Drive (Alan Jackson album)

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Drive
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 15, 2002
Recorded2001
Genre Country
Length49:37
Label Arista Nashville
Producer Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson chronology
When Somebody Loves You
(2000)
Drive
(2002)
Let It Be Christmas
(2002)
Singles from Drive
  1. "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"
    Released: November 26, 2001
  2. "Drive (For Daddy Gene)"
    Released: January 28, 2002
  3. "Work in Progress"
    Released: June 24, 2002
  4. "That'd Be Alright"
    Released: December 9, 2002
Professional ratings
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Entertainment Weekly B+ [3]
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Plugged In (average) [5]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [7]
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Drive is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. Released in 2002 on Arista Nashville, the album produced Jackson's highest-debuting single on the Hot Country Songs charts in the number 1 hit, "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)", a ballad written in response to the September 11 attacks. "Drive (For Daddy Gene)", "Work in Progress", and "That'd Be Alright" were also released as singles, peaking at number 1, number 3, and number 2, respectively, on the same chart; "Designated Drinker" also reached number 44 without officially being released. In addition, all four released singles cracked the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at numbers 28, 28, 35 and 29, respectively.

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Reception

At the 2003 Academy of Country Music Awards, Jackson was nominated for 10 awards winning Album of the Year for Drive and Video of the Year for the video to "Drive (For Daddy Gene)." [9]

In 2009, Rhapsody ranked the album number 3 on its "Country’s Best Albums of the Decade" list. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Drive (For Daddy Gene)" Alan Jackson 4:02
2."A Little Bluer Than That" Mark Irwin, Irene Kelley 2:54
3."Bring On the Night"Jackson, Charlie Craig, Keith Stegall 4:04
4."Work in Progress"Jackson4:07
5."The Sounds"Jackson3:23
6."Designated Drinker" (featuring George Strait)Jackson3:52
7."Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"Jackson5:06
8."That'd Be Alright" Tim Nichols, Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers 3:41
9."Once in a Lifetime Love"Jackson3:25
10."When Love Comes Around"Jackson3:07
11."I Slipped and Fell in Love" Harley Allen, John Wiggins2:55
12."First Love"Jackson3:14
13."Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" (Live from the 35th Annual CMA Awards, spoken intro by Vince Gill)Jackson5:47

Personnel

Chart performance

Drive debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, his first number-one debut, and debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 211,000 copies, his sixth number-one country album. The album was certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA in May 2003.

Weekly charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [11] 33
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [12] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [13] 11
US Billboard 200 [14] 1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [15] 1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Drive by Alan Jackson
Chart (2002)Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [16] 30
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [17] 5
US Billboard 200 [18] 15
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [19] 3
Worldwide Albums (IFPI) [20] 25
Chart (2003)Position
US Billboard 200 [21] 111
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [22] 12

Sales and Certifications

RegionProviderCertificationSales/Shipments
Australia ARIA Gold [23] 35,000
United States RIAA 4 x Platinum [24] 4,000,000+

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