Emotional Traffic

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Emotional Traffic
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Studio album by
Tim McGraw
ReleasedJanuary 24, 2012 (2012-01-24)
Genre
Length51:50
Label Curb Records
Producer
Tim McGraw chronology
Number One Hits
(2010)		Emotional Traffic
(2012)		 Tim McGraw & Friends
(2013)
Singles from Emotional Traffic
  1. "Better Than I Used to Be"
    Released: November 28, 2011
  2. "Right Back Atcha Babe"
    Released: June 25, 2012
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (62/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Country Weekly (favorable) [4]
Entertainment Weekly B [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The New York Times (average) [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Uncut Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Washington Post (average) [11]

Emotional Traffic is the eleventh studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw, [12] released on January 24, 2012. It is his final album to be released by Curb Records, a label he has been with since his self-titled 1993 debut album. [13]

Contents

Background

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]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Halo" Jedd Hughes, Luke Laird 4:57
2."Right Back Atcha Babe" Dave Pahanish, Joe West4:51
3."One Part, Two Part" (featuring Faith Hill)Dee Ervin3:32
4."I Will Not Fall Down" Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Brad Warren, Brett Warren 4:35
5."The One" Angie Aparo, Brad Warren, Brett Warren3:52
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, West4:44
9."Felt Good on My Lips" Brett Beavers, Jim Beavers, Brad Warren, Brett Warren4:39
10."Hey Now"B. Beavers, J. Beavers, Brad Warren, Brett Warren4:15
11."Only Human" (featuring Ne-Yo)Aparo, Ty Lacy, Shaffer Smith3:52
12."Die by My Own Hand"David Tolliver, Chad Warrix, Rivers Rutherford 5:07

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. [19]

Musicians

Background vocals

Production

Studios

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US CAN
2011"Better Than I Used to Be"55271
2012"Right Back Atcha Babe"59——
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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