2007 studio album by Brad Paisley
5th Gear is the sixth studio album by American
country music singer
Brad Paisley . It was released June 19, 2007, by
Arista Nashville and debuted at number three on the
Billboard 200 , with first week sales of about 197,000 copies.
[12] On April 9, 2008, 5th Gear was certified platinum by the
RIAA .
[13]
The album's first four singles — "Ticks", "Online", "Letter to Me", and "I'm Still a Guy" — all reached Number One on the
Billboard
Hot Country Songs charts. In June 2008, a re-recording of "Waitin' on a Woman", a song which Paisley originally recorded for his 2005 album
Time Well Wasted , was added as a bonus track to this album. This re-edited version was released in June 2008 as the album's fifth single. For the chart week of September 20, 2008, the song has become his twelfth number-one single and his eighth straight number-one hit. When pre-ordered through
iTunes , another bonus track, "You Love Me So Good", was included.
In 2009, NPR picked the album as one of "The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings."
[14] "Oh Love" received a
Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals nomination.
[15]
Blaine Larsen later released a rendition of "It Did" in 2009.
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "All I Wanted Was a Car" 4:05 2. "
Ticks " 4:33 3. "
Online " 4:56 4. "
Letter to Me " Paisley 4:41 5. "
I'm Still a Guy " 4:11 6. "Some Mistakes" 4:57 7. "It Did" 3:55 8. "Mr. Policeman" 4:15 9. "If Love Was a Plane" Paisley 3:56 10. "Oh Love" (duet with
Carrie Underwood ) 4:11 11. "Better Than This" 3:12 12. "With You, Without You" 4:54 13. "Previously" (featuring the Kung Pao Buckaroos) 0:55 14. "Bigger Fish to Fry" (featuring the "New" Kung Pao Buckaroos) 4:25 15. "When We All Get to Heaven" 3:54 16. "Throttleneck" (instrumental) 5:16 17. "Outtake 1" (
hidden track ) 0:26 18. "Outtake 2" (hidden track) 0:46 19. "
Waitin' on a Woman " (available on later releases only
[16] ) 5:03 Total length: 67:48
"Mr. Policeman" incorporates the chorus of "
In the Jailhouse Now " (written by
Jimmie Rodgers ) at its end, with new lyrics to fit the rest of the song.
Personnel
Credits from the album's liner notes.
[1] There are only limited credits for tracks 17-18 ("Outtake 1" and "Outtake 2"), and the original booklet/liner notes do not include credits for "Waitin' on a Woman" because it was not included on the original release.
Brad Paisley – lead vocals (1-12, 14-15), electric guitar (1-12, 14, 16), acoustic guitar (1-6, 8-12, 15), voice (17)
Wes Hightower – backing vocals (1-12, 14-15)
Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (3)
Carrie Underwood – backing vocals (3), lead vocals (10)
Gary Hooker – electric guitar (1, 5-6, 11),
baritone guitar (2),
12-string guitar (2)
Kevin "Swine" Grantt – electric bass (1-12, 14, 16),
upright bass (2, 15)
Kenny Lewis – additional bass guitar (16)
Gordon Mote – acoustic piano (1, 5, 7-9, 11-12, 14),
clavinet (2), keyboards (5),
music box (5)
Tim Lauer – keyboards (3, 10, 16)
Jim "Moose" Brown –
Hammond B-3 organ (3),
Wurlitzer organ or
Wurlitzer electric piano (4), acoustic piano (10, 15)
Ben Sesar – drums (1-12, 14-16)
Eric Darken – percussion (1-12, 14-16)
Randle Currie –
steel guitar (1-9, 11-12, 14, 16)
Ron Block –
banjo (2, 4)
Kendall Marcy – banjo (8, 16)
Bryan Sutton –
mandolin (4, 6), banjo (6), acoustic guitar (7, 14)
Mike Johnson –
dobro (6, 10, 15)
Justin Williamson –
fiddle (1, 3-6, 8-9, 11-12, 14, 16), mandolin (2)
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle (7, 10, 14), mandolin (10, 15)
Tom Baldrica –
tuba (3)
Little Jimmy Dickens – voice (17, 18)
Brentwood High School Band on "
Online "
Chris Brooks, Jay Dawson, and Kristin Wilkinson – arrangements
Kristin Wilkinson – coordinator
Randy Box – conductor
Chris Brooks – drums
Jay Dawson –
mellophone
Sam Levine – saxophone
Roy Agee – trombone
Mike Haynes – trumpet
Joe Murphy – tuba
The Kung Pao Buckaroos on track 13 ("Previously") and The New Kung Pao Buckaroos on track 14 ("Bigger Fish to Fry")
Production and technical staff
Frank Rogers - producer
Chris DuBois - executive producer
Richard Barrow - recording/engineer (basic tracks and overdubs)
Brian David Willis - recording/engineer (basic tracks and overdubs), digital editing
Steve Short - assistant engineer (basic tracks and overdubs)
Neal Cappellino - recording/engineer (overdubs only)
Jason Lehning - recording/engineer (overdubs only)
Steve Marcantonio - recording/engineer (overdubs only)
Mark Petaccia - assistant engineer (overdubs only)
Seth Morton - assistant engineer (overdubs only)
Matt Coles - assistant engineer (overdubs only)
Brady Barnett - digital editing
Tyler Moles - digital editing
Justin Niebank - mixing engineer
Drew Bollman - assistant mixing engineer
Hank Williams - mastering
MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
Phillip Stein - "production assistance"
Astrid May - art direction
David McClister - photography
Brad Paisley - cover and packaging design
Katherine Stratton - design
Judy Forde-Blair - album liner notes, "creative production"
Jim Catino -
A&R "direction"
The Castle (Franklin, TN), The Sound Kitchen (Franklin, TN), Blackbird Studios (Nashville, TN) - recording studios
Blackbird Studios (Nashville, TN), East Iris Studios (Nashville, TN), The Castle (Franklin, TN) - mixing locations/studios
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles
Certifications
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