Playing with Fire (Jennifer Nettles album)

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Playing with Fire
Jennifer Nettles Playing with Fire.jpg
Studio album by
Jennifer Nettles
ReleasedMay 13, 2016
Recorded2015–2016
StudioBlackbird Studios and Starstruck Studios (Nashville, Tennessee); The Castle and Hound's Ear Studio (Franklin, Tennessee); The Cabin Studios (Los Angeles, California); Ocean Studios (Burbank, California); Studio Trilogy (San Francisco, California); Mix LA (Tarzana, California); Downtown Music Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre
Length42:38
Label Big Machine
Producer Dann Huff
Jennifer Nettles chronology
That Girl
(2014)		Playing with Fire
(2016)		 To Celebrate Christmas
(2016)
Singles from Playing with Fire
  1. "Unlove You"
    Released: January 11, 2016
  2. "Hey Heartbreak"
    Released: September 26, 2016 [1]

Playing with Fire is the second studio album by American country music singer Jennifer Nettles. It was released on May 13, 2016, by Big Machine Records. This is her first album with Big Machine after parting ways with Mercury Nashville. [2] [3] Ten of the album's twelve tracks were written or co-written by Nettles. Produced by Dann Huff, the album also features a collaboration with singer Jennifer Lopez, titled "My House".

Contents

Background

On making the record Nettles says "The way I approached this whole project was different because I'm a different person than I was several years ago, I have different stories to tell; I have different experiences now." Nettles describes the album as "marrying traditional country styles with newer ones." [4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Playing with Fire debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 10, [7] and Top Country Albums at No. 2, selling 30,800 copies in the first week. [8]

As of February 2017, the album has sold 99,400 copies in the US. [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Playing with Fire" Jennifer Nettles, Brandy Clark 3:03
2."Unlove You"Nettles, Clark3:55
3."Hey Heartbreak"Sara Haze, Shane McAnally, Jimmy Robbins 3:34
4."Drunk in Heels"Nettles, Clark3:22
5."Stupid Girl"Nettles, Bill Sherman 3:38
6."Three Days in Bed" Holly Williams 3:41
7."Sugar"Nettles, Clark, Jesse Jo Dillon2:55
8."Chaser"Nettles, Clark, McAnally3:27
9."Starting Over"Nettles, Clark, McAnally4:13
10."Salvation Works"Nettles, Clark, Lori McKenna 3:51
11."Way Back Home"Nettles3:31
12."My House" (featuring Jennifer Lopez)Nettles, Julio Reyes Copello, Lopez, McAnally, Josh Osborne 3:28
Total length:42:38

Credits and personnel

Vocals [10]

Instruments

Production

Charts

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, formats, label, editions and reference
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelEdition(s)Ref.
AustraliaMay 13, 2016 Big Machine Standard [16]
Canada [17]
United Kingdom [18]
United States [4]

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