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Tailgates and Tanlines

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Recorded
  
2010–11

Label
  
Capitol Nashville

Artist
  
Genre
  
Country music

Length
  
47:43

Tailgates & Tanlines(2011)
  
Release date
  
9 August 2011


Released
  
August 9, 2011 (2011-08-09)

Nominations
  
Billboard Music Award for Top Country Album

Similar
  
Luke Bryan albums, Country music albums

Tailgates & Tanlines is the third studio album by American country music artist Luke Bryan. It was released on August 9, 2011, by Capitol Nashville. Bryan co-wrote eight of the album's thirteen tracks, including its first single, "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)." American Songwriter called Tailgates & Tanlines "a soundtrack for fun and sun, along with an instantaneous cure for the summertime blues." The song "Too Damn Young" was originally performed by Julie Roberts on her 2006 album Men & Mascara.

Contents

Personnel

  • Mark Bright – keyboards
  • Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
  • Luke Bryan – lead vocals
  • J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar
  • Eric Darken – percussion
  • Clare Dunn – background vocals
  • Paul Franklinpedal steel guitar
  • Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
  • Steve Hinson – pedal steel guitar
  • Ron Ickes – dobro
  • Jeff King – electric guitar
  • Brent Mason – electric guitar
  • Georgia Middleman – background vocals
  • Greg Morrow – drums
  • Mike Rojas – organ, piano
  • Ashton Shepherd – background vocals on "Tailgate Blues"
  • Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
  • Joe Spivey – fiddle, mandolin
  • Russell Terrell – background vocals
  • Rachel Thibodeau – background vocals
  • Ilya Toshinsky – banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin
  • John Willis – acoustic guitar
  • Commercial performance

    On the debut week, the album reached at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart and at number one on the Top Country Albums chart with sales of 145,295 copies in the US. It was Luke Bryan best-selling album until it was surpassed by Crash My Party in April 2015. As of November 2016, the album has sold 2,548,800 copies in the US.

    The album also debuted at number 6 on the Top Canadian Albums chart.

    Songs

    1Country Girl (Shake It for Me)3:45
    2Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye3:23
    3Drunk on You3:33

    References

    Tailgates & Tanlines Wikipedia


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