5th Gear (album)

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5th Gear
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 19, 2007 (2007-06-19)
Recorded2006-2007
StudioThe Castle and Sound Kitchen (both in Franklin, Tennessee); [1] Blackbird Studio and East Iris Studios (both in Nashville, Tennessee) [1]
Genre Country
Length67:48
Label Arista Nashville
Producer Frank Rogers
Brad Paisley chronology
Brad Paisley Christmas
(2006)
5th Gear
(2007)
Play
(2008)
Singles from 5th Gear
  1. "Ticks"
    Released: March 12, 2007
  2. "Online"
    Released: July 2, 2007
  3. "Letter to Me"
    Released: October 22, 2007
  4. "I'm Still a Guy"
    Released: March 3, 2008
  5. "Waitin' on a Woman"
    Released: June 9, 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
BBC Music (average) [4]
Country Weekly (favorable) [5]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [6]
The Phoenix Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
Plugged In (unfavorable) [8]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Slant Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [11]

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]

Contents

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All I Wanted Was a Car"4:05
2."Ticks"
  • Paisley
  • Tim Owens
  • Lovelace
4:33
3."Online"
  • Paisley
  • DuBois
  • Lovelace
4:56
4."Letter to Me"Paisley4:41
5."I'm Still a Guy"
4:11
6."Some Mistakes"
  • Paisley
  • Owens
4:57
7."It Did"3:55
8."Mr. Policeman"
4:15
9."If Love Was a Plane"Paisley3:56
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"
  • Eliza Hewitt
  • Emily Wilson
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.

Brentwood High School Band on "Online"

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

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US US
Pop
CAN
2007"Ticks"1404833
"Online"1398950
"Letter to Me"1408151
2008"I'm Still a Guy"1336654
"Waitin' on a Woman"14459
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

Region Certification
United States (RIAA) [25] Platinum

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