Outlaws Like Me

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Outlaws Like Me
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 21, 2011 (2011-06-21)
Recorded2010–11
Genre Country
Label The Valory Music Co.
Producer Jeremy Stover
Justin Moore chronology
Justin Moore
(2009)
Outlaws Like Me
(2011)
Off the Beaten Path
(2013)
Singles from Outlaws Like Me
  1. "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away"
    Released: February 28, 2011
  2. "Bait a Hook"
    Released: August 1, 2011
  3. "Til My Last Day"
    Released: March 19, 2012

Outlaws Like Me is the second studio album by American country music artist Justin Moore. It was released on June 21, 2011 via The Valory Music Co. The album's first single, "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away", became Moore's second number one hit on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Its single, "Bait a Hook" reached the top 20 at number 17. The third single, "Til My Last Day", peaked at number one on the Country Airplay chart. Moore co-wrote eleven of the thirteen songs on the album.

Contents

Promotion

On February 2, 2013, Moore announced his first headline tour, with Dustin Lynch and Jon Pardi as supporting acts, starting on March 14 in Pikeville's Eastern Kentucky Expo Center and ending on April 20 at The Corbin Arena. [1]

Reception

Commercial

Outlaws Like Me debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, and number one on the Top Country Albums chart after selling 65,000 copies during its first week of release. [2] As of September 2013, the album has sold 577,000 copies in the United States. [3]

Critical

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
RoughstockStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Giving it three stars out of five, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine thought that the album was an improvement over Moore's debut. He thought that the sound was "a leaner country rock" and said that it "packs a punch that carries through on the promise of Moore's braggadocio". [4] Dan MacIntosh of Roughstock gave the album one star out of five, referring to the album's lead single, "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away," as "an exception to an otherwise classless effort." He found the record pandering and relying heavily on country stereotypes. [5] In 2017, Billboard contributor Chuck Dauphin placed three tracks from the album on his top 10 list of Moore's best songs: "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away" at number one, "Bait a Hook" at number four and "Til My Last Day" at number six. [6]

Track listing

Standard/CD/MP3 download
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Redneck Side"
2:34
2."My Kind of Woman"
  • Brian Dean Maher
  • Justin Moore
  • Stover
2:43
3."If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away"3:43
4."Run Out of Honky Tonks"
  • Moore
  • Jamie Paulin
  • Ashe Underwood
3:42
5."Beer Time"
2:49
6."Bait a Hook"
  • Akins
  • Moore
  • Stover
3:28
7."Flyin' Down a Back Road"
  • Moore
  • Paulin
  • Stover
3:51
8."If You Don't Like My Twang"
  • Akins
  • Moore
  • Stover
3:40
9."Guns"
  • Moore
  • Paulin
  • Stover
3:53
10."Sunshine Babies"
  • Akins
  • Moore
  • Stover
3:01
11."Til My Last Day"
  • Maher
  • Moore
  • Stover
3:54
12."Bed of My Chevy"
  • Moore
  • Stover
3:26
13."Outlaws Like Me"
  • Moore
  • Stover
5:51
Total length:46:40

Personnel

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country US Country Airplay US CAN Country
[13]
CAN
2011"If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away" [14] 14976
"Bait a Hook"1763
2012"Til My Last Day"7151876
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [18] Platinum577,000 [3]

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