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| Released | August 21, 2020 | |||
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 37:29 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | Kenny Greenberg | |||
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Country State of Mind is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Josh Turner. It was released on August 21, 2020, via MCA Nashville.
The album is composed entirely of cover songs. First released was Turner's cover of Randy Travis's "Forever and Ever, Amen", which features Travis on duet vocals. The recording was Travis's first since his 2013 stroke. [1] Other artists whose songs are covered on the album include Patty Loveless, Vern Gosdin, Hank Williams, and Hank Williams Jr. Kris Kristofferson provides duet vocals on a cover of his own "Why Me", and John Anderson on his "I've Got It Made". [1] Other collaborators on the album include Chris Janson (who sings on the title track), Allison Moorer, Runaway June, and Maddie & Tae. [2]
Rating it 3.5 out of 5 stars, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic stated that "Unlike some country covers albums, Country State of Mind doesn't rely heavily on shopworn classics." He also called the album "simple, straightforward, and satisfying", praising the inclusion of cover songs from the 1980s as well as the vocal contributions of Anderson and Kristofferson. [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" | Sonny Curtis, Ron Hellard | 3:52 |
| 2. | "I've Got It Made" (featuring John Anderson) | Max D. Barnes | 2:56 |
| 3. | "Why Me" (featuring Kris Kristofferson) | Kris Kristofferson | 3:02 |
| 4. | "Country State of Mind" (featuring Chris Janson) | Hank Williams Jr., Roger Alan Wade | 4:03 |
| 5. | "I Can Tell by the Way You Dance (You're Gonna Love Me Tonight)" | Sandy Pinkard, Bob Strandlund | 3:26 |
| 6. | "Alone and Forsaken" (featuring Allison Moorer) | Hank Williams Sr. | 3:17 |
| 7. | "Forever and Ever, Amen" (featuring Randy Travis) | Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz | 3:49 |
| 8. | "Midnight in Montgomery" | Alan Jackson, Don Sampson | 3:47 |
| 9. | "Good Ol' Boys (Theme From the Dukes of Hazzard)" | Waylon Jennings | 2:53 |
| 10. | "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" (featuring Runaway June) | Jim Lauderdale | 4:06 |
| 11. | "Desperately" (featuring Maddie & Tae) | Bruce Robison, Monte Warden | 3:56 |
| 12. | "The Caretaker" | Johnny Cash | 2:18 |
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200 [5] | 131 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [6] | 14 |
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