Emotional Traffic | ||||
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Released | January 24, 2012 | |||
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Length | 51:50 | |||
Label | Curb Records | |||
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Singles from Emotional Traffic | ||||
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Metacritic | (62/100) [1] |
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Allmusic | [2] |
American Songwriter | [3] |
Country Weekly | (favorable) [4] |
Entertainment Weekly | B [5] |
Los Angeles Times | [6] |
The New York Times | (average) [7] |
Rolling Stone | [8] |
Slant Magazine | [9] |
Uncut | [1] |
USA Today | [10] |
The Washington Post | (average) [11] |
Emotional Traffic is the eleventh studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw. [12] It was released on January 24, 2012, by Curb Records, a label he has been with since his self-titled 1993 debut album. [13]
Emotional Traffic was originally completed in late 2010, but was held by Curb Records. In an interview with "The Boot", McGraw expressed his frustration with the label saying "All the songs have been done for a long time, and the label has had it; It's the last album that they have of mine, so they're trying to hold on to it as long as they can." [14] On May 13, 2011, Curb Records filed a breach-of-contract suit against McGraw, alleging that McGraw recorded tracks for the album too early prior to its delivery to the label. [15]
Several days later, McGraw filed a countersuit against the label seeking advance payment and recording-fund reimbursement, unspecified damages, and a jury trial, which began in July 2012. [16] [17]
NPR featured Emotional Traffic in its website's First Listen series, streaming the album in its entirety beginning January 16, 2012. [18]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Halo" | Jedd Hughes, Luke Laird | 4:57 |
2. | "Right Back Atcha Babe" | Dave Pahanish, Joe West | 4:51 |
3. | "One Part, Two Part" (feat. Faith Hill) | Dee Ervin | 3:32 |
4. | "I Will Not Fall Down" | Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Brad Warren, Brett Warren | 4:35 |
5. | "The One" | Angie Aparo, Brad Warren, Brett Warren | 3:52 |
6. | "Better Than I Used to Be" | Ashley Gorley, Bryan Simpson | 3:22 |
7. | "Touchdown Jesus" | Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, Ben Hayslip | 4:04 |
8. | "The One That Got Away" | Pahanish, West | 4:44 |
9. | "Felt Good on My Lips" | Brett Beavers, Jim Beavers, Brad Warren, Brett Warren | 4:39 |
10. | "Hey Now" | B. Beavers, J. Beavers, Brad Warren, Brett Warren | 4:15 |
11. | "Only Human" (feat. Ne-Yo) | Aparo, Ty Lacy, Shaffer Smith | 3:52 |
12. | "Die by My Own Hand" | David Tolliver, Chad Warrix, Rivers Rutherford | 5:07 |
Compiled from liner notes. [19]
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2010 | "Felt Good on My Lips" | 1 | 26 | 36 |
2011 | "Better Than I Used to Be" | 5 | 52 | 71 |
2012 | "Right Back Atcha Babe" | 59 | — | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Samuel Timothy McGraw is an American country singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has released 16 studio albums. 10 of those albums have reached number one on the Top Country Albums charts, with his 1994 breakthrough album Not a Moment Too Soon being the top country album of 1994. In total, McGraw's albums have produced 65 singles, 25 of which have reached number one on the Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts. Three of these singles – "It's Your Love", "Just to See You Smile", and "Live Like You Were Dying" – were respectively the top country songs of 1997, 1998, and 2004 according to Billboard Year-End. He has also won three Grammy Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music awards, 11 Country Music Association (CMA) awards, 10 American Music Awards, and three People's Choice Awards. His Soul2Soul II Tour, which was done in partnership with his wife, Faith Hill, is one of the highest-grossing tours in country music history, and one of the top five among all genres of music. He has sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
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