Part II (Brad Paisley album)

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Part II
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 29, 2001
Studio
Genre Country
Length50:41
Label Arista Nashville
Producer Frank Rogers
Brad Paisley chronology
Who Needs Pictures
(1999)
Part II
(2001)
Mud on the Tires
(2003)
Singles from Part II
  1. "Two People Fell in Love"
    Released: March 19, 2001
  2. "Wrapped Around"
    Released: August 20, 2001
  3. "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)"
    Released: February 25, 2002
  4. "I Wish You'd Stay"
    Released: August 12, 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [2]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Country Weekly (favorable) [4]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [5]
People (positive) [6]

Part II is the second studio album by American country music artist Brad Paisley. Released on May 29, 2001, through Arista Nashville, it became Paisley's second platinum-certified album in the United States. It produced four singles; "Two People Fell in Love", "Wrapped Around", "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" and "I Wish You'd Stay", which respectively reached number 4, number 2, number 1, and number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. "Too Country" also entered the country charts from unsolicited airplay.

Contents

Written by Darrell Scott, "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" was also recorded by Patty Loveless on her 2001 album Mountain Soul and by Kathy Mattea on her 2008 album Coal . The song was featured in the FX TV series Justified .

This album was repackaged with Who Needs Pictures by Sony's Legacy division and released on September 23, 2008.

Background

The title for Paisley's second album as well as the songs on it were inspired by the movie, Father of the Bride Part II , the follow-up to the movie he went to see on his first date with a certain girl several years before his first record deal. They had long since broken up but when the sequel to the movie came out, Paisley couldn't help thinking about her. And wondering if she was thinking about him. "I ended up going to see (the sequel) on the exact day, at the exact same showing that we saw the first one," he says. "I did it on purpose thinking she might be there, too. Well, of course, she wasn't. No one is that psychotic except me."

Disappointed, Paisley channeled his feelings by writing a song with his best friend and frequent songwriting partner, Kelley Lovelace. "We started talking," Paisley says, "and the line came out: 'Hollywood never fails to make a sequel' and 'Why can't love be more like that?' Then, I remember thinking that (Part II) would be a really great title for a second album. And a great concept. [7] " To emphasize the sequel theme, the album opens with strings playing "In the Garden", exactly as the previous album had ended.

This event was revisited on Paisley's 2009 album, American Saturday Night during a reprise of the song, "Welcome to the Future".

The album includes a cover of Darrell Scott's bluegrass standard "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive", which Paisley chose to record because, being a native of West Virginia, he had seen the effect that coal mining had on communities in that region. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Two Feet of Topsoil"
2:46
2."I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)"
3:14
3."Part Two"3:35
4."Wrapped Around"
3:22
5."Two People Fell in Love"
  • Paisley
  • Lovelace
  • Tim Owens
4:07
6."Come On Over Tonight"
4:33
7."You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" Darrell Scott 5:04
8."I Wish You'd Stay"
  • Paisley
  • DuBois
6:17
9."All You Really Need Is Love"
  • Paisley
  • DuBois
  • Rogers
2:44
10."Munster Rag" (instrumental)
  • Paisley
  • James Gregory
  • Mitch McMichen
3:15
11."You Have That Effect on Me"
  • Paisley
  • Rogers
4:22
12."Too Country" (featuring Buck Owens, Bill Anderson and George Jones)3:31
13."The Old Rugged Cross" (live at The Grand Ole Opry, December 16, 2000)Traditional3:51

Personnel

Credits from the album's liner notes. [1] The liner notes do not give detailed information for "The Old Rugged Cross".

Musicians

Production

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
US Country
[15]
US
[16]
2001"Two People Fell in Love"451
"Wrapped Around"235
2002"I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)"129
"I Wish You'd Stay"757

Certifications

Region Certification
Canada (Music Canada) [17] Gold
United States (RIAA) [18] Platinum

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