About to Get Real

About to Get Real
Studio album by Easton Corbin
Released	June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)
Recorded	2013–15
Genre	Neotraditional country
Label	Mercury Nashville
Producer	Carson Chamberlain
Easton Corbin chronology
All Over the Road (2012) About to Get Real (2015) Let’s Do Country Right (2023)
Singles from About to Get Real
"Clockwork" Released: January 28, 2014 "Baby Be My Love Song" Released: September 8, 2014 "Yup" Released: July 27, 2015 "Are You with Me" Released: May 23, 2016

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

About to Get Real is the third studio album by American country music artist Easton Corbin. It was released on June 30, 2015 via Mercury Nashville.^[2] It includes the singles "Clockwork", "Baby Be My Love Song". and "Yup".^[3] It also includes "Are You with Me" from Corbin's previous album, All Over the Road.^[4] The album was produced by Carson Chamberlain.^[5]

Content

About the album, Corbin said, "When deciding on an album title, About to Get Real just says it all for me. When country fans listen to this album, I want them to take away that even though the music mixes the modern with the classic, it's entirely real. Like the music of my heroes, it's the real deal."^[6] The album's track listing was announced on June 9.^[7]

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote that "No matter what the album title implies – "real" usually conveys grit, a quality conspicuously absent from these 12 songs – About to Get Real is so smooth it sometimes suggests the glory days of Urban Cowboy, when modern country flirted heavily with the soft rock mainstream."^[1]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, and No. 13 on the Billboard 200, with 20,000 copies sold in the US in its first week.^[8] The album has sold 59,800 copies in the US as of May 2016.^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Kiss Me One More Time"	Carson Chamberlain Wade Kirby Phil O'Donnell	3:20
2.	"Guys and Girls"	Zach Crowell Jaren Johnston Cary Barlowe	3:48
3.	"Clockwork"	Chamberlain Kirby Ashley Gorley	3:09
4.	"Diggin' on You"	Easton Corbin Chamberlain O'Donnell Kirby	2:42
5.	"Baby Be My Love Song"	Jim Collins Brett James	3:21
6.	"About to Get Real"	Jeremy Stover Ben Hayslip Rhett Akins	3:15
7.	"Yup"	Shane Minor O'Donnell Kirby	3:13
8.	"Wild Women and Whiskey"	Ronnie Dunn Terry McBride	3:32
9.	"Are You with Me"	Tommy Lee James McBride Shane McAnally	3:40
10.	"Damn Girl"	Corbin Chamberlain Jeff Hyde	3:28
11.	"Just Add Water"	Tony Lane David Lee	3:04
12.	"Like a Song"	Corbin Chamberlain Stephen Allen Davis	3:48

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Jimmy Carter – bass guitar
• Easton Corbin – lead vocals
• J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar, resonator guitar
• Larry Franklin – fiddle
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Gary Prim – Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano, Wurlitzer
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• W. David Smith – bass guitar
• Russell Terrell – background vocals
• Biff Watson – banjo, bouzouki, acoustic guitar
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (2015) Peak position US Billboard 200[10] 13 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[11] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2015) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[12] 45

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country [13]	US Country Airplay [14]	US [15]	CAN Country [16]	CAN [17]
2014	"Clockwork"	31	32	124	—	—
	"Baby Be My Love Song"	11	3	56	5	77
2015	"Yup"	44	35	—	—	—
2016	"Are You with Me"	46	41	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

1. Erlewine, Steven Thomas. "About to Get Real - Easton Corbin". AllMusic. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
2. Bell, Rebekah (April 20, 2015). "Easton Corbin Releasing Third Album in June". Taste of Country. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
3. Thompson, Gayle (April 21, 2015). "Easton Corbin Announces Release of Third Album". The Boot. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
4. Alex, Sam (June 8, 2015). "Taste of Country Fest Performer Easton Corbin 'About to Get Real' With New Album". Taste of Country. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
5. Skates, Sarah (April 20, 2015). "Easton Corbin Preps New Album, 'About To Get Real'". MusicRow. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
6. Rutherford, Kevin (April 16, 2015). "Easton Corbin Announces New Album, Debuts 'Baby Be My Love Song' Video: Watch". radio.com. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
7. Bjorke, Matt (June 9, 2015). "Easton Corbin "About To Get Real" Tracklist & Cover Art". Roughstock. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
8. Jim Asker (July 9, 2015). "Easton Corbin Gets 'Real' With First No. 1 on Top Country Albums". Billboard.
9. Bjorke, Matt (May 23, 2016). "Country Album Sales Chart: May 23, 2016". Roughstock.
10. "Easton Corbin Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
11. "Easton Corbin Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
12. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
13. "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
14. "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
15. "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
16. "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Canada Country". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
17. "Easton Corbin Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 29, 2010.