I Don't Dance

by Lee Brice

Overview

Lee Brice performed a rare feat in 2012: he became a star on the back of ballads, not party songs. Country has a long history of gentle, masculine crooners but the 2010s were rife with suburban dudes in tight jeans who sang slow songs only as a change of pace. Brice specialized in an assured delivery, taking such reflective songs as "Hard to Love" and "I Drive Your Truck" to the upper reaches of the country charts, and this success has led him to double down on deliberation on 2014's I Don't Dance. There is some volume to the record and a considerable amount of sly electronic textures -- this especially surfaces in the rhythms, which are sometimes looped, although there's some playful Auto-Tune; the three bonus tracks on the deluxe edition emphasize this side -- but the defining characteristic of I Don't Dance is how unhurried Brice seems, lending the same casual authority to the faster or grittier numbers ("No Better Than This," "Drinking Class," or "Girls in Bikinis," which is just plain silly) as he does on the ballads. This relaxed confidence is beguiling and also suits the songs, which Brice largely had a hand in composing (only three of the 13 songs don't bear a songwriting credit from him). Without the liner notes, it's hard to tell which songs come from Brice's pen and which don't, but that only signals how cohesive the album is. As skilled and commercially savvy a writer as he is -- and he is, that's his background -- he keeps the focus on his performance, letting the album come on smooth and strong. I Don't Dance may sink its teeth in slightly slowly, but that's Brice's style: he lets the listener come to him and, once they're there, he offers a warm seduction that lasts not just for a night but for a relationship. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	09/09/2014
Label:	Curb
UPC:	0715187939226

Tracks

1. I Don't Dance
2. No Better Than This
3. Show You Off Tonight
4. Always the Only One
5. Good Man
6. Drinking Class
7. That Don't Sound Like You
8. Girls in Bikinis
9. Sirens
10. Somebody's Been Drinking
11. Hard to Figure Out (The Airport Song)
12. My Carolina
13. Panama City

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lee Brice   Primary Artist,Keyboards,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background),Banjo,Vocals,Clapping
Jessica Blackwell   Strings
Perry Coleman   Vocals (Background)
Jimmie Lee Sloas   Bass
Jennifer Kummer   French Horn
Bradley Smith   Piano,Vocals (Background)
Tony Lucido   Bass
Jerry McPherson   E-Bow,Guitar (Electric)
Carolyn Wann Bailey   Strings
Charlie Judge   Keyboards,Piano,Strings
Mike Johnson   Guitar (Steel)
Emily Nelson   Strings
Jon Stone   Vocals,Clapping,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Travis Bettis   Guitar (Electric)
Jun Iwasaki   Strings
Maggie Rose   Vocals (Background)
Mark Hill   Bass
Ben Glover   Vocals (Background)
Hari Bernstein   Strings
Patrick Walle   French Horn
Adrienne Harmon   Strings
Charles Kenneth Dixon   Strings
Chip Esten   Vocals,Clapping
Donnie Marple   Drums
Kelley Norris   Vocals (Background)
Nir "Z" Zidkyahu   Drums
Paul Rippee   Bass
Sara Brice   Talking
Sarighandi D Reist   Strings
Russell Terrell   Vocals (Background)
Tom Bukovac   Guitar (Electric)
Greg Morrow   Drums
Chad Cromwell   Drums
Jeff King   Guitar (Electric)
Russ Pahl   Guitar (Steel)
Eric Darkin   Percussion
Derek Wells   Guitar (Electric)
Phillip Lammonds   Guitar (Acoustic)
Miles McPherson   Drums
Kevin Grant   Bass
Pat McGrath   Guitar (Acoustic)
Tim Lauer   Keyboards
Jason Webb   Piano,Keyboards

Technical Credits

Justin Niebank   Programming,Mixing,Engineer
Ashley Gorley   Composer
Rhett Akins   Composer
Lance Miller   Composer
Drew Bollman   Engineer,Assistant
Dan Frizsell   Mixing,Engineer,Programming
Hillary Lindsey   Composer
Andrew Mendelson   Mastering
Clarke Schleicher   Mixing
Josh Kear   Composer
Joe Don Rooney   Composer
Mark Irwin   Composer
Rodney Clawson   Composer
Charlie Judge   Programming,Overdub Engineer,Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements,Engineer
Jon Stone   Composer,Producer
Joseph Llanes   Photography
Nicole Witt   Composer
Leland Elliott   Assistant
Ryan Smith   Photography
Thomas Rhett   Composer
Chris Tompkins   Composer
Adam Grover   Assistant
Lee Brice   Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements,Composer,Engineer,Producer
Adam Taylor   Editing,Assistant,Overdub Engineer
Ben Glover   Composer
Blair Munday   Art Direction
Gena Johnson   Assistant
Benjamin Plewes   Assistant
Charles Kenneth Dixon   Copyist
Kellen Oelksak   Assistant
Kelly Norman   Engineer
Jason Webb   Programming
Ed Hill   Composer
Shane McAnally   Composer
Vicky McGehee   Composer
Dallas Davidson   Composer
David Frasier   Composer
Joe Leathers   Composer
Kyle Jacobs   Composer,Producer
Rob Hatch   Composer
Paige Conners   Production Coordination
Phillip Lammonds   Composer
Natthaphol Abhigantaphand   Assistant
Daniel Bacigalupi   Assistant
Matt McClure   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Programming,Overdub Engineer
Kevin Harper   Assistant
Benji Peck   Design
Billy Montana   Composer