''Side Effects'' is the third solo studio album by Canadian

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artist

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, released on September 2, 2016 through

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. The album marks Smith's first full-length release to impact the American market. It includes the top-10 singles " Kids with Cars" and " One Little Kiss", as well as the chart-topping hits, "

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", "

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", " Sky Stays This Blue", and " Sleepin' Around". ''Side Effects'' set a new record as the first album by a Canadian country artist to generate four number-one singles.

Background

Following the success achieved in both Canada and the US with 2014's '' Lifted'', Smith signed an American record deal with Blaster Records in August 2015. He began working on a new album with producer Joey Moi, which would be his first full-length record to be released to both countries. The album's

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, " Kids with Cars", was released September 11, 2016. It was the first single of his career to officially impact mainstream country radio in the US, though it failed to chart in that country. On August 16, 2016,

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formally announced the title, cover art, release date, and track listing for ''Side Effects''. Pre-orders for the album began on August 19, 2016 and it was officially released September 2, 2016.

Commercial performance

''Side Effects'' debuted at number seven on the ''Billboard'' Canadian Albums chart, with 4,000

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s in its first week. This made the album Smith's first top ten entry and highest-charting record to date. It was also the Canadian country album with the largest first-week sales figure, according to

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and as reported by ''Top Country''. ''Side Effects'' sold 600 copies in the US in its debut week. The album failed to enter any American ''Billboard'' album charts, but did reach number 10 on the West North Central region-specific component chart of the

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tally.

Singles

Smith set a number of records with the singles released from ''Side Effects'', becoming the first Canadian male artist to earn four number one country singles, the first Canadian male artist to generate three number one country singles from one album ("

", "

", and " Sky Stays This Blue"), and the first Canadian country artist to post three consecutive number one country singles. The album's sixth single, " Sleepin' Around", also reached number one, making ''Side Effects'' the first album to produce four chart-topping singles and tying Smith with

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as the artists with the most career number ones.

Track listing

Personnel

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– electric guitar * Dave Cohen – keyboard *Scott Cooke – mixing, recording, digital editing,

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*Shannon Forrest – drums *Nick Lane – recording *Pete Lyman – mastering * Joey Moi – production, mixing, recording, electric guitar, background vocals, percussion programming *Jamie Moore – keyboard, percussion programming *Eivind Nordland – digital editing, engineering *Lloyd Aur Norman – art direction, design *Russ Pahl –

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*Chad Rook – photography *Delaney Royer – cover photo, photography *Adam Schoenfeld – electric guitar *

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– bass guitar *

– lead vocals, background vocals * Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar,

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– acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, mandolin * Nir Zidkyahu – drums

Charts

Album

Certifications

Notes

References

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