The Bluegrass Album (Alan Jackson album)

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The Bluegrass Album
BluegrassAlbum.jpg
Studio album by Alan Jackson
Released September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24)
Genre
Label
Producer
Alan Jackson chronology
Precious Memories Volume II
(2013)Precious Memories Volume II2013		 The Bluegrass Album
(2013)		 Angels and Alcohol
(2015)Angels and Alcohol2015
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[1]

The Bluegrass Album is the fifteenth studio album, and first bluegrass album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on September 24, 2013 via Alan's Country Records and EMI Nashville.[2][3] Jackson wrote eight songs for the album.[4][5] It also includes covers of The Dillards' "There Is a Time", John Anderson's "Wild and Blue" and Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky".[6] Also included is a re-recording of "Let's Get Back to Me and You" from his 1994 album Who I Am, marking the second time Jackson has included two versions of the same song on two different albums ("A Woman's Love" was originally recorded for High Mileage and was later re-recorded for Like Red on a Rose).

The album was produced by Keith Stegall and Jackson's nephew, Adam Wright (of The Wrights).[7] It was recorded in Nashville.

"Blue Ridge Mountain Song" was released as a promotional single in advance of the album's release.

Two music videos were filmed for two songs of the album: "Blacktop" and "Blue Ridge Mountain Song". The music video for "Blue Ridge Mountain Song" stars Jackson’s middle daughter, Ali, as the lead role.[8]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 11 on Billboard 200, No. 1 on Bluegrass Albums,[9] and No. 3 on Top Country Albums, selling 22,000 copies in its first week.[10] It also finished at No. 2 on the Year End Bluegrass Albums chart for 2014.[11] It has sold 148,000 copies in the United States as of June 2015.[12]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Alan Jackson except where noted. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Long Hard Road"     6:28
2. "Mary"     4:21
3. "Wild and Blue"   John Scott Sherrill 4:10
4. "Appalachian Mountain Girl"     4:46
5. "Ain't Got Trouble Now"   Adam Wright 2:54
6. "Blue Ridge Mountain Song"     5:36
7. "Tie Me Down"     3:34
8. "There Is a Time"   Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne 3:23
9. "Blue Side of Heaven"     4:41
10. "Let's Get Back to Me and You"     2:44
11. "Way Beyond the Blue"   Mark D. Sanders, Randy Albright, Lisa Silver 6:19
12. "Knew All Along"   A. Wright, Shannon Wright 4:05
13. "Blacktop"     3:33
14. "Blue Moon of Kentucky"   Bill Monroe 5:42
Total length:
 62:16

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Australia Albums Chart[13] 18
US Billboard 200[14] 11
US Top Bluegrass Albums (Billboard)[15] 1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[16] 3

References

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  13. ↑ http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Alan+Jackson&titel=The+Bluegrass+Album&cat=a
  14. ↑ "Alan Jackson – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Alan Jackson.
  15. ↑ "Alan Jackson – Chart history" Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums for Alan Jackson.
  16. ↑ "Alan Jackson – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Alan Jackson.
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