''Sitting Pretty on Top of the World'' is the third studio album by American

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singer

Lauren Alaina Lauren Alaina Kristine Suddeth (born November 8, 1994) is an American singer and songwriter from Rossville, Georgia. She was the runner-up on the tenth season of ''American Idol.'' Her debut studio album, ''Wildflower,'' was released on October ...

. It was released in September 2021 via

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Content

The album consists of fifteen songs, fourteen of which Alaina co-wrote. Two singles, " Getting Good" and the

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duet " Getting Over Him", were released prior to the album. Both of these appeared on

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s prior to the album's release; on ''Sitting Pretty on Top of the World'', "Getting Good" was remixed as a duet with

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. Paul DiGiovanni and David Garcia produced the album.

Critical reception

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rated the album three stars out of five, stating that "as a collection of individual tracks, ''Sitting Pretty on Top of the World'' hits its target squarely in the middle of the road: it's adult contemporary country where Alaina feels equally at home on the light pop tunes and melodramatic showstoppers."

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from album's liner notes. Musicians *

– lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (all tracks) * Dave Cohen – keyboards (track 3) *Paul DiGiovanni –

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

(track 9),

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups ...

(tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14), keyboards (tracks 2, 4, 5, 8, 10-15), programming (all tracks except 3), background vocals (tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15) *Jacob Durrett – programming (track 13) *Jeneé Fleenor –

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(track 9) * David Garcia – electric guitar (track 3), keyboards (track 3), programming (track 3) *

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– duet vocals (track 7) *Ben Johnson – programming (track 9) *

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– background vocals (tracks 1, 4, 8, 14) *Tony Lucido –

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(tracks 6, 9) *Miles McPherson –

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(track 3) *Rob McNelley – electric guitar (track 3) *

– duet vocals (track 9) *Jordan Reynolds – programming (track 5) *

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– bass guitar (tracks 1-5, 8, 10-15) * Ernest K. Smith – background vocals (track 13) *

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– acoustic guitar (all tracks except 7) *

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– electric guitar (all tracks except 7) *Alex Wright – keyboards (all tracks except 3) *

– duet vocals (track 3) *

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. – drums (all tracks except 3 & 7) Production *Joel McKenney – assistant engineering (all tracks except 3) *

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– vocal recording (all tracks except 3) *Jim Cooley – engineering, mixing (all tracks except 3) *Adam Ayan – mastering (all tracks except 3) *Jeff Balding – engineering (track 3) *David Garcia – vocal recording (track 3) *

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– mixing (track 3) *

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– mastering (track 3) Imagery *Karen Naff – art direction *Wendy Stamberger – design *Katie Kauss – photography *Amber Cannon, Meri Fernandes – hair and makeup *Amber Lehman – wardrobe stylist *Kera Jackson – art production

Chart performance

References

{{Lauren Alaina 2021 albums Lauren Alaina albums Mercury Records albums