Judge Jerrod and the Hung Jury

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Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury (2010) Free the Music (2012) Release date 13 July 2010 Genre Country music		Artist Jerrod Niemann Label Arista Nashville

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Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury is the third studio album by American country music singer Jerrod Niemann. It was released July 13, 2010 (see 2010 in country music) via Sea Gayle Music and Arista Nashville. It is his first major-label album, following two self-released albums and an unreleased compilation for Category 5 Records. The album contains the number-one single "Lover, Lover" and the top five hit "What Do You Want".

Critical reception

The album has received favorable reviews. Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the album four stars out of five, calling it "one of the most creative and fun albums to come out in 2010." Rating it three-and-a-half stars out of five, Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly said that it had "well-worn themes" in its songs, but that its sound was an "unpredictable mashup of styles." Rhapsody praised the album, calling it one of 2010’s most overlooked releases. Claiming that it disappeared beneath “the release-date-obsessed radar,” they deemed it one of the best albums released in the first half of the year. Writing for Allmusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave it four stars out of five, praising the variety of sounds on the album but criticizing the presence of the comedy skits.

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Musicians

Rachel Bradshaw – background vocals

Dave Brainard – background vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, keyboards, percussion, programming

Taryn Brainard – background vocals

Cliff Canterbury – bass guitar, background vocals

Will Doughty – piano, keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ

Dustin Evans – background vocals

Chris Hennessee – harmonica

Larissa Maestro – cello

David Mahurin – drums

Scott McQueary – electric guitar, acoustic guitar

Jerrod Niemann – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, percussion, programming

Tim Teague – electric guitar, B-Bender guitar

Michael Tucker – djembe, percussion

Ashtyn Wallace – background vocals

Cole Wright – synthesizer

Skit performers

Melissa Baisden, Dave Brainard, Richie Brown, Dustin Evans, Sara France, David E. Gamble II, Julia Garlington, Perry Howard, Kristen Kutka, Tiffynee Mahurin, Jerrod Niemann, Dallas Rogers, Ashtyn Wallace, Cole Wright

Production

Dave Brainard – editing, overdubs, mixing, production

Tammie Harris Cleek – imaging, photoshoot production

Don Cobb – mastering

Eric Conn – mastering

Jeremy Coward – photography

Tracy Baskette Fleaner – creative director, package design

Judy Forde-Blair – liner notes, creative production

Robin Geary – grooming

Jennifer Kemp – stylist

Brian Kolb – mixing

David Kolb – tracking engineer

Scott McDaniel – creative direction

Jerrod Niemann – mixing, production

Chart performance

The album debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, ending the 24-week Number One album reign of Lady Antebellum's Need You Now. It also became Niemann's first charting album on the Billboard 200 chart, debuting at number seven. As of the chart dated July 23, 2011, the album has sold 327,564 copies in the US.

Songs

1Intro0:50
2They Should Have Named You Cocaine3:40
3Lover - Lover3:14

References

Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury Wikipedia

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