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Sarah Buxton
Studio album by Sarah Buxton
Released	February 23, 2010 (2010-02-23)
Genre	Country
Label	Lyric Street
Producer	Sarah Buxton, Blair Daly, Bob DiPiero, Dann Huff, Craig Wiseman
Sarah Buxton chronology
Almost My Record (2007) Sarah Buxton (2010)
Singles from Sarah Buxton
"Outside My Window" Released: June 2009

Sarah Buxton is the self-titled debut album by American country artist Sarah Buxton. It was released on February 23, 2010 via Lyric Street Records. The album's lead-off single, "Outside My Window," was released in June 2009 and was a Top 25 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, reaching a peak of #23 in March 2010. The album also includes Buxton's previous three singles that were released on her extended-play, Almost My Record.

History

Prior to its release, Buxton issued a six-song extended play entitled Almost My Record. Five of those songs — including the singles "Innocence," "That Kind of Day" and "Space" — are included on this album, as is her fourth single, "Outside My Window."^[1] Buxton co-wrote ten of the eleven songs, including "Stupid Boy," which was previously released by Keith Urban as a single from his 2007 album Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing.

Critical reception

Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly magazine described Buxton's vocal range as "transform[ing] from sunny to sweet[…]to scratchy and soulful" and referred to the songs' topics as "being a typical 20-something-year-old girl in America." Phillips gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five.^[2] Bobby Peacock of Roughstock also described Buxton's voice favorably and called the lyrics "optimistic," but thought that some tracks were overproduced.^[3] Stephen Thomas Erlewine considered the album "carefully constructed, with each element designed to reach the broadest possible audience" but said that it also showed that Buxton is "a solid writer and performer," ultimately giving it three stars out of five.^[4]

Track listing

1. "American Daughters" (Sarah Buxton, Bob DiPiero) – 3:47
2. "Outside My Window" (Buxton, Gary Burr, Mark Hudson, Victoria Shaw) - 3:46
3. "Radio Love" (Buxton, Jedd Hughes, Steve Robson) – 4:01
   • featuring Jedd Hughes
4. "For Real" (Buxton, DiPiero) – 3:50
5. "Wings" (Buxton, Blair Daly) – 4:02
   • featuring Jedd Hughes
6. "Love Like Heaven" (Buxton, Daly) – 3:47
7. "Space" (Buxton, Chuck Cannon, Lari White) – 3:16
8. "Innocence" (Buxton, Jeremy Stover, Dave Berg, Georgia Middleman) – 3:43
9. "That Kind Of Day" (Buxton, Stover, Greg Barnhill) – 3:26
10. "Stupid Boy" (Buxton, Berg, Deanna Bryant) – 5:32
11. "Big Blue Sky" (Hughes, Luke Laird) – 4:06
    • featuring Jedd Hughes

Production

• tracks 1, 8-10 — Dann Huff, Craig Wiseman
• tracks 2, 7 — Sarah Buxton
• tracks 3, 5, 11 — Dann Huff
• track 4 — Sarah Buxton, Bob DiPiero
• track 6 — Sarah Buxton, Blair Daly

Chart positions

The album debuted at #12 on U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums and #68 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling over 8,000 copies in its' first week, making Buxton the highest-selling debut for a female country artist since Julianne Hough in 2008.

Charts

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