Bringing Back the Sunshine

Bringing Back the Sunshine
Studio album by
Blake Shelton
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2014
Recorded2014
GenreCountry
Length42:48
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
ProducerScott Hendricks
Blake Shelton chronology
Based on a True Story...
(2013) 		Bringing Back the Sunshine
(2014) 		Reloaded: 20#1 Hits
(2015)
Singles from Bringing Back the Sunshine
  1. "Neon Light"
    Released: August 18, 2014
  2. "Lonely Tonight"
    Released: November 17, 2014
  3. "Sangria"
    Released: April 6, 2015
  4. "Gonna"
    Released: August 3, 2015

Bringing Back the Sunshine is the ninth studio album by American country music singer Blake Shelton. The album was released on September 30, 2014, by Warner Bros. Nashville.[1][2] The album was produced by Shelton's longtime producer Scott Hendricks.[3] "Neon Light," the album's lead-off single, was released on August 18, 2014.[4] The album's second single, "Lonely Tonight", received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(62/100)[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Billboard[7]
Calgary Herald(mixed)[8]
Country WeeklyB[9]
PopMatters[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Roughstock(favorable)[12]
Taste of Country(favorable)[13]
Country Universe[14]
  1. ^ Blake Shelton (1 August 2014). "Pre-order Blake's new album". Twitter. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Blake Shelton Announces New Album 'Bringing Back the Sunshine'". Billboard. Mitchell Peters. August 3, 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Blake Shelton Announces New Album, Plays Epic Beach Gig @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook". 1 August 2014. The Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  4. ^ "You know what calls for a drink?". Twitter. Blake Shelton. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ^ Metacritic (September 30, 2014). "Critic Reviews for Bringing Back the Sunshine".
  6. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (September 30, 2014). "Bringing Back the Sunshine - Blake Shelton". AllMusic. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Billboard review was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ McCall, Michael. "Music Review: Grown-up Blake Shelton shines on new album 'Bringing Back the Sunshine'". Calgary Herald. The Associated Press. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  9. ^ Jon Freeman (October 7, 2014). "Bringing Back the Sunshine by Blake Shelton". Country Weekly. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014.
  10. ^ Kevin Catchpole (October 1, 2014). "Blake Shelton: Bringing Back the Sunshine". PopMatters. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  11. ^ Jon Dolan (October 21, 2014). "Bringing Back the Sunshine". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015.
  12. ^ Matt Bjorke (September 27, 2014). "Blake Shelton - Brining Back The Sunshine". Roughstock. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  13. ^ Taste of Country staff (October 1, 2014). "Album Spotlight: Blake Shelton, 'Bringing Back the Sunshine'". Taste of Country. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  14. ^ Jonathan Keefe (January 13, 2015). "Album Review: Blake Shelton, Bringing Back the Sunshine". Country Universe. Retrieved February 12, 2024.