| Feels Like Today | ||||
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| Released | September 28, 2004 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 42:56 | |||
| Label | Lyric Street | |||
| Producer | Mark Bright Rascal Flatts Marty Williams | |||
| Rascal Flatts chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Feels Like Today | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Feels Like Today is the third studio album by American country music group Rascal Flatts. It was released on September 28, 2004, via Lyric Street Records. The album has sold 5.274 million copies in the United States as of July 2014,[2] and it has been certified 5× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. The album produced its title track as a single along with "Bless the Broken Road", "Fast Cars and Freedom", and "Skin (Sarabeth)". "Bless the Broken Road" was initially recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and has also been recorded by Marcus Hummon, Melodie Crittenden (whose version was a number 42 country single in 1997), and Geoff Moore before the release of Rascal Flatts' version. It would later be a Top 5 Christian hit for Selah as well. "When the Sand Runs Out" was later recorded by Marty Raybon on his 2006 album of the same name.
"Skin (Sarabeth)", initially a hidden track, received enough airplay to enter Top 40 on the country charts in 2005, leading to its release as a single. Upon its release to radio, "Skin (Sarabeth)" was officially added to the track list. "Here's to You" also charted from unsolicited airplay, and was made into a music video.
This was the band's last album to be produced by Mark Bright.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Where You Are" | Catt Gravitt, James LeBlanc | 3:53 |
| 2. | "Bless the Broken Road" | Jeff Hanna, Bobby Boyd, Marcus Hummon | 3:46 |
| 3. | "Then I Did" | Steve Robson, Jeffrey Steele | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Feels Like Today" | Robson, Wayne Hector | 3:26 |
| 5. | "Fast Cars and Freedom" | Gary LeVox, Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley | 4:24 |
| 6. | "When the Sand Runs Out" | Brad Crisler, LeBlanc | 3:46 |
| 7. | "Here's to You" | Jay DeMarcus, Thrasher, Mobley | 3:33 |
| 8. | "The Day Before You" (Matthew West cover) | Matthew West | 4:06 |
| 9. | "Break Away" | Joe Don Rooney, Randy Cantor, Dennis Matkosky | 3:12 |
| 10. | "Holes" | Gregory Becker, John Paul White | 4:18 |
| 11. | "Oklahoma-Texas Line" | DeMarcus, LeVox, Rooney | 2:56 |
| 12. | "Skin (Sarabeth)" (hidden track) | Doug Johnson, Joe Henry | 4:18 |
| Total length: | 42:56 | ||
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||
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| US Country | US | US Pop |
US AC | ||
| 2004 | "Feels Like Today" | 9 | 56 | — | — |
| "Bless the Broken Road" | 1 | 29 | 40 | 20 | |
| 2005 | "Fast Cars and Freedom" | 1 | 38 | 70 | — |
| "Skin (Sarabeth)" | 2 | 42 | 74 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)[12] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[14] | 5× Platinum | 5,274,000[13] |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
