 copies in the US as of February 2017. It peaked at number 1 on the US Hot Country Songs and Mediabase country airplay charts. The song was written by Taylor Swift.
"Happy People" is scheduled to impact country radio on April 3, 2017 as the second official single.
The Breaker received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 78 based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."
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