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Old Dominion
Old Dominion
EP by Old Dominion
Released	October 7, 2014; May 5, 2015 (re-release);
Genre	Country
Length	19:21
Label	ReeSmack Records, RCA Nashville
Producer	Shane McAnally
Old Dominion chronology
Singles from Old Dominion
	"Shut Me Up"; Released: 2014; "Break Up with Him"; Released: January 20, 2015;

Old Dominion is the second extended play by the American country music band of the same name. It was released on October 7, 2014 by ReeSmack Records and later re-released on May 5, 2015 by RCA Records. The original release of the EP has six tracks, while the re-release has only five tracks.^[1]^[2] Old Dominion was preceded by the band's self-released debut EP, It Was Always Yours, in 2012, and was followed by the band's debut album, Meat and Candy, in 2015.^[3] Four of the tracks on Old Dominion were re-issued as part of Meat and Candy.^[4]^[5]

The lead single from Old Dominion, "Shut Me Up", was released in 2014 as the band's debut single.^[6]^[7] It peaked at number 58 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.^[8] "Break Up with Him" was released as the second single from Old Dominion on January 20, 2015.^[9] It was re-released by RCA on May 11, 2015 as the lead single from Meat and Candy^[10] and topped the Country Airplay chart on November 14, 2015.^[11]

Old Dominion's third album is also self-titled and was released on October 25, 2019.^[12]

Content

Four of the tracks on Old Dominion's self-titled EP - "Break Up with Him", "Nowhere Fast", "Beer Can in a Truck Bed", and "Wrong Turns - were reissued as part of the band's 2015 debut album, Meat and Candy. The two tracks exclusive to the EP are "Shut Me Up" and "Dirt on a Road".^[5]^[6] The latter track is exclusive to the ReeSmack Records release of the EP.^[2]^[6]

Track listing

ReeSmack Records release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shut Me Up"	Andrew Dorff Matthew Ramsey Brad Tursi	2:51
2.	"Break Up with Him"	Ramsey Trevor Rosen Whit Sellers Geoff Sprung Tursi	3:28
3.	"Nowhere Fast"	Matt Jenkins Ramsey Rosen	3:09
4.	"Beer Can in a Truck Bed"	Jenkins Ramsey Rosen	3:22
5.	"Wrong Turns"	Jenkins Ramsey Rosen	3:30
6.	"Dirt on a Road"	Ramsey Rosen	3:01

RCA re-release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shut Me Up"	Dorff Ramsey Tursi	2:51
2.	"Break Up with Him"	Ramsey Rosen Sellers Sprung Tursi	3:28
3.	"Nowhere Fast"	Matt Jenkins Ramsey Rosen	3:09
4.	"Beer Can in a Truck Bed"	Jenkins Ramsey Rosen	3:22
5.	"Wrong Turns"	Jenkins Ramsey Rosen	3:30

Reception

After the ReeSmack Records release of Old Dominion's self-titled EP, Marissa R. Moss of Rolling Stone named the band one of the ten "most captivating newcomers" in country music.^[13] Highlighting the "twangy arena -rock of the EP's lead single, "Shut Me Up", she compared Old Dominion to Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Sam Hunt, and Parmalee, while writing, "They're building on the country-band blueprint set by the likes of Alabama and adding some fuzzy guitars, catchy licks and even a little rap that shoots for stadiums, not saloons."^[13]

After the RCA release of the EP, Timothy Monger of AllMusic called Old Dominion a "set of hooky, radio-ready songs" and felt that the band succeeded at mixing "a distinctly Nashville sound with plenty of rock energy, pop melodies, and even traces of hip-hop."^[4]