Spark (Drake White album)

Spark
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 19, 2016 (2016-08-19)
GenreCountry
Length42:19
LabelDot
Producer
Drake White chronology
It Feels Good
(2015)
Spark
(2016)
Singles from Spark
  1. "It Feels Good"
    Released: February 24, 2015
  2. "Livin' the Dream"
    Released: December 7, 2015
  3. "Makin' Me Look Good Again"
    Released: December 5, 2016

Spark is the debut studio album of American country music singer Drake White. It was released on August 19, 2016 via Dot Records, an imprint of Big Machine Records. The album has produced three singles, "It Feels Good", Livin' the Dream" and "Makin' Me Look Good Again", all of which have reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. White co-wrote eleven of the album's twelve tracks.

Ross Copperman and Jeremy Stover produced all tracks except for track 10, with assistance from White on tracks 3, 6, 7, and 8. Andrew Petroff and Adam Schwind produced track 10.

Commercial reception

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The album debuted at No. 34 on Billboard 200, and No. 4 on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 11,000 copies in its first week.[1] It has sold 58,900 copies in the US as of September 2017.[2]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heartbeat"3:27
2."Story"3:14
3."Makin' Me Look Good Again"
3:59
4."It Feels Good"
2:40
5."Livin' the Dream"3:09
6."I Need Real"
3:41
7."Back to Free"
3:59
8."Equator"4:07
9."Live Some"
3:38
10."Waitin' on the Whiskey to Work"
  • White
  • Tony Lane
  • Pence
4:01
11."Elvis"
  • White
  • Jeremy Spillman
  • Ryan Tyndell
3:07
12."Take Me as I Am"
  • White
  • Phil Barton
  • Lindsay Rimes
3:17
Total length:42:19

Personnel

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Musicians
Production
  • Natthaphol Abhigantaphand – production assistant
  • Daniel Bacigalupi – production assistant
  • Joe Baldridge – engineer
  • Adam Bokesch – production assistant
  • Drew Bollman – production assistant
  • Ross Copperman – digital editing, engineer, producer, programming
  • Paul Cossette – production assistant
  • Andrew Darby – production assistant
  • Brian David – digital editing
  • Steve Dewey – production assistant
  • Angella Grossi – production assistant
  • Bob Holland – engineer mixing
  • Travis Humbert – production assistant
  • Scott Johnson – production coordination
  • Allison Jones – A&R
  • Laurel Kittleson – production coordination
  • Jason Kyle – engineer
  • Nick Lane – engineer
  • Jasper Lemaster – production assistant, engineer
  • Andrew Mendelson – mastering
  • Buckley Miller – engineer, mixing
  • Justin Niebank – mixing
  • Andrew Petroff – engineer, producer
  • Richard Ridgell – production assistant
  • Lindsay Rimes – programming
  • Adam Schwind – producer
  • Reid Shippen – engineer, mixing
  • Brianna Steinitz – production coordination
  • Jeremy Stover – producer
  • Drake White – producer
  • Chris Wilkinson – production assistant

Chart performance

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Album

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References

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  1. ^ Asker, Jim (August 30, 2016). "Dolly Parton Back at No. 1 on Top Country Albums After 25 Years". Billboard.
  2. ^ Bjorke, Matt (September 27, 2017). "TOP 10 Country Album Sales Chart: September 25, 2017". Roughstock.
  3. ^ "Drake White Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "Drake White Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Drake White Chart History (Digital Albums)".[dead link] Billboard.
  6. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2020.