The Shires, the UK's best-selling country act of all time - comprised of Crissie Rhodes and Ben Earle - will release their new album, Good Years, in the U.S. on March 13, 2020 via BMG. As the follow-up to Accidentally on Purpose and GOLD-certified albums Braveand My Universe, Good Years was recorded in Nashville and includes 12 new tracks, 10 of which are co-written by the duo. Produced by Lindsay Rimes (Kane Brown, Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini, LOCASH), Good Years, also features some of Nashville's top songwriters, including Cam, Bob DiPiero and Canaan Smith.
"The way we approach the songwriting is that we always start with a lyric," Earle explains. "We've both got loads of titles on our phones. You sit down in a room and say, 'What can we say today?' All of the best songs are ones we've written that are personal. Like 'Crazy Days' -- which for me is about the balance of being a dad and doing what we do - and it's amazing what people share with us about that," he says of the heartfelt piano ballad. "That's what country is for us."
Release Date: 3/13/20
"Lightning Strikes" (Josh Williams, Camaron Ochs, Evan Bogart)
"On The Day I Die" (Ben Earle, Peter Hammerton, Fiona Bevan)
"Good Years" (Dan Couch, Ben Earle, Crissie Rhodes, Canaan Smith)
"No Secrets" (Ben Earle, Danny Shah, Sky Adams)
"About Last Night" (Katya Edwards, Rachel Furner)
"New Year" (Ben Earle, Kaity Rae)
"Only Always" (Ben Earle, Kaity Rae)
"Independence Day" (Ben Earle, Peter Hammerton, Fiona Bevan)
"Thank You Whiskey" (Ben Earle, Peter Hammerton, Kipp Williams)
"People Like Us" (Ben Earle, Bob DiPiero, Jeff Garrison)
"Better Place" (Ben Earle, Kara Dioguardi, Jeff Cohen, Crissie Rhodes)
"Crazy Days" (Ben Earle)
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