Eli Young Band - 10,000 Towns - Music & Performance - CD

2014 release, the fifth studio album from the Country quartet. "To still be making music and going through the craziness of life together is something we'd only dreamed of when we met back in college. This album shows another chapter in our lives as a band, as husbands, as fathers and as individuals that we're really excited to share with our amazing fans," said lead singer Mike Eli. In addition to penning over half of the tracks, EYB co-produced the 11-song project with Justin Niebank and Frank Liddell. EYBs previous project, the critically-acclaimed, LIFE AT BEST, scored back-to-back chart-toppers with the smash hits "Crazy Girl" and "Even If It Breaks Your Heart." the former was also named Billboards 2011 #1 Country Song of the Year and won the 2012 ACM Awards Song of the Year while the latter was nominated for Grammy Best Country Song, CMA Single of the Year, Song of the Year as well as ACM Single of the Year and Song of the Year.

The Eli Young Band hail from Texas but if their fourth album, 10,000 Towns, is any indication, their heart lies in Nashville. Not quite country bros but also a far cry from the weathered country-rockers working the Texas circuit, the Eli Young Band are a decade into their career and playing like seasoned professionals -- pros savvy enough to know when to cop a turn or two from such hot properties as Florida Georgia Line without outright mimicking. "Dust" is as clean, clear, and melodic as anything on modern country radio in 2014, as are the better, poppier songs here: "Your Last Broken Heart" is similarly measured and well constructed and "Just Add Moonlight" carries a sense of anthemic urgency in its chorus not entirely dissimilar to LeAnn Rimes' classic Coyote Ugly theme, "Can't Fight the Moonlight." Elsewhere on 10,000 Towns, the Eli Young Band get a little funky ("Revelations") and introspective ("Angel Like You," "Prayer for the Road"), but their strength lies in the sweeter stuff, how they can make crossover country-pop that seems amiable but never cloying. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Performer	Eli Young Band
Music genre	Country
Music subgenre	CD - COUNTRY
Music release type	Release
Media format	CD
Original release date	2014
Edition	Standard
Number of tracks	11
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Eli Young Band - 10 000 Towns [CD]
Track listing	Drunk Last Night, 10,000 Towns, Dust, Angel Like You, Let's Do Something Tonight, Your Last Broken Heart, What Does, A Lot Like Love, Just Add Moonlight, Revelations, Prayer for the Road
Record label	Republic Records
Target audience	General/trade
Music producer	Justin Niebank and Frank Liddell
Track name	Drunk Last Night, 10, 000 Towns, Dust, Angel Like You, Let's Do Something Tonight, Your Last Broken Heart, What Does, A Lot Like Love, Just Add Moonlight, Revelations, Prayer For The Road, Traces, June July August, The Moon's On Fire, Break It In, Raised Right, Turn It On, Plastic, Your Place Or Mine, Drink You Up
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N