100 Proof (album)

May 2025 100 Proof studio Kellie Pickler Kellie Pickler - 100 Proof.jpg 2012 1 24 Ben Folds' Recording Studio, Nashville, TN Country 34:44 BNA, 19, XIX Frank LiddellLuke Wooten Kellie Pickler 2008 The Woman I Am 2013 100 Proof studio Tough June 13, 2011 100 Proof April 16, 2012 100 Proof is the third studio album by American country music artist Kellie Pickler. It was released on January 24, 2012.http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1673492/kellie-picklers-new-album-due-jan-24.jhtml https://web.archive.org/web/20120225195038/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1673492/kellie-picklers-new-album-due-jan-24.jhtml dead February 25, 2012 Kellie Pickler's New Album Due Jan. 24 31 October 2011 CMT 6 January 2012 The album includes the single "Tough". The title track, was released exclusively on iTunes on December 20, 2011. The album sold 27,000 copies in the first week, and is the highest-charting album of Pickler's career on the Billboard 200 and the Digital Albums chart.April 2012 Reception Critical 80/100http://www.metacritic.com/music/100-proof/kellie-pickler/critic-reviews Critic Reviews for 100 Proof Metacritic January 24, 2012 CBS Interactive April 1, 2013 About.com 4 5http://countrymusic.about.com/od/kellliepickler/fr/Kellie-Pickler-100-Proof-Album-Review.htm Kellie Pickler - '100 Proof' Album Review Silva Robert About.com April 1, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130401234604/http://countrymusic.about.com/od/kellliepickler/fr/Kellie-Pickler-100-Proof-Album-Review.htm 2013-04-01 dead AllMusic 4 5 Country Universe 4 5http://www.countryuniverse.net/2012/01/24/album-review-kellie-pickler-100-proof/ Album Review: Kellie Pickler, 100 Proof Foster Ben January 24, 2012 Country Universe May 23, 2012 Entertainment Weekly B+https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20574412,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120718033004/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20574412,00.html dead July 18, 2012 Albums: Jan. 27, 2012 Rahman Ray January 20, 2013 Entertainment Weekly April 1, 2013 MSN Music (Expert Witness) B+http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/expert-witness-blogpost.aspx?post=2e1c6a79-8d7a-4f0c-8d8d-9e3007b42f4f Ashley Monroe/Kellie Pickler Christgau Robert MSN Music, Expert Witness April 1, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130315083912/https://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/expert-witness-blogpost.aspx?post=2e1c6a79-8d7a-4f0c-8d8d-9e3007b42f4f March 15, 2013 Roughstock 5 5 Slant Magazine 3.5 5 Taste of Country 4 5http://tasteofcountry.com/kellie-pickler-100-proof-album/ Kellie Pickler, '100 Proof' – Album Review Dukes Billy Taste of Country January 25, 2012 May 23, 2012 Upon its release, 100 Proof received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 6 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Rolling Stone listed 100 Proof as one of the five best country albums of 2012, and called Pickler "an unlikely trad-country heroine. But 100 Proof may be the best traditionalist album of the year. Pickler wraps her big, lustrous voice around old-fashioned honky tonk, rollicking road stories and big ballads, all produced with a perfect balance of throwback twang and contemporary sheen."https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/best-country-albums-of-2012-20121207 Best Country Albums of 2012 Rolling Stone December 7, 2012 April 1, 2013 Stephen Thomas Erlewine with AllMusic gave it a four star rating, calling it "potent and straight, [it] hits harder than anything she's done before. [...] 100 Proof is the album where Kellie Pickler stops being a TV star and turns into a genuine recording artist: it's an album that's not just good when graded on a curve, but good by any measure."album r2322204/review yes 100 Proof - Kellie Pickler - Allmusic Erlewine Stephen Thomas AllMusic January 25, 2012 Rating it three stars out of five, Country Weekly writer Jessica Nicholson said that "it's clear that the American Idol alum has matured". She also praised Pickler's performance on "Tough" and "Unlock That Honky Tonk", and thought that the production was more traditional-sounding than mainstream country.http://www.countryweekly.com/reviews/100-proof-kellie-pickler 100 Proof : Kellie Pickler Nicholson Jessica Country Weekly January 23, 2012 January 25, 2012 Taste of Country's Billy Dukes rated the album four stars, and affirmed that with respect to this album "she should (and is) proud of, but almost more exciting is how this underestimated singer will slink into the traditional country genre on the next album and the one after that, and the one after that", which this "Kellie Pickler 2.0 is an upgrade that will make her a viable star for years to come." At Entertainment Weekly, Ray Rahman graded the album a B+, and found that "Proof is her meatiest, most adventurous output yet." In addition, MSN Music's Robert Christgau graded it a B+, and prefaced that "American Idol haunts this artistic breakthrough, a sense that she'll always sing what she's told no matter how many composition credits she bags", which she got six, "but if making nice comes all too naturally, the ones about the daughter she doesn't have and the