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{{Infobox album
| name = Spring Break…Checkin' Out
| type = ep
| artist = [[Luke Bryan]]
| cover = CheckinOut.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2015|3|10}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length = {{ubl|{{duration|m=38|s=6}} {{small|(full version)}}|{{duration|m=16|s=44}} {{small|(5 Song version)}}}}
| label = [[Capitol Records Nashville|Capitol Nashville]]
| producer = [[Jeff Stevens (singer)|Jeff Stevens]]
| prev_title = [[Spring Break 6...Like We Ain't Ever]]
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = [[Kill the Lights (Luke Bryan album)|Kill the Lights]]
| next_year = 2015
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| type = ep
| cover = CheckinOut5.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Cover art for 5 Song version.
}}
}}

'''''Spring Break...Checkin' Out''''' is the seventh [[extended play]] (EP) from American [[country music]] artist [[Luke Bryan]]. It was released on March 10, 2015, by [[Capitol Records Nashville|Capitol Nashville]] as the last entry in Bryan's ''Spring Break'' collection.<ref name="Luke Bryan Announces">{{cite web|last1=Vinson|first1=Christina|title=Luke Bryan Announces 2015 Kick the Dust Up Tour, Final Spring Break Shows|url=http://theboot.com/luke-bryan-2015-kick-the-dust-up-tour-spring-break-shows/+|website=The Boot|publisher=Taste of Country|date=January 21, 2015|accessdate=January 26, 2015}}</ref> The EP is available in a full version, featuring five new tracks ("My Ol' Bronco", "Games", "Spring Breakdown", "Checkin' Out", "You and the Beach") in addition to the six from previous EP ''[[Spring Break 6...Like We Ain't Ever]]'' (2014),<ref name="Final 'Spring Break' Album">{{cite web|last1=Thompson|first1=Gayle|title=Luke Bryan Shares Track Listing, Cover Art for Final 'Spring Break' Album Read More: Luke Bryan Shares Details of Final 'Spring Break' Album|url=http://theboot.com/luke-bryan-spring-break-checkin-out/|website=The Boot|publisher=Taste of Country|accessdate=February 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name=full-itunes>{{cite web|title=Spring Break...Checkin' Out Luke Bryan|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/spring-break-checkin-out/967050774|website=[[iTunes Store]] (CA)|publisher=[[Apple Inc]]|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> or a 5-song version, featuring only the new tracks.<ref name=5-song-itunes>{{cite web|title=Spring Break...Checkin' Out (5 Song) - EP Luke Bryan|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/spring-break...checkin-out/id967051394|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114730/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/spring-break...checkin-out/id967051394|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 2, 2015|website=[[iTunes Store]] (CA)|publisher=[[Apple Inc]]|accessdate=3 March 2015}}</ref>

Two songs from the extended play — "[[Games (Luke Bryan song)|Games]]" and "Spring Breakdown" — were released as promotional singles. As of March 2015, the former and latter have each sold 54,000 and 31,000 copies in the US.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bjorke|first=Matt|url=http://roughstock.com/news/2015/03/33493-country-musics-top-30-digital-singles-week-march-11-2015/|title=Country Music's Top 30 Digital Singles: Week of March 11, 2015|work=Roughstock|publisher=Cheri Media|date=11 March 2015|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref> The album debuted in the US at number 3 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart and at number one on the ''Billboard'' [[Top Country Albums]] chart, his fifth chart leader on the latter.<ref name=album-debut/>

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title=''Spring Break... Checkin' Out'' review|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002817695|pure_url=yes}}|work=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=March 10, 2015}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Country Weekly]]''
| rev2Score = C+<ref name="weekly">{{cite journal|last=Paxman|first=Bob|date=23 March 2015|title=Reviews|journal=[[Country Weekly]]|volume=22|issue=12|pages=66|issn=1074-3235}}</ref>
}}
Giving it 3 out of 5 stars, [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] wrote that "Sonically, the songs from the sixth and seventh EPs intertwine nicely — it's all bright and cheerful, sounding warm and open-hearted even in the shadow of the production's excessive gleam — but, appropriately enough, all the new songs find Bryan looking back over his shoulder at all the fun he's had over the years… Nevertheless, it's those five songs [from the five-song version] that provide a nice farewell to Bryan's time as the ringleader of ''Spring Break'', and it's good to see that he's chosen to bring this era to a tidy close instead of letting it slip into memory."<ref name="allmusic"/> Bob Paxman of ''[[Country Weekly]]'' rated the album "C+", saying that "There is nothing remotely timeless about them…the songs are meant to speak to the moment, and the lyrics…reflect that." He thought that "Games" was the only song that "has any real meat to it", and praised the production, "which allows Luke plenty of space to operate."<ref name="allmusic"/>

