Love and War (Brad Paisley album)

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Love and War
File:Bp love and war.jpg
Studio album by Brad Paisley
Released April 21, 2017 (2017-04-21)
Genre Country
Length 58:41
Label Arista Nashville
Producer
Brad Paisley chronology
Moonshine in the Trunk
(2014)		 Love and War
(2017)
Singles from Love and War (Brad Paisley album)

Love and War is the eleventh studio album by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released on April 21, 2017, through Arista Nashville. The album's lead single is "Today".

Content

The album's originally intended lead single was "Without a Fight", a duet with Demi Lovato, which did not make the album's final track listing.[1] The first single to be included on the album is "Today".[2] Paisley co-produced the album with Luke Wooten.[1]

Included on the album are collaborations with Mick Jagger, John Fogerty, Timbaland, and Bill Anderson.[3] The song "Gold All Over the Ground" is based on a poem written by Johnny Cash in the collection Forever Words.[4]

In April 2017, Paisley released a "visual" version of the album, which features music videos for every song, worked into a singular narrative.[5]

It is Paisley's first album not to feature an instrumental track.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 66/100[6]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2.5/5 stars[7]
Cleveland Plain Dealer A–[8]
Paste 6.7/10[9]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[10]
Variety (favorable)[11]
Vice (Expert Witness) A[12]

The album has been met with positive critical reception, with most critics showing favor toward the collaborative tracks and Paisley's use of humor. Will Hermes of Rolling Stone rated the album 3 out of 5 stars. He praised the classic rock influences of the title track and "Drive of Shame", while also considering "selfie#theinternetisforever" "entertaining". He added that "Paisley's pro enough that even his apparent phone-ins are well-crafted. But over 16 tracks, you can't help but wish that one of country's greatest would shoot consistently higher than easy chuckles and sentimental homilies."[10] A review by Variety called the album "strong but uneven", praising Paisley's guitar solos and the collaborations with Mick Jagger, while also noting that "there is a lot of familiar thematic ground to cover in fresh ways".[11] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock was also favorable, saying that "After a little bit of time to work on his music outside of the spotlight, Brad Paisley has created, with Love and War, a project which rivals his best work, even if the album is more or less what fans would've wanted out of another Brad Paisley record."[13] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic was less positive, rating the album 2.5 stars out of 5 and noting that "While he never pushes too hard -- even the Timbaland tracks don't call attention to the beats -- the shiny production, shopworn jokes, and eager melodies have the cumulative effect of seeming too ready to please any audience that comes his way. Since Paisley still has his skills, this is often enjoyable -- he knows how to craft songs and can play a mean guitar -- but it's hard not to hear Love and War and think Paisley would be a little bit better off if he learned a lesson from Jagger and Fogerty: sometimes, it's better not to try so hard."[7]

Commercial performance

Love and War debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, and at No. 13 on the US Billboard 200, selling 26,000 in pure sales copies in the US, making a total of 29,000 equivalent album units including tracks and streams.[14] It has sold 71,200 copies in the US as of December 2017.[15]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Heaven South"   4:15
2. "Last Time for Everything"   3:50
3. "One Beer Can"   3:46
4. "Go to Bed Early"   3:20
5. "Drive of Shame" (featuring Mick Jagger) 4:33
6. "Contact High"   4:34
7. "Love and War" (featuring John Fogerty) 3:51
8. "Today"   3:49
9. "selfieTemplate:Poundtheinternetisforever"   3:41
10. "Grey Goose Chase" (featuring Timbaland) 3:05
11. "Gold All Over the Ground"   3:33
12. "Dying to See Her" (featuring Bill Anderson) 3:45
13. "Solar Power Girl" (featuring Timbaland) 3:44
14. "The Devil Is Alive and Well"   3:59
15. "Meaning Again"   3:45
16. "Heaven South (Reprise)"   1:11

Personnel

[16]

<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>

Vocals
  • Jessi Alexander – Vocal harmony
  • Bill Anderson — Featured artist
  • Hannah Dasher – Vocal harmony
  • John Fogerty – Featured artist
  • Audrey Kate Geiger – Vocal harmony
  • Wes Hightower – Vocal harmony
  • Mick Jagger – Featured artist
  • Gale Mayes – Vocal harmony
  • Brad Paisley – Primary artist, vocal harmony
  • Angela Primm – Vocal harmony
  • Timbaland – Featured artist
  • Baylor Wilson – Vocal harmony
Musicians

<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>

Production

<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>

  • Matthew Berinato — Art direction
  • John Carter Cash – Producer
  • Scott Johnson – Production assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – Mastering
  • Kendall Marcy – Executive producer
  • Brad Paisley – Producer
  • Timothy Mosley – Producer, programming
  • Luke Wooten – Producer

Charts

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Brad Paisley – Love and War". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Brad Paisley – Love and War" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Brad Paisley – Love and War" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Brad Paisley – Love and War". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Brad Paisley – Love and War". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  25. ↑ "Brad Paisley – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Brad Paisley. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  26. ↑ "Brad Paisley – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Brad Paisley. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  27. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Love_and_War_(Brad_Paisley_album)&oldid=726330362"