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My Best Days
Studio album by Danny Gokey
Released March 2, 2010 (2010-03-02)
Recorded 2009 in Starstruck Studios
Genre Country
Label RCA Nashville
Producer Mark Bright
Singles from My Best Days
  1. "My Best Days Are Ahead of Me"
    Released: December 26, 2009 (2009-12-26)

My Best Days is the debut album from American Idol season eight finalist Danny Gokey. The album was released on March 2, 2010, via RCA Nashville/19 Recordings.[1] The track "It's Only" was originally scheduled to be the first single,[2] but it was withdrawn and replaced with "My Best Days Are Ahead of Me." This latter song debuted at #55 on the Hot Country Songs charts.

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Critical reception

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave a positive review, saying that its sound recalled country pop and contemporary Christian music, but also saying that it "sure feels like Danny Gokey has gotten himself a strong set of songs that find him in strong voice."[3] Allmusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album two stars out of five, calling it "pristine adult contemporary pop, all soft and glittering."[4] Brian Mansfield of USA Today gave it a positive review saying, "All in all, My Best Days continues in the vein of the three earlier albums from the four top finishers of Season 8, in that it plays exceptionally well to the strengths of the performers and the expectations their existing fans have for them."[5]

Track listing

  1. "My Best Days Are Ahead of Me" (Marv Green, Kent Blazy) - 3:07
  2. "Like That's a Bad Thing" (Tony Martin, Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley) –3:28
  3. "I Still Believe" (Kara DioGuardi, busbee, Barry Dean) – 4:06
  4. "Tiny Life" (Jeffrey Steele, Green) – 3:50
  5. "Get Away" (Ron Hemby, Billy Simon, Jimmie Lee Sloas) – 4:04
  6. "It's Only" (Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Tom Douglas) - 4:55
  7. "Life on Ya" (Steele, Tom Hambridge, Chuck Jones) – 3:15
  8. "Crazy Not To" (Green, Mobley, David Lee Murphy) – 3:55
  9. "Be Somebody" (Greg Barnhill, Joanna Cotten, Adam Hood) – 4:02
  10. "I Will Not Say Goodbye" (Chuck Cannon, Lari White, Vicky McGehee) – 3:52

Chart performance

Album

The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 for the chart week of March 9, 2010, selling 65,000 copies in its first week.[6]

Chart (2010) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 3
U.S. Billboard 200 4
Canadian Top Country Albums 13
Canadian Albums Chart 95

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country US
2009 "My Best Days Are Ahead of Me"A 29 82
  • A Current single.

References

  1. ^ Herrera, Monica (2009-09-02). "Idol finalist Danny Gokey signs record deal". Billboard (magazine). http://www.billboard.com/#/news/idol-finalist-danny-gokey-signs-record-1004008529.story. Retrieved 2010-01-24. 
  2. ^ Bjorke, Matt (2009-11-17). "Danny Gokey - "It's Only"". Roughstock. http://www.roughstock.com/blog/danny-gokey-it-s-only-. Retrieved 2010-01-24. 
  3. ^ Matt Bjorke (1 March 2010). "My Best Days review". Roughstock. http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/danny-gokey-my-best-days. Retrieved 2 March 2010. 
  4. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "My Best Days review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39fuxztsldse. Retrieved 6 March 2010. 
  5. ^ http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2010/03/danny-gokeys-my-best-days-track-by-track/1
  6. ^ Jessen, Wade (2010-03-10). "Danny Gokey's Days Starts Strong". Billboard (magazine). http://www.billboard.com/#/news/danny-gokey-s-days-starts-strong-1004074334.story?tag=hpfeed. Retrieved 2010-03-10. 







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