Thirty Miles West
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Thirty Miles West is the seventeenth studio album by American country rap artist Alan Jackson.[2] It was released on June 5, 2012 and is Jackson's first album on his own Alan's Country Records in a joint venture with EMI Nashville.[3] The album includes the singles "Long Way to Go," "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" and "You Go Your Way."[4]
The album's title refers to a song about a stretch of the Dixie Highway near Jackson's hometown of Newnan, Georgia.[5] The song, "Dixie Highway," is a duet with Zac Brown.[6]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| About.com |    [7] |
| Allmusic | [8] |
| Country Weekly | (positive)[9] |
| Los Angeles Times | [10] |
| The New York Times | (average)[11] |
| The Washington Post | (average)[12] |
Upon its release, Thirty Miles West received generally positive reviews from most music critics.[13] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 4 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[13]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gonna Come Back as a Country Song" | Terry McBride, Chris Stapleton | 3:02 |
| 2. | "You Go Your Way" | Troy Jones, David Lee, Tony Lane | 3:18 |
| 3. | "Everything but the Wings" | Alan Jackson | 4:44 |
| 4. | "Talk Is Cheap" | Guy Clark, Stapleton, Morgane Hayes | 3:48 |
| 5. | "Look Her in the Eye and Lie" | Jackson | 3:48 |
| 6. | "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" | Jay Knowles, Adam Wright | 3:42 |
| 7. | "Dixie Highway" (with Zac Brown) | Jackson | 7:24 |
| 8. | "She Don't Get High" | Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde, Kylie Sackley | 4:12 |
| 9. | "Her Life's a Song" | Jackson | 4:25 |
| 10. | "Nothin' Fancy" | Knowles, Wright | 3:12 |
| 11. | "Long Way to Go" | Jackson | 3:39 |
| 12. | "Life Keeps Bringing Me Down" | Al Anderson, Shawn Camp | 3:04 |
| 13. | "When I Saw You Leaving (For Nisey)" | Jackson | 4:04 |
| Total length: | 52:21 | ||
Personnel
- Zac Brown - duet vocals on "Dixie Highway"
- J.T. Corenflos - electric guitar
- Dan Dugmore - steel guitar, slide guitar
- Larry Franklin - fiddle, mandolin
- Greenwood Hart - percussion
- Alan Jackson - lead vocals
- John Barlow Jarvis - piano, Wurlitzer
- Andy Leftwich - fiddle
- Brent Mason - electric guitar, gut string guitar
- Greg Morrow - drums
- Gordon Mote - Hammond B-3 organ, piano, Wurlitzer
- Steve Patrick - trumpet
- John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
- Marty Slayton - background vocals
- Bobby Terry - acoustic guitar, gut string guitar
- Scott Vestal - banjo
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar
Chart performance
Album
| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart[14] | 6 |
| Canadian Albums Chart[15] | 4 |
| German Newcomer Chart[16] | 17 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart[14] | 14 |
| Swedish Albums Chart[14] | 45 |
| UK Country Albums Chart[17] | 3 |
| US Billboard 200[15] | 2 |
| US Billboard Top Country Albums[15] | 1 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [18] |
US Country Airplay [19] |
US Bubbling [20] | ||
| 2011 | "Long Way to Go" | 24 | — | 20 |
| 2012 | "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" | 25 | — | 8 |
| "You Go Your Way" | 41 | 39 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
References
- ^ Wyland, Sarah (April 10, 2012). "Alan Jackson to Release New Album June 5". Great American Country. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
- ^ Cooper, Brittany Joy (April 10, 2012). "Alan Jackson to Release 'Thirty Miles West' Record June 5". Taste of Country. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
- ^ Darden, Beville (April 10, 2012). "Alan Jackson, 'Thirty Miles West' to Release in June". The Boot. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
- ^ "Alan Jackson to Release "Thirty Miles West" on June 5". Roughstock. April 10, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
- ^ "Alan Jackson's New Album Due June 5". Country Music Television. April 10, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
- ^ Flippo, Chet (May 3, 2012). "NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Big Summer Sounds Coming From Alan Jackson". Country Music Television. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
- ^ Silva, Robert. "Alan Jackson - 'Thirty Miles West' Album Review". About.com. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Thirty Miles West - Alan Jackson". Allmusic. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
- ^ Nicholson, Jessica (June 5, 2012). "Thirty Miles West by Alan Jackson". Country Weekly. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
- ^ Lewis, Randy (June 6, 2012). "Album review: Alan Jackson's 'Thirty Miles West'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
- ^ Pareles, Jon; Chinen, Nate; Ratliff, Ben (June 4, 2012). "Another Solstice in an Endless Summer". The New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
- ^ Richards, Chris (June 4, 2012). "Alan Jackson's 'Thirty Miles West': Reliably comforting". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ a b "Critic Reviews for Thirty Miles West - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Alan Jackson - Thirty Miles West". Ultratop 50. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Chart listing for Thirty Miles West". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
- ^ http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/news/dance-dinosaurier-trampelt-durch-newcomer-charts.html
- ^ http://www.officialcharts.com/country-charts/
- ^ "Alan Jackson Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
- ^ "Alan Jackson Album & Song Chart History - Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ Peak chart positions for singles on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart:
- "Bubbling Under Hot 100 Week of November 5, 2011". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
- "Bubbling Under Hot 100 Week of June 30, 2012". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 13, 2012.