Caught Up in the Country

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Caught Up in the Country
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 10, 2019 (2019-05-10)
Recorded2017–19
Studio
Genre Country
Length38:40
Label Curb Records
Producer
Rodney Atkins chronology
Take a Back Road
(2011)
Caught Up in the Country
(2019)
Singles from Caught Up in the Country
  1. "Caught Up in the Country"
    Released: March 4, 2018
  2. "Thank God for You"
    Released: August 21, 2019

Caught Up in the Country is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Rodney Atkins. It was released on May 10, 2019 by Curb Records.

Contents

Caught Up in the Country was Atkins' first studio album since Take a Back Road nearly eight years earlier. The album features two duets with his wife Rose Falcon, as well as an appearance by the Fisk Jubilee Singers.

The album was produced by Ted Hewitt, Blake Bollinger, and Atkins. [1]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 28 on the Top Country Albums for the chart week of May 25, 2019 on its release. [2] It has sold 5,500 copies in the United States as of July 2019. [3]

The album's lead single, the title track, peaked at number 20 on the Hot Country Songs and number 21 on the Country Airplay. A second single, "Thank God for You", was released on August 21, 2019.

Track listing

  1. "Burn Something" (Blake Bollinger, Jessie Jo Dillon, Josh Thompson) – 3:23
  2. "Caught Up in the Country" (Connie Harrington, Jordan Schmidt, Mike Walker) – 2:41
  3. "Figure You Out (Riddle)" (Andrew Dorff, Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell) – 3:59
  4. "Thank God for You" (Blake Chaffin, Jon McElroy, Logan Mize, Randy Montana) – 3:35
  5. "So Good" (Atkins, Wil Nance) – 2:57
  6. "What Lonely Looks Like" (Barry Dean, Luke Laird) – 3:27
  7. "My Life" (Curt Gibbs, Atkins, Rose Falcon) – 3:11
  8. "Cover Me Up" (Jason Isbell) – 4:16
  9. "All My Friends Are Drunk" (Jimmy Yeary, Lee Thomas Miller, Criswell) – 3:42
  10. "Young Man" (Atkins, Falcon, Matt Rogers) – 3:13
  11. "Everybody's Got Something" (Harrington, Ben Glover, Jessi Alexander) – 3:20
    • featuring Rose Falcon
  12. "Waiting on a Good Day" (Atkins, Hewitt) – 3:03

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [4]

The Fisk Jubilee Singers on "Caught Up in the Country": Xavier Allison, Melody Beck, Crystal Brooks, Topin Brown, Allen Christian, Kearston Hatch, Anthony Kennedy, Jada Marshall, Dwayne Mitchell, Kiera Pryor, Lance Richards, Victoria Sanders, Javon Sease, Deonte Williams, Justen Williams-Reed

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