Highway Desperado

Highway Desperado
Studio album by Jason Aldean
Released	November 3, 2023 (2023-11-03)
Genre	Country rock
Length	46:33
Label	Broken Bow
Producer	Michael Knox
Jason Aldean chronology
Macon, Georgia (2021/2022) Highway Desperado (2023)
Singles from Highway Desperado
"Try That in a Small Town" Released: May 22, 2023 "Let Your Boys Be Country" Released: November 27, 2023 "Whiskey Drink" Released: July 29, 2024

Highway Desperado is the eleventh studio album by American country music singer Jason Aldean, released on November 3, 2023 via Broken Bow Records. It was preceded by the lead single "Try That in a Small Town", which was released in May 2023 and has topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, as well as the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, becoming Aldean's first chart-topper on the latter chart. Three other songs, "Tough Crowd", "Let Your Boys Be Country", ^[1] and "Whiskey Drink" were also released ahead of the album. "Let Your Boys Be Country" was released as the second single from the album. ^[2]

Aldean co-wrote three of the album's fourteen tracks, making it his first album since 2009's Wide Open to contain tracks that he has written or co-written. ^[1]

Track listing

Highway Desperado track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tough Crowd"	Kurt Allison Marv Green Tully Kennedy Kelley Lovelace Neil Thrasher	3:20
2.	"Let Your Boys Be Country"	Jaron Boyer Allison Veltz Cruz Micah Wilshire	3:15
3.	"Knew You'd Come Around"	Kennedy Allison Ben Hayslip John Morgan	3:14
4.	"Hungover In a Hotel"	Jason Aldean Kennedy Allison Neil Thrasher David Lee Murphy	3:24
5.	"Try That in a Small Town"	Allison Kennedy Lovelace Thrasher	3:00
6.	"Whiskey Drink"	Allison Jonathan Edwards Kennedy Morgan	3:10
7.	"Whose Rearview"	Allison Kennedy Morgan Lydia Vaughn	3:16
8.	"I'm Over You"	Josh Phillips Wilshire Michael Tyler	3:00
9.	"Rather Watch You"	Jessi Alexander Allison Kennedy Lovelace Thrasher	3:33
10.	"Breakup Breakdown"	Aldean Allison Kennedy Morgan Vaughn	3:00
11.	"Get Away from You"	Allison Kennedy Morgan Vaughn	3:20
12.	"Changing Bars"	Allison Edwards Kennedy Morgan	3:25
13.	"From This Beer On"	Allison Edwards Kennedy Morgan	3:07
14.	"Highway Desperado"	Aldean Allison Edwards Kennedy Morgan	4:24
Total length:			46:33

Personnel

Musicians

• Jason Aldean – vocals
• Tully Kennedy – bass (all tracks), programming (tracks 1, 3–7, 9, 11–14)
• Rich Redmond – drums
• Kurt Allison – electric guitar (all tracks), programming (1, 3–7, 9, 11–14), keyboards (1, 5–7, 14), twelve-string guitar (7)
• Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar (all tracks), slide guitar (8)
• Michael Knox – programming
• Mike Johnson – pedal steel guitar (1–10)
• Danny Rader – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 5–7, 11–13), bouzouki (2, 11–13)
• Blake Bollinger – programming (1, 3–14)
• Tony Harrell – Hammond B3 organ (1–3, 5–7, 10–13), synthesizer (4, 8, 9), piano (11), keyboards (14)
• Neil Thrasher – background vocals (1, 4, 5, 9)
• Perry Coleman – background vocals (2, 3, 6, 7, 10–14)
• Micah Wilshire – background vocals (2, 7, 8, 11–14), programming (2, 8, 10), electric guitar (2, 8); piano, synth bass (8)
• John Willis – acoustic guitar (3, 4, 8–11)
• Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar (11–14)

Technical

• Michael Knox – production
• Adam Ayan – mastering
• Jeff Braun – mixing
• Brandon Epps – engineering, editing (all tracks); vocal engineering (3, 4)
• Peter Coleman – engineering
• Mickey Jack Cones – vocal engineering
• Micah Wilshire – vocal engineering (2–4, 6–14)

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Highway Desperado Chart (2023) Peak position Australian Country Albums (ARIA) [3] 14 Canadian Albums (Billboard) [4] 44 UK Album Downloads (OCC) [5] 34 UK Country Albums (OCC) [6] 5 UK Independent Albums (OCC) [7] 32 US Billboard 200 [8] 19 US Independent Albums (Billboard) [9] 4 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [10] 6

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Highway Desperado Chart (2024) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [11] 61

References

1. Black, Lauren Jo (August 25, 2023). "Jason Aldean Announces 'HIGHWAY DESPERADO' Album and Shares New Song, 'Let Your Boys Be Country'". Country Now. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
2. "Jason Aldean announces 2024 headlining tour dates, new single 'Let Your Boys Be Country'". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
3. "ARIA Top 40 Country Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
4. "Jason Aldean Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
5. "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
6. "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
7. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
8. "Jason Aldean Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
9. "Jason Aldean Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
10. "Jason Aldean Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
11. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2024". Billboard . Retrieved January 2, 2025.