Angels and Alcohol

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Angels and Alcohol
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ReleasedJuly 17, 2015 (2015-07-17)
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Length38:44
Label
Producer
Alan Jackson chronology
The Bluegrass Album
(2013)
Angels and Alcohol
(2015)
Where Have You Gone
(2021)
Singles from Angels and Alcohol
  1. "Jim and Jack and Hank"
    Released: July 6, 2015 [1]
  2. "The One You're Waiting On"
    Released: May 6, 2016
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Angels and Alcohol is the twentieth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. [3] It was released on July 17, 2015, via Alan's Country Records and EMI Nashville. [4] [5] Jackson wrote seven of the album's ten tracks. [6] [7] The album was produced by Keith Stegall. [8]

Contents

Critical reception

The album has received mixed reviews from critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, writing that "Alan manages to not sound complacent on Angels and Alcohol because like all great country singers -- and he long ago established that he belongs in the pantheon of great country singers -- he thrives on the little telling details, whether they reside within a lyric or the freshening of a familiar three-chord turnaround. [9]

Track listing

All songs written by Alan Jackson except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Can Always Come Home" 5:13
2."You Never Know" 3:34
3."Angels and Alcohol" 3:33
4."Gone Before You Met Me" Michael White, Michael P. Heeney 3:25
5."The One You're Waiting On" Adam Wright, Shannon Wright 4:13
6."Jim and Jack and Hank" 4:38
7."I Leave a Light On" 3:17
8."Flaws" 4:17
9."When God Paints"Troy Jones, Greg Becker3:09
10."Mexico, Tequila and Me" 3:25

Personnel

Charts

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 5, and on the Top Country Albums chart at No. 2, selling 46,000 copies in its debut week. [10] As of December 2015, the album has sold 135,500 copies in the US. [11]

Album

Weekly charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [12] 4
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [13] 4
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [14] 68
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [15] 38
UK Albums (OCC) [16] 85
US Billboard 200 [17] 5
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [18] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [19] 86
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [20] 32

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