and life." Critical reception Indicating in a review by Rolling Stone, Stephen L. Betts says, "But what lifts Black past merely being a good concept album is an old-school musicality that never takes a backseat to modern-country conventionality." Stephen Thomas Erlewine, doing the review for AllMusic, describes, "It's mood music, sometimes playing as smooth as a seduction but better suited for moments of introspection when you're surrounded by a crowd and need to isolate." Reviewing the album from Newsday, Glenn Gamboa writes, "expertly weaving styles and storytelling tricks to build memorable tales to sing along with." Chuck Yarborough, giving a review of the album at The Plain Dealer, states, "It is a grownup album, with grownup themes, grownup lyrics and grownup performances, especially from Bentley with his pen and on the microphone." In 2017, Billboard contributor Chuck Dauphin placed two tracks from the album on his top 10 list of Bentley's best songs: the title track at number three and "Different for Girls" at number six. Commercial performance The album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 with 101,000 equivalent album units; it sold 88,000 copies in its first week. It was the best-selling album of the week. Black became Bentley's highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 and largest sales week. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on February 22, 2017. The album has sold 276,400 copies in the US as of November 2017. Track listing Personnel Roy Agee – trombone Jessi Alexander – background vocals Sam Ashworth – background vocals Dierks Bentley – lead vocals Jeff Coffin – saxophone Ross Copperman – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, programming, background vocals Luke Dick – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, programming, background vocals Jerry Douglas – dobro Dan Dugmore – electric guitar, pedal steel guitar Fred Eltringham – drums Mike Haynes – trumpet Natalie Hemby – background vocals Lee Hendricks – bass guitar Jedd Hughes – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Jaren Johnston – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals Elle King – duet vocals on "Different for Girls" Luke Laird – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, programming, background vocals Hillary Lindsey – background vocals Tony Lucido – bass guitar Maren Morris – harmony vocals on "I'll Be the Moon" Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar Danny Rader – bouzouki, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, programming, synthesizer Jimmy Robbins – programming Aaron Sterling – drums, percussion Bryan Sutton –