How Country Feels

How Country Feels is the third studio album by American country music artist Randy Houser. It was released on January 22, 2013, through Stoney Creek Records. Houser wrote seven of the album's fifteen tracks. The album was produced by Derek George, a former member of the bands Pearl River and Williams Riley. The album's first single, the title track, became Houser's first Number One song on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. Its second single, "Runnin' Outta Moonlight", was released to country radio on March 4, 2013. Both singles were certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album's third single, "Goodnight Kiss", was released to country radio on September 23, 2013. The album's fourth single, "Like a Cowboy", was released to country radio on May 19, 2014. The third and fourth singles were certified Gold.

The album had sold 228,000 copies in the US as of January 2015.

Content
The album features a duet with Kristy Lee Cook on "Wherever Love Goes," which was later re-recorded and released in August 2013 as a single with Cook as the lead artist and Houser as the featured artist.

Critical reception
Giving How Country Feels an A-minus, Tammy Ragusa of Country Weekly praised the "authenticity" of Houser's voice and said that the "project is overflowing with hooky, singalong tracks." Taste of Country gave the album four stars out of five, saying that it was an "even effort with no bruises, but few moments that take your breath away," and saying Houser proved he "is one of country music’s top male vocalists."

Personnel

 * Musicians


 * Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
 * Vanessa Campagna – background vocals
 * Kristy Lee Cook – background vocals on "Wherever Love Goes"
 * J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar
 * Derek George – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, keyboards, background vocals
 * Lee Hendricks – bass guitar
 * Wes Hightower – background vocals
 * Randy Houser – lead vocals
 * Mike Johnson – pedal steel guitar
 * Troy Lancaster – electric guitar
 * B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
 * Rob McNelley – electric guitar
 * James Mitchell – electric guitar
 * Steve Nathan – keyboards
 * Mickey Raphael – harmonica
 * Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
 * Russell Terrell – background vocals
 * Scotty Sanders – pedal steel guitar
 * John Henry Trinko – keyboards
 * Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion
 * Casey Wood – accordion, keyboards, percussion


 * Technical
 * Derek George – editing, engineer, producer, programming
 * Larry Hall – string arrangements
 * Andrew Mendelson – mastering
 * Mike Molinar – production coordinator
 * Elijah Sandoval – assistant engineer


 * Casey Wood – editing, engineer, mixing, production coordinator