Down to My Last Bad Habit is the fourteenth studio album by American country music singer Vince Gill. The album was released on February 12, 2016, by MCA Nashville.[1][2]
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| American Songwriter |  [5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
Down to My Last Bad Habit received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80 based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[3]
Commercial performance
The album debuted at No. 4 on the Top Country Albums chart, with 17,000 copies sold in its first week. It is his 15th top 10 entry on the chart.[7] It sold a further 7,500 copies in its second week.[8] The album has sold 81,600 copies in the US as of March 2017.[9]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Reasons for the Tears I Cry" | Vince Gill | 3:55 |
| 2. | "Down to My Last Bad Habit" (featuring Wolf Duncan) | Gill, Al Anderson | 4:40 |
| 3. | "Me and My Girl" | Gill | 3:19 |
| 4. | "Like My Daddy Did" | Gill | 3:10 |
| 5. | "Make You Feel Real Good" | Gill | 4:13 |
| 6. | "I Can't Do This" | Gill, Catt Gravitt, Brennin Hunt | 3:28 |
| 7. | "My Favorite Movie" | Gill, Ashley Monroe | 3:56 |
| 8. | "One More Mistake I Made" (featuring Chris Botti) | Gill, Adriana Rozario | 3:23 |
| 9. | "Take Me Down" (featuring Little Big Town) | Gill, Jillian Jacqueline, Richard Marx | 5:02 |
| 10. | "I'll Be Waiting for You" (featuring Cam) | Gill, Leslie Satcher | 3:26 |
| 11. | "When It's Love" | Gill, Marx | 3:47 |
| 12. | "Sad One Comin' On (A Song for George Jones)" | Gill | 3:51 |
| Total length: | 45:57 | ||
Personnel
- Vince Gill – vocals, backing vocals (1, 4, 7, 8, 12), electric guitar, acoustic guitar (1-4, 6-12), harmony vocals (2), mandolin (11)
- Pete Wasner – Wurlitzer electric piano (1)
- Reese Wynans – Hammond B3 organ (1, 4, 5)
- Tony Harrell – Wurlitzer electric piano (2, 3, 8, 11), Hammond B3 organ (2, 3, 8-11), accordion (3), acoustic piano (4-7, 10, 12)
- Charlie Judge – keyboards (3, 6, 9), synthesizers (6, 9, 10), Hammond B3 organ (12)
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (1-5, 7, 8, 10-12), acoustic guitar (6, 9)
- Dean Parks – electric guitar (1, 2, 5, 6, 8-12)
- Dann Huff – electric guitar (3, 6, 9)
- Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar (7)
- Paul Franklin –steel guitar (2-4, 6-11)
- Willie Weeks – bass (1-6, 8-12)
- Michael Rhodes – bass (7)
- Steve Jordan – drums (1-6, 8-12), percussion (8, 12)
- Fred Eltringham – drums (7), percussion (7, 11)
- Eric Darken – percussion (1-4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
- Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – harmonica (5)
- Chris Botti – trumpet (8)
- Corrina Gill – backing vocals (1), harmony vocals (8)
- Jenny Van Valkenburg – harmony vocals (1)
- Ellie Holcomb – harmony vocals (3)
- Bekka Bramlett – harmony vocals (5)
- Kim Keyes – harmony vocals (6)
- Little Big Town (Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook) – backing vocals (9)
- Cam (Camaron Ochs) – backing vocals (10)
- Charlie Worsham – harmony vocals (11)
- Alison Krauss – harmony vocals (12)
Production
- Vince Gill – producer
- Justin Niebank – producer, recording, mixing
- Drew Bollman – recording
- Matt Rausch – recording
- Brian David Willis – digital editing
- Andrew Mendelson – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Karen Naff – art direction
- Craig Allen – design
- Jim White – photography
- The Fitzgerald Hartley Co. – management
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- ^ "Down to My Last Bad Habit by Vince Gill on iTunes". iTunes. 2016-02-12. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ^ Moss, Marissa R. (2015-11-19). "Vince Gill Readies New Album 'Down to My Last Bad Habit'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ^ a b "Reviews for Down to My Last Bad Habit by Vince Gill". Metacritic. 2016-02-12. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2016-02-12). "Down to My Last Bad Habit - Vince Gill | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ^ Horowitz, Hal (2016-02-12). "Vince Gill: Down to My Last Bad Habit". Americansongwriter.com. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ^ Hermes, Will (2016-02-10). "Vince Gill's New Album: Down to My Last Bad Habit". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ^ Jim Asker (February 23, 2016). "Joey + Rory's Bittersweet 'Hymns' Debuts at No. 1 on Top Country Albums Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (March 12, 2016). "Country Album Sales Chart: March 1, 2016". Roughstock.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (March 13, 2017). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: March 13, 2017". Roughstock.
- ^ "Vince Gill Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Vince Gill Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
- ^ "Vince Gill Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