father she was stuck with say that love is something she's willing to tough out." Jonathan Keefe with Slant Magazine gave a three and-a-half rating, calling it a very good album saying it "100 Proof isn't a great album, but it's certainly a very good one, and it boasts a strong traditionalist bent. Though the album lacks a cohesive through line or consistent depth of material that would make for something more accomplished and challenging, it's a deeply personal record that explores country music's conventions in a creative, respectful way and gives Pickler ample opportunity to prove her chops as an interpretive singer. Whether or not the album allows her to boost her commercial profile remains to be seen, but it proves that Pickler is capable of far more than she has previously let on".https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/kellie-pickler-100-proof/2715 Kellie Pickler - 100 Proof Keefe Jonathan Slant Magazine January 22, 2012 January 25, 2012 Giving it 5 stars, Dan MacIntosh with Roughstock was in high praise of the "traditional country" sound on the album saying "This may be her third release/try to get it right, but she succeeds with flying colors; if 100 Proof is any indication of her musical future, Kellie Pickler is now an artistic force to be reckoned with".http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/album-review-kellie-pickler-100-proof Kellie Pickler - 100 Proof MacIntosh Dan Roughstock January 17, 2012 January 25, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120124041209/http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/album-review-kellie-pickler-100-proof 2012-01-24 dead About.com's Robert Silva rated the album a four star, and he said that the "bottom line" with respect to this album that he "never expected Pickler to produce this good of an album. With 100 Proof, she takes a step forward from a crowd of sound-alikes. If Pickler lacks the fire and clever songwriting of Miranda Lambert, she nevertheless rivals Lambert's most recent record for pure start-to-stop listening pleasure." At Country Universe, Ben Foster rated the album four stars, and praised that "there is much that 100 Proof gets right", which was done "by placing Pickler in the musical environment that suits her best, and giving her a strong batch of song material". Furthermore, Forster found that "100 Proof demonstrates that Pickler’s potential is significantly greater than her previous efforts suggested", and that truly "without a doubt, 100 Proof is Pickler’s strongest album to date". Accolades +Best albums lists Publication Rank List Taste of Country 64 100 Best Albums of 2000s http://tasteofcountry.com/best-country-albums-2000s/ 100 Best Albums of the 2000s Track listing Where's Tammy Wynette Jimmy Ritchey, Don Poythress, Leslie Satcher 2:42 Unlock That Honky Tonk Kellie Pickler, Satcher 3:38 Stop Cheatin' on Me Morgane Hayes, Liz Rose, Chris Stapleton 2:48 Long as I Never See You Again Pickler, Dean Dillon, Dale Dodson 3:44 Tough Satcher 2:49 Turn On the Radio and Dance Pickler, Satcher 3:13 Mother's Day Pickler, Kyle Jacobs 3:41 Rockaway (The Rockin' Chair Song) Pickler, Barry Dean, Brent Cobb 3:04 Little House On the Highway Rodney Clawson, Natalie Hemby 3:13 100 Proof James T. Slater, Satcher 3:46 The Letter (To Daddy) Dodson, Dillon, Pickler 2:06 iTunes bonus track Arm Candy Pickler, Hemby 4:25 Personnel Richard Bennett - acoustic guitar Chad Cromwell - drums, percussion Eric Darken - percussion Glen Duncan - fiddle, acoustic guitar, mandolin Paul Franklin - steel guitar Morgane Hayes - background vocals Wes Hightower - background vocals Jay Joyce - keyboards Rob McNelley - electric guitar Gordon Mote - piano Kellie Pickler - lead vocals Randy Scruggs - acoustic guitar Chris Stapleton - background vocals Jimmy Stewart - background vocals Ilya Toshinsky - banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, resonator guitar, mandolin Luke Wooten - electric guitar Glenn Worf - bass guitar Chart performance Weekly charts Chart (2012) PeakpositionBillboard200 7 Kellie Pickler true April 19, 2021BillboardCountry 2 Kellie Pickler true April 19, 2021 Year-end charts Chart (2012) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/top-country-albums Top Country Albums – Year-End 2012 Billboard April 19, 2021 57 Singles Year Single Peak chartpositions US Countrykellie pickler Country Songs Kellie Pickler Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs Billboard Prometheus Global Media January 14, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110113113616/http://www.billboard.com/ 13 January 2011 USBubbling Under Hot 100 Week of July 9, 2011 http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/11972977 Billboard Prometheus Global Media September 13, 2012 October 9, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121009174429/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/11972977 dead 2011 "Tough"A 30 119 2012 "100 Proof" 50 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart ADid not enter the Hot 100 but charted on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles. References 30em Category:2012 albums Category:BNA Records albums Category:19 Recordings albums Category:Kellie Pickler albums Category:Albums produced by Frank Liddell