Skeletons (Brothers Osborne album)

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Skeletons
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)
Genre
Length39:18
Label EMI Nashville
Producer Jay Joyce
Brothers Osborne chronology
Live at the Ryman
(2019)
Skeletons
(2020)
Brothers Osborne
(2023)
Singles from Skeltons
  1. "All Night"
    Released: May 18, 2020
  2. "I'm Not for Everyone"
    Released: April 26, 2021

Skeletons is the third studio album by American country music duo Brothers Osborne. It was released by EMI Records Nashville on October 9, 2020. The album includes the singles "All Night" and "I'm Not for Everyone".

Contents

Content

"All Night" was released to radio in 2020 as the album's lead single. [3] [4]

The album was re-released on January 21, 2022 with the bonus tracks "Younger Me", "Headstone", and "Midnight Rider's Prayer". [5] "Younger Me" was released in mid-2021 as a promotional single in honor of lead singer T. J. Osborne coming out as gay earlier in the year. The track "Midnight Rider's Prayer" incorporates Willie Nelson's "On the Road Again" and thus credits Nelson as a co-writer. [6]

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, stating that "Maybe it's true that Brothers Osborne aren't quite for everyone, an admission they shrug off early on the album, but the great thing about Skeletons is how it sounds like they're appealing to wide quadrants of rock, pop, country, and Americana audiences without sounding like anything but themselves." [1]

Awards and nominations

Skeletons was nominated for the Album of the Year award at the 55th Annual Country Music Association Awards and "Younger Me" was nominated for Video of the Year. Brothers Osborne won the Vocal Duo of the Year award based on the strength of the album. It was also nominated for the Album of the Year award at the 56th Academy of Country Music Awards.

Brothers Osborne received two nominations at the 64th Grammy Awards: Grammy Award for Best Country Album for Skeletons and Best Country Duo/Group Performance for "Younger Me." The latter won a Grammy. [7]

Track listing

Courtesy of AllMusic and Rolling Stone Country. [1] [8]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lighten Up"
3:18
2."All Night"
  • J. Osborne
  • TJ Osborne
  • Andrew DeRoberts
2:48
3."All the Good Ones Are"3:23
4."I'm Not for Everyone"
2:52
5."Skeletons"
  • J. Osborne
  • TJ Osborne
  • DeRoberts
3:39
6."Back on the Bottle"
3:16
7."High Note"
3:32
8."Muskrat Greene"
  • J. Osborne
2:35
9."Dead Man's Curve"
  • J. Osborne
  • TJ Osborne
  • Miller
2:21
10."Make it a Good One"
  • J. Osborne
  • TJ Osborne
  • Stephen Wilson Jr.
3:25
11."Hatin' Somebody"
  • J. Osborne
  • TJ Osborne
  • Beatherd
4:51
12."Old Man's Boots"
  • J. Osborne
3:18
Total length:39:18
Skeletons — Deluxe edition bonus tracks [6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Younger Me"
3:36
14."Headstone"
  • J. Osborne
  • TJ Osborne
  • Marvel
4:45
15."Midnight Rider's Prayer"
2:57


Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [9]

Brothers Osborne

Additional musicians

Charts

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