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| headline = ''Spring Break…Checkin' Out''<ref name=full-itunes/>
| total_length = 38:06
| title1 = My Ol' Bronco
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Luke Bryan]]|[[Jeff Stevens (singer)|Jeff Stevens]]|[[Fast Ryde|Jody Stevens]]}}
| length1 = 3:13
| title2 = [[Games (Luke Bryan song)|Games]]
| writer2 = {{hlist|Bryan|[[Ashley Gorley]]}}
| length2 = 2:56
| title3 = She Get Me High
| writer3 = {{hlist|Bryan|Jeff Stevens|Jody Stevens}}
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = Spring Breakdown
| writer4 = {{hlist|Bryan|Gorley|[[Zach Crowell]]}}
| length4 = 3:46
| title5 = Good Lookin' Girl
| writer5 = {{hlist|Bryan|[[Michael Carter (musician)|Michael Carter]]|Jim McCormick}}
| length5 = 3:43
| title6 = Checkin' Out
| writer6 = {{hlist|Bryan|[[Dallas Davidson]]|[[Rhett Akins]]|[[Ben Hayslip]]}}
| length6 = 3:31
| title7 = You and the Beach
| writer7 = {{hlist|Bryan|Davidson|Akins|Hayslip}}
| length7 = 3:18
| title8 = Night One
| writer8 = {{hlist|Bryan|Akins|Gorley|Hayslip}}
| length8 = 3:54
| title9 = Like We Ain't Ever
| writer9 = {{hlist|Bryan|Jay Clementi|Jason Matthews}}
| length9 = 3:18
| title10 = The Sand I Brought to the Beach
| writer10 = {{hlist|Bryan|Carter|[[Cole Swindell]]}}
| length10 = 3:26
| title11 = Are You Leaving with Him
| writer11 = {{hlist|Bryan|Jeff Stevens|Jody Stevens}}
| length11 = 3:24
}}
{{track listing
| headline = ''Spring Break…Checkin' Out'' (5 Song) EP<ref name=5-song-itunes/>
| total_length = 16:44
| title1 = My Ol' Bronco
| writer1 = {{hlist|Bryan|Jeff Stevens|Jody Stevens}}
| length1 = 3:13
| title2 = Games
| writer2 = {{hlist|Bryan|Gorley}}
| length2 = 2:56
| title3 = You and the Beach
| writer3 = {{hlist|Bryan|Davidson|Akins|Hayslip}}
| length3 = 3:18
| title4 = Checkin' Out
| writer4 = {{hlist|Bryan|Davidson|Akins|Hayslip}}
| length4 = 3:31
| title5 = Spring Breakdown
| writer5 = {{hlist|Bryan|Gorley|Crowell}}
| length5 = 3:46
}}

==Personnel==
*[[Luke Bryan]] — lead vocals
*Perry Coleman — background vocals
*[[J.T. Corenflos]] — [[acoustic guitar]], [[electric guitar]]
*Kenny Greenberg — acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*Greg Morrow — [[Drum kit|drums]], drum loops, [[percussion]]
*Danny Radar — [[banjo]], [[bouzouki]], acoustic guitar
*Mike Rojas — [[Hammond B-3 organ]], [[piano]], [[synthesizer]]
*[[Jimmie Lee Sloas]] — [[bass guitar]]
*[[Jeff Stevens (singer)|Jeff Stevens]] — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, [[gut string guitar]], background vocals, producer
*Jody Stevens — programming, synthesizer
*[[Ilya Toshinsky]] — acoustic guitar, [[guitjo (six-string)|guitjo]]

==Chart performance==
''Spring Break…Checkin' Out'' debuted at number 3 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart and at number one on the ''Billboard'' [[Top Country Albums]] charts for the week ending of March 28, 2015, with 88,000 copies sold,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2015/03/33640-country-album-chart-report-march-18-2015/ |title=Country Album Chart Report For March 18, 2015 |author= Matt Bjorke |date= March 18, 2015 |work=Roughstock }}</ref> or 106,000 units, including track and streaming equivalent albums.<ref name=album-debut>{{cite magazine|last1=Caulfield|first1=Keith|title='Empire,' Madonna and Luke Bryan Debut in Top Three on Billboard 200|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/empire-madonna-luke-bryan-top-three-billboard-200/|access-date=18 March 2015|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=18 March 2015}}</ref> The album has sold 245,800 copies as of July 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Country Album Chart Report for July 22, 2015|url=http://roughstock.com/news/2015/07/36499-country-album-chart-report-july-22-2015/ |last= Bjorke|first=Matt |publisher=Roughstock |date= July 22, 2015 }} Sales figure given [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1W5qSII36tG8Ho7zm3IDyb6CKV_azFqscmfZs_ZZrtig/edit#gid=0 here]</ref>
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! Chart (2015)
! Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/singles/78126|title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|date=23 March 2015|access-date=21 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104250/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/singles/78126|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>
| 16
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|2|artist=Luke Bryan|accessdate=19 March 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|3|artist=Luke Bryan|accessdate=18 March 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Luke Bryan|accessdate=18 March 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! Chart (2015)
! Position
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2015|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 28, 2020}}</ref>
| 88
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2015|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 28, 2020}}</ref>
| 13
|}
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==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Spring Break...Checkin' Out|artist=Luke Bryan|award=Gold|relyear=2015|certyear=2024|accessdate=August 1, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Luke Bryan}}
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[[Category:2015 EPs]]
[[Category:Luke Bryan EPs]]
[[Category:Capitol Records EPs]]

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