KELLIE PICKLER’S SELF-TITLED, SOPHOMORE ALBUM OUT SEPT. 30
NASHVILLE , TN – Almost two years since the release of her debut album, Small Town Girl,
which has sold nearly 800,000 copies, Kellie Pickler is set to release her self-titled,
sophomore album on September 30.
“I’m so excited and proud of the new album,” said Pickler. “I’ve learned so much since the first
album, like the fact that Budapest is the capital of Hungary ,” she laughed. “The material on the
new album is part small town girl, but also a reflection of the experiences I’ve had over the last
two years. I’ve matured, some, seen a lot more of the world, and naming the album Kellie
Pickler says, ‘this album is me, this is who I am and where I am,’” she continued.
The album’s lead single, “Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful,” is an up-tempo, positive
message about inner beauty and addresses the issues of body image and societal
pressures on young women. Other songs on the album include “Best Days Of Your Life,” a
song she co-wrote with her pal Taylor Swift while on the road together last year. Taylor recently
joined Kellie in studio to record background vocals on the song.
The album will also feature “Rocks Instead Of Rice,” a song that Kellie wrote with “Before He
Cheats” writers Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear and has been performing on the road this
summer. It’s a tongue in cheek look at a woman at the wedding of a former boyfriend and how
much more gratifying the experience would be if the guests were throwing rocks instead of
rice.
Produced by Chris Lindsey, this album allowed Kellie to enjoy the process of making an
album, whereas Small Town Girl was recorded while Kellie was on the American Idol Tour, so
she didn’t have the ability to be as involved. With Kellie Pickler, she’s been part of the creative
process from the beginning, working with Lindsey on arrangements, instrumentation and
song selection.
Leading up the September 30 release of Kellie Pickler, she is spending the summer on tour
before co-hosting and performing on the CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock, which
will air on September 8 on ABC.
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