Darius Rucker Releases Third Country Album

June 24,2013

Five years ago, Darius Rucker took a break from leading the multi-million-selling rock band Hootie & The Blowfish to focus on a solo career in Country music.

“True Believers” recently became Darius Rucker’s third consecutive Number One Country album. He says its title track is the most personal song on the collection.

Rucker collaborated with his producer Frank Rogers and other songwriters on more than 60 songs before choosing the album’s final 12.

“The most important thing this time was the songs," he said. "This is the most important record of my career. This record is going to make me a country superstar or it’s going to make me just another country singer. I mean, it’s really that simple, so we knew we had to go do something special. We had to have some songs that were going to connect with people and people are going to want to hear over and over and over again and want to go buy. So we took our time and we worked on it. I got the best compliment ever. I played three songs for friends of mine who are DJs down at country radio in Charleston. The first question he asked me is who is my new producer? And I thought, ‘That’s a great question.’ I said, ‘The same guy.’ He said, ‘It doesn’t sound like it.’ That’s what we were going for.”