Highway Desperado

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Highway Desperado
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 3, 2023 (2023-11-03)
Genre Country rock
Length46:33
Label Broken Bow
Producer Michael Knox
Jason Aldean chronology
Macon, Georgia
(2021/2022)
Highway Desperado
(2023)
Singles from Highway Desperado
  1. "Try That in a Small Town"
    Released: May 22, 2023
  2. "Let Your Boys Be Country"
    Released: November 27, 2023

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]

Contents

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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tough Crowd"
3:20
2."Let Your Boys Be Country"
  • Jaron Boyer
  • Allison Veltz Cruz
  • Micah Wilshire
3:15
3."Knew You'd Come Around"
3:14
4."Hungover In a Hotel"
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"
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

Technical

Charts

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

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