Experiment (album)

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Experiment | type = studio | artist = Kane Brown | cover = Kane brown experiment.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2018|11|9}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = * Country * R&B | length = 39:19 | label = RCA Nashville | producer = Dann Huff | prev_title = Kane Brown | prev_year = 2016 | next_title = Mixtape, Vol. 1 | next_year = 2020 | misc = {{Singles | name = Experiment | type = studio | single1 = Lose It | single1date = June 25, 2018 | single2 = Good as You | single2date = January 7, 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/country/future-releases |title=Future Releases for Country Radio Stations |website=All Access|date=December 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223055859/https://www.allaccess.com/country/future-releases|archive-date=December 23, 2018|access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref> | single4 = Homesick | single4date = August 5, 2019 }} }} '''''Experiment''''' is the second studio album by American country music singer Kane Brown. It was released on November 9, 2018, through RCA Records Nashville. The album includes the single "Lose It" and twelve other songs. ''Experiment'' was nominated for American Music Award for Favorite Country Album.

==Content== Brown co-wrote all but one track on the album. In advance of the album, the tracks "Homesick", "Short Skirt Weather", and "Good as You" were released digitally.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8484268/kane-brown-experiment-stream-it-now | title=Kane Brown Unveils Sophomore Album 'Experiment': Stream It Now | magazine=Billboard | access-date=10 November 2018}}</ref> "Lose It" was the album's first radio single.<ref name="boot">{{cite web | url=http://theboot.com/kane-brown-second-album-information-details/ | title=Everything We Know About Kane Brown's Sophomore Album, 'Experiment' | work=The Boot | access-date=10 November 2018}}</ref> Dann Huff, who co-produced Brown's debut album, is also the producer on ''Experiment''. Brown said that he wanted to introduce new sounds on the album and introduce "more energy" to his style.<ref name="boot"/> "American Bad Dream" is a song that Brown wrote about the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. Brown said that he took inspiration from his grandmother, who was a police detective.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://tasteofcountry.com/kane-brown-american-bad-dream-gun-violence-interview/ | title=Kane Brown Is Ready to Defend 'American Bad Dream,' a Song About Gun Violence | work=Taste of Country | access-date=10 November 2018}}</ref>

==Critical reception== Giving it 4 out of 5 stars, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic found Brown's singing and songwriting superior to his 2016 debut album, while also noting influences of contemporary R&B and arena rock.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/experiment-mw0003214040 | title=''Experiment'' | work=Allmusic | access-date=November 10, 2018}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' reviewer Maura Johnston rated it 3.5 out of 5 stars, highlighting "American Bad Dream" as the "emotional center" while also noting the variety of musical influences and the "confidence" in Brown's delivery.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-kane-brown-forges-his-own-path-to-country-stardom-on-experiment-754169/ | title=Review: Kane Brown Forges His Own Path to Country Stardom on 'Experiment' | magazine=Rolling Stone | access-date=November 10, 2018}}</ref>

==Commercial performance== ''Experiment'' debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 124,000 album-equivalent units (including 105,000 pure album sales), making it Brown's first US number-one album, and the third country album to top the chart in 2018.<ref name="BB200">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/kane-brown-experiment-billboard-200-chart-no-1/|title=Kane Brown Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Experiment'|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=November 18, 2018|access-date=November 19, 2018}}</ref> The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on March 18, 2019, and Platinum on March 17, 2020.<ref name=RIAA /> As of March 2020, the album has sold 242,400 copies,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2020/03/44170-country-musics-most-consumed-albums-chart-march-9-2020 |title=Country Music's Most-Consumed Albums Chart: March 9, 2020 |first= Matt |last=Bjorke |date= March 9, 2020 |work=Roughstock |access-date=March 23, 2020 }}</ref> with 886,000 units in combined sales, tracks and streams consumed in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2020/03/44170-country-musics-most-consumed-albums-chart-march-9-2020 |title=Country Music's Most-Consumed Albums Chart: March 9, 2020 |first= Matt |last=Bjorke |date= March 9, 2020 |work=Roughstock |access-date=March 23, 2020 }}</ref>

