Here's to the Good Times

Here's to the Good Times
Studio album by
Florida Georgia Line
ReleasedDecember 4, 2012 (2012-12-04)
Recorded2011–12
StudioCounty Q, Nashville, Tennessee

Big Loud Mountain Studios, Nashville, Tennessee

The Racket Room, Santa Ana, California[1]
GenreCountry
Length40:00
Label
ProducerJoey Moi
Florida Georgia Line chronology
It'z Just What We Do
(2012) 		Here's to the Good Times
(2012) 		Anything Goes
(2014)
Singles from Here's to the Good Times
  1. "Cruise"
    Released: August 6, 2012[2]
  2. "Get Your Shine On"
    Released: January 21, 2013[3]
  3. "Round Here"
    Released: June 3, 2013[4]
  4. "Stay"
    Released: October 7, 2013[5]
"Here's to the Good Times... This Is How We Roll"
Cover for deluxe album.
Singles from Here's to the Good Times... This Is How We Roll
  1. "This Is How We Roll"
    Released: February 10, 2014[6]

Here's to the Good Times is the debut studio album by American country music duo Florida Georgia Line. It was released on December 4, 2012, by Republic Nashville.[7] The album includes the five tracks from their It'z Just What We Do EP, along with six new songs.[8] The deluxe edition, titled Here's to the Good Times… This Is How We Roll, was released on November 25, 2013.[9] The album was the sixth best-selling album of 2013 in the United States,[10] and became certified two-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on July 1, 2014.[11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[12]
Allmusic[13]
Music Is My Oxygen Weekly[14]
Roughstock[15]
Taste of Country[16]

Here's to the Good Times has received generally positive reviews by music critics. Robert Silva of About.com found that the album "may not be built to last, but it's built to be blast."[12] Allmusic's Steve Leggett told that the release is "based on summer energy, drinking beer, taking shots, driving back roads, and the romantic glories and possibilities of Friday and Saturday nights with nothing to do but look for those good times."[13] At Music Is My Oxygen Weekly, Rob Burkhardt evoked that "Here’s To the Good Times is only going to add to Florida Georgia Line’s rapidly growing popularity."[14] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock praised the album because "is chock full of hits", and said that "it's the work of a band who not only has captured an audience seemingly overnight but also has the potential to be the biggest duo in Country Music".[15]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Top Country Albums, and No. 10 on the Billboard 200 with 63,000 copies sold in the United States.[17] The album eventually reached No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart in June 2013.[18]

The album was the sixth best-selling album of 2013 in the United States, with 1,350,000 copies sold for the year.[10] The album was certified double Platinum by the RIAA on July 1, 2014,[11] and reached its 2 million sales mark in August 2014.[19] As of April 2017, the album has sold 2,367,400 copies in the US.[20]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cruise"
3:28
2."Round Here"
3:35
3."Get Your Shine On"
  • Hubbard
  • Kelley
  • Clawson
  • Tompkins
3:42
4."Here's to the Good Times"
  • Clawson
  • Tompkins
  • Lynn Hutton
4:10
5."It'z Just What We Do"
  • Hubbard
  • Kelley
  • Clawson
3:38
6."Stay"
  • Moi
  • John Fred Young
  • Chris Robertson
  • Jon Lawhon
  • Ben Wells
3:19
7."Hell Raisin' Heat of the Summer"
3:33
8."Tell Me How You Like It"
  • Hubbard
  • Kelley
  • Tompkins
3:46
9."Tip It Back"
  • Hubbard
  • Kelley
  • Clawson
3:44
10."Dayum, Baby" (featuring Sarah Buxton)
3:25
11."Party People" (featuring Jaren Johnston)
3:39
Total length:40:00
This Is How We Roll
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."This Is How We Roll" (featuring Luke Bryan)
3:40
13."Take It Out on Me"
3:29
14."People Back Home"
4:02
15."Headphones"
3:44
16."Hands on You"
3:11
17."Cruise (Remix)" (featuring Nelly)
3:28
Target exclusive bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."What Are You Drinking About"
  • Hubbard
  • Kelley
  • Wiseman
3:39
13."Country In My Soul"
  • Hubbard
  • Kelley
  • Jennifer Zuffinetti
3:28
iTunes deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Cruise" (Live from Joe's Bar, Chicago 2012)
  • Hubbard
  • Kelley
  • Moi
  • C. Rice
  • J. Rice
3:52
13."Round Here" (Live from Joe's Bar, Chicago 2012)
  • Clawson
  • Tompkins
  • Rhett
4:05
14."Tip It Back" (Live from Joe's Bar, Chicago 2012)
  • Hubbard
  • Kelley
  • Clawson
3:48
15."Cruise" (Music Video) 3:32
16."Round Here" (Live from Joe's Bar, Chicago 2012 Video) 4:05
17."Tip It Back" (Live from Joe's Bar, Chicago 2012 Video) 3:48
  • The Target bonus tracks were also included on the Target edition of Here's to the Good Times... This Is How We Roll as tracks 18 and 19.

Personnel

Florida Georgia Line
  • Tyler Hubbard - vocals
  • Brian Kelley - vocals
Additional Musicians

Chart performance

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