New to This Town

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New to This Town
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2012 (2012-09-11)
Genre Country
Length42:02
Label Arista Nashville
Producer Kix Brooks
Jay DeMarcus
Kix Brooks chronology
Kix Brooks
(1989)
New to This Town
(2012)
Ambush at Dark Canyon (Official Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(2014)
Singles from New to This Town
  1. "New to This Town"
    Released: March 19, 2012
  2. "Bring It On Home"
    Released: September 4, 2012
  3. "Moonshine Road"
    Released: November 19, 2012
  4. "Complete 360"
    Released: 2013
  5. "There's the Sun"
    Released: 2013
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New to This Town is the second solo studio album by American country music artist Kix Brooks. It was released on September 11, 2012, via Arista Nashville. [2] [3] It is Brooks' first album after his split as one half of Brooks & Dunn. [4] Brooks produced the album and co-wrote nine of its twelve tracks. [5] Its first single, the title track, features Joe Walsh on guitar and was co-produced by Jay DeMarcus, one third of Rascal Flatts. [6] This album was followed by the soundtrack to Brooks' film Ambush at Dark Canyon, for which he composed most of the musical score and also starred in. [7]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."New to This Town" (featuring Joe Walsh)Kix Brooks, Marv Green, Terry McBride 4:20
2."Moonshine Road"Brooks, Leslie Satcher 4:20
3."Bring It On Home"Brooks, Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson 3:43
4."There's the Sun" Trent Summar, Brandon Kinney3:05
5."Complete 360"Brooks, Rafe Van Hoy3:15
6."My Baby"Brian White, Bruce Wallace2:54
7."Tattoo" Curly Putman, Brooks, Van Hoy3:24
8."In the Right Place"Akins, Davidson, Ben Hayslip 3:47
9."Next to That Woman"Brooks, Rivers Rutherford 3:20
10."Let's Do This Thing"Brooks, Satcher2:56
11."Closin' Time at Home" Bob DiPiero, Brooks, David Lee Murphy 3:36
12."She Knew I Was a Cowboy"Brooks, Tony Lane, David Lee3:22

Personnel

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2012)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [8] 53
US Billboard Top Country Albums [8] 10

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
US Country US Country Airplay
2012"New to This Town" (with Joe Walsh)31
"Bring It On Home"3944
"Moonshine Road"4245
2013"Complete 360"49
"There's the Sun"48
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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