==Track listing== All tracks are produced by Dann Huff.{{Track listing | total_length = 39:19 | title1 = Baby Come Back to Me | writer1 = {{hlist|Kane Brown|Chase McGill|Matt McGinn|Will Weatherly}} | length1 = 3:47 | title2 = Good as You | writer2 = {{hlist|Brown|Brock Berryhill|Shy Carter|Taylor Phillips|Weatherly}} | length2 = 3:12 | title3 = Lose It | writer3 = {{hlist|Brown|McGill|Weatherly}} | length3 = 2:59 | title4 = It Ain't You It's Me | writer4 = {{hlist|Brown|Berryhill|Josh Hoge|Phillips}} | length4 = 3:11 | title5 = Short Skirt Weather | writer5 = {{hlist|Brown|McGill|Weatherly}} | length5 = 3:14 | title6 = Homesick | writer6 = {{hlist|Brown|Berryhill|McGinn|Phillips}} | length6 = 3:25 | title7 = Weekend | writer7 = {{hlist|Brown|McGill|Weatherly}} | length7 = 3:47 | title8 = Work | writer8 = {{hlist|Brown|Sam Ellis|Hoge}} | length8 = 3:06 | title9 = One Night Only | writer9 = {{hlist|Brown|Corey Crowder|Hoge|McGinn}} | length9 = 3:12 | title10 = My Where I Come From | writer10 = {{hlist|Brown|McGill|McGinn|Weatherly}} | length10 = 3:02 | title11 = American Bad Dream | writer11 = {{hlist|Brown|Ellis|Hoge|McGill}} | length11 = 3:18 | title12 = Live Forever | writer12 = {{hlist|Ellis|Jon Green|Laura Veltz}} | length12 = 3:06 | all_writing = }} {{track listing | headline = {{nowrap|''Experiment Extended (Digital/Streaming only)''}} | title13 = Lost in the Middle of Nowhere | note13 = featuring Becky G | writer13 = {{hlist|Brown|Jesse Frasure|Jon Nite|Lauren Alaina}} | length13 = 3:09 | title14 = Like a Rodeo | writer14 = {{hlist|Brown|Jordan Schmidt|Jacob Kasher|Derrick Southerland}} | length14 = 3:22 | title15 = For My Daughter | writer15 = {{hlist|Brown|McGill|Tom Douglas}} | length15 = 3:44 }}

==Personnel==

*Kane Brown – lead vocals *Dann Huff – bouzouki, dobro, electric guitar, gut string guitar, keyboards, piano, programming, sitar, soloist *Brock Berryhill – programming *Ben Caver – backing vocals *Corey Crowder – programming *Charles Dixon – strings *Stuart Duncan – fiddle *Sam Ellis – programming *Paul Franklin – steel guitar *Becky G – featured vocals on "Lost in the Middle of Nowhere" *David Huff – programming *Charlie Judge – keyboards, programming, string arrangements, synthesizer *Russ Pahl – steel guitar *Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar *Aaron Sterling – drums, tambour *Russell Terrell – background vocals *Ilya Toshinsky – banjo, bouzouki, dobro, acoustic guitar, resonator guitar, mandolin *Will Weatherly – programming *Derek Wells – electric guitar, slide guitar

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2018) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Australia|33|artist=Kane Brown|album=Experiment|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 17, 2018}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCanada|17|artist=Kane Brown|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 20, 2018}} |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref name="BB200"/> | 1 |- {{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Kane Brown|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 20, 2018}} |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2019) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Top Country Albums (''ARIA'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2019/country-albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 50 Country Albums for 2019|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=January 15, 2021}}</ref> | 17 |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> | 42 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 12, 2019}}</ref> | 3 |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2020) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Top Country Albums (''ARIA'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2020/country-albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 50 Country Albums for 2020|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=January 15, 2021}}</ref> | 8 |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> | 112 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 17, 2020}}</ref> | 9 |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Country Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2021/country-albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 50 Country Albums for 2021|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref> | 18 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 12, 2021}}</ref> | 77 |} {{col-end}}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|award=Platinum|artist=Kane Brown|title=Experiment|relyear=2018|certyear=2021|access-date=14 December 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|award=Platinum|artist=Kane Brown|title=Experiment|refname=RIAA|relyear=2018|certyear=2020|access-date=August 12, 2022}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=ture|noshipments=ture|streaming=true}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:2018 albums Category:Kane Brown albums Category:RCA Records albums Category:Albums produced by Dann Huff

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