Electric Rodeo (Shooter Jennings album)

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Electric Rodeo
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 4, 2006
RecordedJanuary 13, 2005 –
October 15, 2005
Genre
Length40:50
Label Universal South
Producer Dave Cobb
Shooter Jennings chronology
Put the "O" Back in Country
(2005)
Electric Rodeo
(2006)
Live at Irving Plaza 4.18.06
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Electric Rodeo is the second studio album by Shooter Jennings, released in 2006 on the Universal South label. It was recorded between January and October 2005 in various studios in and around Los Angeles, California, and Nashville, Tennessee.

Contents

Composition

Electric Rodeo was recorded before Put the "O" Back in Country , but released as Jennings' second album. [1]

The music of Electric Rodeo encompasses Southern rock, [2] [5] [6] hard rock, [1] [5] [7] arena rock, [1] blues, [8] blues rock, [5] country rock, [1] heavy metal, [5] rock and roll, [1] swamp rock [3] and Texas blues. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Electric Rodeo"4:33
2."Gone to Carolina"4:06
3."Some Rowdy Women"3:13
4."The Song Is Still Slipping Away"3:09
5."Hair of the Dog"4:01
6."Little White Lines"5:29
7."Alligator Chomp (The Ballad of Dr. Martin Luther Frog as Told To Tony)"3:10
8."Manifesto No. 2"2:09
9."Aviators"3:23
10."Bad Magick"5:12
11."It Ain't Easy"3:05

Personnel

Technical

Chart performance

Chart (2006)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums12
U.S. Billboard 20064

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