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Released
  
February 23, 2010

Way Out Here (2010)
  
Turn It Up (2014)

Release date
  
23 February 2010

Label
  
Columbia Nashville

Length
  
35:44

Artist
  
Josh Thompson

Producer
  
Michael Knox

Genre
  
Country music

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Way Out Here is the debut studio album by American country music singer Josh Thompson. It was released on February 23, 2010 via Columbia Records Nashville. The album's first two singles, "Beer on the Table" and the title track charted in the Top 20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at number 17 and number 15, respectively. "Won't Be Lonely Long" was released as the third single, and it peaked at number 25 on the same chart.

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Critical reception

Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly magazine gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that Thompson "confidently celebrates the particulars of country living." Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave a positive review, praising Thompson's voice and songwriting, saying that the album "offer[s] a crystal-clear image of who he is both musically and personally." Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic rated it three stars out of five, saying that Thompson "seems a little too clean to be rowdy" but that "the singles are the kind that gain strength with repetition."

Personnel

  • Glen Duncan- fiddle
  • Tony Harrell- Hammond B-3 organ, piano
  • Wes Hightower- background vocals
  • Greg Morrow- drums
  • David Lee Murphy- background vocals
  • Alison Prestwood- bass guitar
  • Danny Rader- banjo, acoustic guitar
  • Rick Redmond- percussion
  • Dave Ristrim- steel guitar
  • Adam Shoenfeld- acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Josh Thompson- lead vocals
  • Lisa Torres- background vocals
  • Chart performance

    The album debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200 and No. 9 on the Top Country Albums chart, with 15,000 copies sold in the US.

    Songs

    1Beer on the Table3:10
    2Blame It On Waylon3:33
    3Sinner3:56

    References

    Way Out Here Wikipedia