Seasons Change (Scotty McCreery album)

Seasons Change is the fourth studio album by American country singer Scotty McCreery. It was released on March 16, 2018, as his first album for Triple Tigers, and his first since See You Tonight five years prior. The album's lead single is "Five More Minutes", which gained in radio popularity at a point when McCreery was not signed to a label. The song's success led to him signing with Triple Tigers, and in early 2018, "Five More Minutes" became McCreery's first No. 1 Country Airplay single. "This Is It" and "In Between" were released as the album's second and third singles, respectively.

Content
Prior to the album's release, McCreery was signed to Mercury Nashville, and was dropped after "Southern Belle", the intended lead single to a third Mercury album, failed to reach Top 40 on the country music charts. McCreery released the song "Five More Minutes" in 2016, when he was not signed to a record label. Due to the song gaining airplay on Bobby Bones' radio show, "Five More Minutes" gained in popularity and led to McCreery signing with Triple Tigers. In early 2018, "Five More Minutes" became McCreery's first No 1 hit on the Billboard Country Airplay charts. "This Is It" was released as the album's second single in May 2018, and became his second No. 1 hit on the Country Airplay chart. "In Between" was released as the album's third single on April 1, 2019.

Aaron Eshuis, Derek Wells, and Frank Rogers produced the album, and McCreery co-wrote every song on it.

Critical reception
Rating it four out of five stars, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic thought that it was McCreery's "best album yet". He also praised the influences of 1990s country music, and thought that the album showed a maturity over the singer's Mercury albums. Sounds Like Nashville writer Cillea Houghton reviewed the album with favor, stating that it "isn’t a stark difference from his past projects, and it doesn’t have to be, acting more like an extension of what made fans love him in the first place."

Commercial performance
Seasons Change debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200 with 40,000 album-equivalent units, of which 34,000 were pure album sales. It is McCreery's fourth US top 10 album. The album has sold 97,800 copies in the US as of August 2019.

Personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic.
 * Scotty McCreery – vocals
 * David Dorn – organ (1), synthesizers (1, 3-6), acoustic piano (2, 3, 9)
 * Aaron Eshuis – programming (1-3, 6-8, 10, 11), organ (8), acoustic guitar (8), electric guitar (8), synthesizers (10)
 * Gordon Mote – acoustic piano (4, 5)
 * Frank Rogers – programming (4, 5)
 * J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar
 * Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar (1, 3), bouzouki (1, 3), banjo (8, 11), mandolin (10)
 * Derek Wells – electric guitar, acoustic guitar (8, 10), mandolin (11)
 * Mike Johnson – steel guitar (4, 5)
 * Justin Schipper – steel guitar (11)
 * Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
 * Shannon Forrest – drums, percussion (1-3, 6-11)
 * Eric Darken – percussion (4, 5)
 * Jim Horn – saxophone (9)
 * John Hinchey – trombone (9)
 * Steve Hermann – trumpet (9)
 * Russell Terrell – backing vocals
 * Wes Hightower – backing vocals (4, 5)

Production

 * Frank Rogers – producer
 * Aaron Eshuis – producer (1-3, 6-11)
 * Derek Wells – producer (1-3, 6-11)
 * Justin Niebank – recording (1-3, 6-11), mixing
 * Richard Burrow – recording (4, 5)
 * Austin Atwood – mix assistant
 * Drew Bollman – mix assistant, recording assistant (4, 5)
 * Lance Van Dyke – recording assistant (4, 5)
 * Brian David Willis – digital editing
 * Andrew Mendelson – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
 * Scott Johnson – production assistance
 * Sara Dodds – art direction, design
 * Shauna Dodds – art direction, design
 * Jeff Ray – photography