Still Feels Good is the fifth studio album by American country music group Rascal Flatts. It was released September 25, 2007, via Lyric Street Records. The album sold 2,192,000 copies in the United States up to May 2009 and was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA. Target stores released a bonus five-track CD along with Still Feels Good which includes four songs written by the group as well as a remix of their 2006 single "My Wish". The album produced five singles on the U.S. BillboardHot Country Songs charts. The first single, "Take Me There", was co-written by Kenny Chesney and reached number one on the country charts in mid-2007. The second and third singles, "Winner at a Losing Game" and "Every Day", both peaked at number 2. "Bob That Head", the album's fourth single, made the Top 20 at number 15. The fifth and final single, "Here", also reached number one.
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Critical reception
Critical response was mixed for the album. Giving the album three out of four stars, People magazine said "these boys know how to give today's country-pop fans what they want." Rolling Stone said "These Buffett-style party boys know what makes them the biggest group alive: songs about trucks and songs about girls," and gave the album three out of five stars. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic, who also gave the album a three-out-of-five rating, said "Everything on Still Feels Good sounds finebut few songs stand out and grab attention". Entertainment Weekly critic Ken Tucker gave the album a C rating, saying "this is emo-country arena rock with a twangthe music of Still Feels Good presents not beautiful losers but manipulative wimps." A positive review came from Ken Tucker of Billboard, who wrote that the band "takes some convincing new detours". His review highlighted "Winner at a Losing Game", "She Goes All the Way", "Bob That Head" and "It's Not Supposed to Go Like That" as sounding different from previous Rascal Flatts songs.
Chart performance
Album
The album sold 547,000 copies in its first week of release, topping both the U.S. Country Album chart and the Billboard 200. It is their third consecutive album to hit number one in the U.S. After one week at number one, it fell to number two with about 168,000 copies sold. Still Feels Good sold 2,192,000 copies in the United States up to May 2009 was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA.
Still Feels Good produced five singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. The first single, "Take Me There" spent three weeks at number one. Shortly after the album's release, the bonus track "Revolution" reached number 57 based on unsolicited airplay. Following "Take Me There" was "Winner at a Losing Game", the first single of Rascal Flatts' career to be written exclusively by the group's three members. Both it and the third single, "Every Day", reached number 2. "Bob That Head", the fourth single, was also the first group's first single to miss the Top 10 after peaking at number 15. "Here" followed in September 2008 and became their ninth number one hit in January 2009.
