The Shires’ “Good Years” Album Tops UK Country Chart

The Shires, the UK’s best-selling country act of all time (comprised of Crissie Rhodes and Ben Earle), new album, “Good Years”, was recorded in Nashville and includes 12 new tracks, 10 of which are co-written by the duo. Produced by Lindsay Rimes, the release also features some of Nashville’s top songwriters, including Cam, Bob DiPiero and Canaan Smith.

“For me, growing up so inspired by country music through my grams and knowing Nashville was the home of that music, I always wanted to find a way to get over there. When Ben and I met and we had the opportunity to go to Nashville, it was everything I imagined that it could be and more. To be surrounded by so much talent, it was quite overwhelming. Then getting in there with people who’d been writing songs for years …that was quite daunting to try to do that and to try to put our Brit spin on it at the same time. It’s been an amazing place for us. We just love landing on that runway and feeling like, ‘Ah. Here we are. We’re back.’ It feels great every single time.”-Crissie…