Let It Go (Tim McGraw album)

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Let It Go
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ReleasedMarch 27, 2007 (2007-03-27)
Genre Country
Length52:39
Label Curb Records
Producer
Tim McGraw chronology
Tim McGraw Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2
(2006)
Let It Go
(2007)
Greatest Hits: Limited Edition
(2008)
Singles from Let It Go
  1. "Last Dollar (Fly Away)"
    Released: January 8, 2007
  2. "I Need You"
    Released: April 23, 2007
  3. "If You're Reading This"
    Released: June 11, 2007
  4. "Suspicions"
    Released: November 26, 2007
  5. "Kristofferson"
    Released: March 17, 2008
  6. "Let It Go"
    Released: July 21, 2008
  7. "Nothin' to Die For"
    Released: January 5, 2009
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Metacritic (73/100) [1]
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The Boston Globe (positive) [4]
Country Weekly (favorable) [5]
Entertainment Weekly B− [6]
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People Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
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Stylus Magazine B− [11]
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Let It Go is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released on March 27, 2007 by Curb Records. It was entered the U.S. Billboard 200 at number one with sales of 325,000 copies. The album has produced seven Top 20 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including a number one; one of those seven songs was only included on later issues of the album. Of all McGraw's albums, this one has produced the most singles in his career.

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The first single from the album, "Last Dollar (Fly Away)" (written by Big Kenny of Big & Rich), reached the top of the country charts in early 2007, giving McGraw his first number one hit since "Back When" in late 2004. Following it was "I Need You", a duet with his wife Faith Hill. This song peaked at #8. Shortly after the latter was released, McGraw charted with a live rendition of the song "If You're Reading This". He performed that song live at the Academy of Country Music awards in May 2007. A month after this song entered the charts, the album was re-issued with "If You're Reading This" added to the track listing. Afterwards, that song was later officially issued as the album's third single and reached #3 on the country charts.

"If You're Reading This" was followed in late 2007 by "Suspicions", a cover of Eddie Rabbitt's number one hit from 1979. However, McGraw's version became the second Top 40 hit of all his career to miss the Top 10 by peaking at #12 on Hot Country Songs. Following that song were "Kristofferson" and the title track in 2008; the former also failed to make the Top Ten by at #16 while the latter went to #2 in early December. The seventh single, "Nothin' to Die For", was released in January 2009. It entered the Hot Country Songs chart as an album cut at #57 in late December before its official release that month.

The song "Shotgun Rider" is not to be confused with another song with the same name which McGraw recorded on his 2014 album, Sundown Heaven Town . This song, written by Marv Green, Hillary Lindsey and Troy Verges, was released by McGraw as the latter album's third single in 2014, and became a number one song for him that year.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Last Dollar (Fly Away)" Big Kenny 4:30
2."I'm Workin'" Darrell Scott, Lori McKenna 3:40
3."Let It Go" Aimee Mayo, Bill Luther, Tom Douglas 3:45
4."Whiskey and You" Chris Stapleton, Lee Thomas Miller 3:47
5."Suspicions" David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens, Randy McCormick5:16
6."Kristofferson" Anthony Smith, Reed Nielsen3:23
7."Put Your Lovin' on Me" Hillary Lindsey, Luke Laird 3:34
8."Nothin' to Die For" Craig Wiseman, Miller4:13
9."Between the River and Me" Brad Warren, Brett Warren, Brett Beavers 3:53
10."Train #10" Tim McGraw, Brad Warren, Brett Warren3:58
11."I Need You" (duet with Faith Hill)David Lee, Tony Lane4:08
12."Comin' Home" Rivers Rutherford, Steve McEwan 4:06
13."Shotgun Rider" (featuring Faith Hill)Smith, Jeffrey Steele, Sherrié Austin 4:21
14."If You're Reading This" (Live recording from 2007 ACM awards, Only available on mid-2007 re-issues of album)McGraw, Brad Warren, Brett Warren4:12

Personnel

Tim McGraw & the Dancehall Doctors

Additional Musician

Background Vocals

Production

Studios

Chart performance

Let It Go entered the U.S. Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums charts at #1. This became McGraw's fourth #1 Billboard 200 and eleventh #1 Top Country Albums release.

Sales and certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [21] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [22] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Singles

YearSingleChart Positions
US Country US CAN
2007"Last Dollar (Fly Away)"113
"I Need You" (with Faith Hill)85075
"If You're Reading This"34181
"Suspicions"1287
2008"Kristofferson"16110
"Let It Go"24775
2009"Nothin' to Die For"56876

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