Highway Desperado

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Highway Desperado
Broken Bow
ProducerMichael Knox
Jason Aldean chronology
Macon, Georgia
(2021/2022)
Highway Desperado
(2023)
Singles from Highway Desperado
  1. "Try That in a Small Town"
    Released: May 22, 2023
  2. "Let Your Boys Be Country"
    Released: November 27, 2023

Highway Desperado is the eleventh studio album by American

Broken Bow Records. It was preceded by the lead single "Try That in a Small Town", which was released in May 2023 and has topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, as well as the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, becoming Aldean's first chart-topper on the latter chart. Three other songs, "Tough Crowd", "Let Your Boys Be Country",[1] and "Whiskey Drink" were also released ahead of the album. "Let Your Boys Be Country" was released as the second single from the album.[2]

Aldean co-wrote three of the album's fourteen tracks, making it his first album since 2009's Wide Open to contain tracks that he has written or co-written.[1]

Track listing

Highway Desperado track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tough Crowd"3:20
2."Let Your Boys Be Country"
  • Jaron Boyer
  • Allison Veltz Cruz
  • Micah Wilshire
3:15
3."Knew You'd Come Around"
3:14
4."Hungover In a Hotel"
3:24
5."Try That in a Small Town"
  • Allison
  • Kennedy
  • Lovelace
  • Thrasher
3:00
6."Whiskey Drink"
  • Allison
  • Jonathan Edwards
  • Kennedy
  • Morgan
3:10
7."Whose Rearview"
  • Allison
  • Kennedy
  • Morgan
  • Lydia Vaughn
3:16
8."I'm Over You"
  • Josh Phillips
  • Wilshire
  • Michael Tyler
3:00
9."Rather Watch You"
3:33
10."Breakup Breakdown"
  • Aldean
  • Allison
  • Kennedy
  • Morgan
  • Vaughn
3:00
11."Get Away from You"
  • Allison
  • Kennedy
  • Morgan
  • Vaughn
3:20
12."Changing Bars"
  • Allison
  • Edwards
  • Kennedy
  • Morgan
3:25
13."From This Beer On"
  • Allison
  • Edwards
  • Kennedy
  • Morgan
3:07
14."Highway Desperado"
  • Aldean
  • Allison
  • Edwards
  • Kennedy
  • Morgan
4:24
Total length:46:33

Personnel

Musicians

  • Jason Aldean – vocals
  • Tully Kennedy – bass (all tracks), programming (tracks 1, 3–7, 9, 11–14)
  • Rich Redmond – drums
  • Kurt Allison – electric guitar (all tracks), programming (1, 3–7, 9, 11–14), keyboards (1, 5–7, 14), twelve-string guitar (7)
  • Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar (all tracks), slide guitar (8)
  • Michael Knox – programming
  • Mike Johnson – pedal steel guitar (1–10)
  • Danny Rader – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 5–7, 11–13), bouzouki (2, 11–13)
  • Blake Bollinger – programming (1, 3–14)
  • Tony Harrell –
    Hammond B3 organ
    (1–3, 5–7, 10–13), synthesizer (4, 8, 9), piano (11), keyboards (14)
  • Neil Thrasher – background vocals (1, 4, 5, 9)
  • Perry Coleman – background vocals (2, 3, 6, 7, 10–14)
  • Micah Wilshire – background vocals (2, 7, 8, 11–14), programming (2, 8, 10), electric guitar (2, 8); piano, synth bass (8)
  • John Willis – acoustic guitar (3, 4, 8–11)
  • Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar (11–14)

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Highway Desperado
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[3] 14
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[4] 44
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[5] 34
UK Country Albums (OCC)[6] 5
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[7] 32
US Billboard 200[8] 19
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[9] 4
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] 6

References

  1. ^ a b Black, Lauren Jo (August 25, 2023). "Jason Aldean Announces 'HIGHWAY DESPERADO' Album and Shares New Song, 'Let Your Boys Be Country'". Country Now. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  2. ^ "Jason Aldean announces 2024 headlining tour dates, new single 'Let Your Boys Be Country'". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  3. ^ "ARIA Top 40 Country Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "Jason Aldean Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  5. ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  6. ^ "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  7. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  8. ^ "Jason Aldean Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  9. ^ "Jason Aldean Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  10. ^ "Jason Aldean Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2023.