{{more citations needed|date=February 2011}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Sinners Like Me | type = studio | artist = Eric Church | cover = Sinnerslikeme.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2006|7|18}} | recorded = 2005–06 | venue = | studio = | genre = Country | length = 47:05 | label = Capitol Nashville | producer = Jay Joyce | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Carolina | next_year = 2009 | misc = {{Singles | name = Sinners Like Me | type = studio | single1 = How 'Bout You | single1date = January 30, 2006 | single2 = Two Pink Lines | single2date = August 28, 2006 | single3 = Guys Like Me | single3date = January 22, 2007 | single4 = Sinners Like Me | single4date = September 10, 2007 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r843440|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Sinners Like Me'' review|last=Sterling|first=Todd|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=July 3, 2011}}</ref> | rev2 = Country Standard Time | rev2Score = <ref name="cst">{{cite web|url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=2988|title=Eric Church - ''Sinners Like Me''|last=Remz|first=Jeffrey B.|publisher=Country Standard Time|accessdate=July 3, 2011}}</ref> | rev3 = Slant Magazine | rev3Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="slant">{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/eric-church-sinners-like-me/883|title=Eric Church: ''Sinners Like Me''|last=Keefe|first=Jonathan|date=11 July 2006 |publisher=Slant Magazine|accessdate=July 3, 2011}}</ref> | noprose = yes }}

'''''Sinners Like Me''''' is the debut studio album from American country music artist Eric Church. It was released on July 18, 2006, through Capitol Records Nashville. Singles released from the album include "How 'Bout You", "Two Pink Lines", "Guys Like Me", and the title track, which respectively reached No. 14, No. 19, No. 17 and No. 51 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Although not released as a single, the track "Lightning" was made into a music video, which aired on the networks CMT and GAC. The album has sold 590,000 copies in the US as of November 29, 2013,<ref name=sales>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/eric-church-the-billboard-cover-story-5800892/ |first=Deborah Evans |last=Price |title=Eric Church: The Billboard Cover Story |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=November 29, 2013 |access-date=December 3, 2013}}</ref> and it was certified Platinum by the RIAA for a million units in combined sales and streams on April 29, 2019.<ref name=RIAA />

==Track listing== {{track listing | all_writing = Eric Church, with additional co-writers as noted | title1 = Before She Does | writer1 = {{hlist|Trent Willmon|Jeremy Spillman}} | length1 = 3:19 | title2 = Sinners Like Me | writer2 = {{hlist|Spillman}} | length2 = 3:52 | title3 = How 'Bout You | writer3 = {{hlist|Brett Beavers|Brandon Church}} | length3 = 3:49 | title4 = These Boots | writer4 = {{hlist|Michael P. Heeney}} | length4 = 3:48 | title5 = What I Almost Was | writer5 = {{hlist|Heeney}} | length5 = 3:21 | title6 = The Hard Way | writer6 = {{hlist|Heeney|Casey Beathard}} | length6 = 3:32 | title7 = Guys Like Me | writer7 = {{hlist|Deric Ruttan}} | length7 = 3:11 | title8 = Lightning | writer8 = | length8 = 5:14 | title9 = Can't Take It with You | writer9 = {{hlist|Marla Cannon-Goodman|Beathard}} | length9 = 4:24 | title10 = Pledge Allegiance to the Hag | note10 = featuring Merle Haggard | writer10 = {{hlist|Beavers}} | length10 = 4:25 | title11 = Two Pink Lines | writer11 = {{hlist|Victoria Shaw}} | length11 = 3:27 | title12 = Livin' Part of Life | writer12 = {{hlist|Liz Rose|Walt Wilkins}} | length12 = 4:29 |total_length = 47:05 }}

==Personnel== {{div col}} *Casey Beathard – choir *Brett Beavers – choir *Richard Bennett – electric guitar *Katherine Blasingame – choir *Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar *Caldwell County Choir – choir *Brandon Church – choir *Eric Church – choir, lead vocals *Perry Coleman – background vocals *Dan Dugmore – dobro, pedal steel guitar *Chris Feinstein – bass guitar *Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar *Merle Haggard – vocals on "Pledge Allegiance to the Hag" *Jason Hall – tuba *Aubrey Haynie – fiddle *Kevin Heeney – choir *Michael Heeney – choir *Sean Heeney – choir *Mark Hill – bass guitar *Jay Joyce – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, piano *Wally Mitchum – choir *Patricia Norman – choir *Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar *Mickey Raphael – harmonica *Giles Reaves – djembe, marimbula, pump organ, shaker *Tammy Rogers – fiddle *Mindy Smith – background vocals *Ed Smoak – choir *Jeremy Spillman – choir *Bryan Sutton – banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin *Russell Terrell – background vocals *Chris Thile – mandolin *Jay Williams – choir *Craig Wright – cajón, drums {{div col end}}

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===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Chart (2006) ! Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|29|artist=Eric Church|accessdate=August 2, 2020}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCountry|7|artist=Eric Church|accessdate=August 2, 2020}} |}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Chart (2007) ! Position |- | US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2007|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=August 2, 2020}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| 72 |} {{col-2}} {{col-end}}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Sinners Like Me|artist=Eric Church|award=Platinum|relyear=2006|certyear=2019|refname=RIAA}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}

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==External links== *[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r843440|pure_url=yes}} ''Sinners Like Me''] at Allmusic

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