Off the Beaten Path (Justin Moore album)

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Off the Beaten Path
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 17, 2013 (2013-09-17)
Genre Country
Label Valory Music Group
Producer Jeremy Stover
Justin Moore chronology
Outlaws Like Me
(2011)
Off the Beaten Path
(2013)
Kinda Don't Care
(2016)
Singles from Off the Beaten Path
  1. "Point at You"
    Released: March 18, 2013
  2. "Lettin' the Night Roll"
    Released: October 21, 2013
  3. "This Kind of Town"
    Released: October 20, 2014

Off the Beaten Path is the third studio album by American country music artist Justin Moore. It was released on September 17, 2013 via Valory Music Group. [1] The album includes duets with Miranda Lambert and Charlie Daniels. [2] A deluxe edition was also made available. [3] The album has sold 364,000 copies in the US as of June 2016. [4]

Contents

The album includes the singles "Point at You", "Lettin' the Night Roll" and "This Kind of Town". [5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Country Weekly C+ [7]
Digital JournalStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]
Got Country OnlineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [9]
RoughstockStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Off the Beaten Path garnered generally positive reception by music critics to critique the album. At AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine felt that the release had "an air of authenticity." [6] Markos Papadatos of Digital Journal proclaimed that Moore "stays true to his roots" on an album that was "highly eclectic and a real treat", and called the album "a well-crafted musical work". [8] At Roughstock, Ashley Cooke wrote that "Justin Moore stays true to his cowboy hat, the Country way and the twang we've grown to love with Off The Beaten Path." [10] In agreement, Raina Smith of Got Country Online felt that "Justin stays true to his cowboy hat and roots that’s for sure in this modern and traditional country music album." [9] At The New York Times , Jon Caramanica wrote a positive review, and noted that Moore "engages in a bait and switch: cloaking old-school values with new-school references. He is in no way a dissenter, merely someone who understands that old forms can stand even stronger with injections of new ideas." [12] Furthermore, Caraminica vowed that "Mr. Moore is solid in his convictions: that country music of the 1970s, the more accessible side of the outlaw years, is worth preserving, and that the true modern spirit of that sound is mindful of the rest of the world." [12] However, Bob Paxman at Country Weekly evoked that the release "mostly serves up an array of clichéd, mediocre tunes about the majesty of the country lifestyle." [7] At USA Today , Brian Mansfield told that Moore "may sing about small towns, heaven and redemptive love with unquestionable conviction", but he "just can't recover" to make his album truly special. [11] In 2017, Billboard contributor Chuck Dauphin placed one track from the album on his top 10 list of Moore's best songs: "Point at You" at number eight. [13]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Old Back in the New School"
2:56
2."Lettin' the Night Roll"3:23
3."Old Habits" (featuring Miranda Lambert)
3:49
4."Point at You"3:00
5."I'd Want It to Be Yours"
  • Moore
  • Stover
  • Brandon Kinney
3:16
6."This Kind of Town"
3:51
7."Country Radio"
2:44
8."That's How I Know You Love Me"
  • Justin Weaver
  • Clawson, Tompkins
4:36
9."Off the Beaten Path"
3:14
10."One Dirt Road"
  • Moore
  • Stover
  • Jamie Paulin
3:41
11."For Some Ol' Redneck Reason" (featuring Charlie Daniels)
  • Akins
  • Moore
  • Stover
4:32
Total length:33:08
Deluxe Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Old Back in the New School"
2:56
2."Beer"
3:13
3."Lettin' the Night Roll"
3:23
4."Old Habits" (featuring Miranda Lambert)
  • Brian Maher
  • Josh Hoge
  • Adam Hambrick
3:49
5."Point at You"3:00
6."Wheels"
  • Moore
  • Stover
  • Maher
3:29
7."I'd Want It to Be Yours"
  • Moore
  • Stover
  • Kinney
3:16
8."This Kind of Town"
3:51
9."Dirt Road Kid"
  • Stover
  • Brett Jones
3:25
10."Country Radio"
2:44
11."That's How I Know You Love Me"
  • Justin Weaver
  • Clawson
  • Tompkins
4:36
12."Off the Beaten Path"
3:14
13."One Dirt Road"
  • Moore
  • Stover
  • Jamie Paulin
3:41
14."Field Fulla Hillbillies"
3:17
15."Big Ass Headache"
  • Moore
  • Stover
  • Kinney
3:34
16."For Some Ol' Redneck Reason" (featuring Charlie Daniels)
  • Akins
  • Moore
  • Stover
4:32
Total length:56:10

Personnel

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2013–14)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [14] 5
US Billboard 200 [15] 2
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [16] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)Position
US Billboard 200 [17] 142
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [18] 34
Chart (2014)Position
US Billboard 200 [19] 176
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [20] 32

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[21]
US Country Airplay
[22]
US
[23]
CAN Country
[24]
CAN
[25]
2013"Point at You"10253671
"Lettin' the Night Roll"7149467
2014"This Kind of Town"5044
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [28] Gold364,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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