Thirty Miles West

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Thirty Miles West
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Studio album by
Alan Jackson
ReleasedJune 5, 2012 (2012-06-05)
Recorded2011–2012
Genre Country
Length52:21
Label Alan's Country Records
EMI Nashville
Producer Keith Stegall [1]
Alan Jackson chronology
34 Number Ones
(2010)		Thirty Miles West
(2012)		 Playlist: The Very Best of Alan Jackson
(2012)
Singles from Thirty Miles West
  1. "Long Way to Go"
    Released: June 27, 2011
  2. "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore"
    Released: January 16, 2012
  3. "You Go Your Way"
    Released: August 27, 2012

Thirty Miles West is the seventeenth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. [2] It was released on June 5, 2012, and is Jackson's first album on his own Alan's Country Records in a joint venture with EMI Nashville. [3] The album includes the singles "Long Way to Go," "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" and "You Go Your Way." [4]

Contents

The album's title refers to a song about a stretch of the Dixie Highway near Jackson's hometown of Newnan, Georgia. [5] The song, "Dixie Highway," is a duet with Zac Brown. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Country Weekly (positive) [9]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The New York Times (average) [11]
The Washington Post (average) [12]

Upon its release, Thirty Miles West received generally positive reviews from most music critics. [13] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 4 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [13]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gonna Come Back as a Country Song" Terry McBride, Chris Stapleton 3:02
2."You Go Your Way"Troy Jones, David Lee, Tony Lane3:18
3."Everything but the Wings" Alan Jackson 4:44
4."Talk Is Cheap" Guy Clark, Stapleton, Morgane Hayes 3:48
5."So You Don’t Have To Love Me Anymore"Jackson3:42
6."Look Her in the Eye and Lie"Jay Knowles, Adam Wright3:48
7."Dixie Highway" (with Zac Brown)Jackson7:24
8."She Don't Get High" Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde, Kylie Sackley4:12
9."Her Life's a Song"Jackson4:25
10."Nothin' Fancy"Knowles, Wright3:12
11."Long Way to Go"Jackson3:39
12."Life Keeps Bringin' Me Down" Al Anderson, Shawn Camp 3:04
13."When I Saw You Leaving (For Nisey)"Jackson4:04
Total length:52:21

Personnel

Charts

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