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LUKE BRYAN CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS 2009 BREAKTHOUGH ALBUM DOIN’ MY THING WITH FIRST-EVER VINYL RELEASE ON OCTOBER 4th.

LUKE BRYAN CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS 2009 BREAKTHOUGH ALBUM DOIN’ MY THING WITH FIRST-EVER VINYL RELEASE ON OCTOBER 4th.
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Luke Bryan

Since achieving stardom with his sophomore album Doin’ My Thing, Luke Bryan has maintained his stature as country music’s most beloved artist. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Doin’ My Thing, Bryan’s acclaimed album will receive its vinyl debut on October 4th via Capitol Nashville/UMe as an expanded deluxe edition featuring 13 tracks, including two rare bonus songs, “Y’all Can Have This Town” and “Favorite Flowers,” previously only available on the iTunes exclusive version of the album. The LP will be released on standard black vinyl as well as limited edition translucent clear vinyl, available exclusively at via Luke Bryan and UMG Nashville’s web stores. The deluxe edition of Doin’ My Thing will also be released digitally on October 4th.

“I think Doin’ My Thing was such a very important album for me, my sophomore album. I learned so much, certainly after I’ll Stay Me, but now that I get to hear it on vinyl, I can go back and really remember the work that you put in,” says Luke. “It was such a tough time in my career. I mean, I’m trying to prove myself day in and day out from doing live shows to recording the best music that I can, and this album really speaks volumes of where I was at this time in my career. There are album cuts on this album that fans still request and want me to play in my live shows. I think ‘Drinkin’ Beer and Wastin’ Bullets’ was such a big song for me to go do live. The fans loved it, and Doin’ My Thing was, it was just where I was at in my life, and I’m just so glad I had some big hits on it to keep my career going onward and upward.”

Preorder Doin’ My Thing now: https://UMe.lnk.to/DoinMyThing

Upon release, Doin’ My Thing went Platinum and peaked at #2 on Billboard‘s Top Country Albums chart and #6 on the Billboard Top 200. The album produced a trio of #1 hit singles: “Do I,” “Rain Is A Good Thing” and “Someone Else Calling You Baby.” All three hits were co-written by Bryan and are a part of his 22 #1 song career tally, twelve of which he co-wrote. Doin’ My Thing also features Bryan’s distinctive cover version of the OneRepublic hit “Apologize.”

In the decade since Bryan released Doin’ My Thing, he has twice been named a twotime Academy of Country Music and a twotime Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year, a five-time host of the ACM Awards, a celebrity judge on ABC’s American Idol, a NSAI Artist/Songwriter of the Year, and was named a CMT Artist of the Year six consecutive years. Bryan has more certified digital singles than any other country artist, with 46 million tracks and 12 million albums with four Billion music streams. In May 2019, Bryan kicked off the first weekend of his “Sunset Repeat Tour,” with 50,000 fans followed by a soldout show in Boston’s Gillette Stadium, bringing his career headline stadium concert total to 35. Last summer, Bryan opened Nashville’s only six-floor entertainment facility in the heart of Music City, LUKE’S 32 BRIDGE FOOD + DRINK. The name was inspired by Bryan’s childhood home near Route 32 Bridge in Lee County, Georgia

 

Doin’ My Thing Track List

Side A:

  1. Rain Is A Good Thing
  2. Doin’ My Thing
  3. Do I
  4. What Country Is
  5. Someone Else Calling You Baby
  6. Welcome To The Farm
  7. Apologize

Side B:

  1. Every Time I See You
  2. Chuggin’ Along
  3. I Did It Again
  4. Drinkin’ Beer And Wastin’ Bullets
  5. Ya’ll Can Have This Town (Bonus Track)
  6. Favorite Flowers (Bonus Track)

 

Audio / Luke Bryan talks about how his album, Doin' My Thing, changed his trajectory.

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Luke Bryan (Doin’ My Thing on vinyl) OC: …and upward. 1:03
“I think Doin’ My Thing was such a very important album for me, my sophomore album. I learned so much, certainly after I’ll Stay Me, but now that I get to hear it on vinyl, I can go back and really remember the work that you put in. It was such a tough time in my career. I mean, I’m trying to prove myself day in and day out from doing live shows to recording the best music that I can, and this album really speaks volumes of where I was at this time in my career. There are album cuts on this album that fans still request and want me to play in my live shows. I think ‘Drinkin’ Beer and Wastin’ Bullets’ was such a big song for me to go do live. The fans loved it, and Doin’ My Thing was, it was just where I was at in my life, and I’m just so glad I had some big hits on it to keep my career going onward and upward.”

Video / Rain is a Good Thing Official Music Video

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