''We Were That Song'' is the third major label studio album recorded by Canadian

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singer

Brett Kissel Brett Kissel (born May 27, 1990) is a Canadian country music, country singer. He has achieved four number-one hits on the Canadian country chart with "Airwaves (Brett Kissel song), Airwaves", "Drink About Me", "A Few Good Stories", and "Make a L ...

. It was released December 8, 2017 through

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. ''We Were That Song'' entered the

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at number 29. The album has produced four top-ten singles, including the

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Gold-certified

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and "

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". It includes collaborations with

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and country music icon

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Critical reception

Anthony Easton of ''

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'' was highly critical of the album in terms of both production and lyrical content, describing it as "the worst country album of the year," and writing that "the stories isseltells are ones that we have heard before." ''We Were That Song'' was given the

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for Country Album of the Year in 2019. This marked Kissel's first win in the category, after being nominated with his previous two releases.

Critical reception

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References