Time Well Wasted

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Time Well Wasted
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 16, 2005
StudioThe Castle and Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee); Emerald Entertainment and Thelma's East (Nashville, Tennessee).
Genre Country
Length65:30
Label Arista Nashville
Producer Frank Rogers
Brad Paisley chronology
Mud on the Tires
(2003)
Time Well Wasted
(2005)
Brad Paisley Christmas
(2006)
Singles from Time Well Wasted
  1. "Alcohol"
    Released: May 9, 2005
  2. "When I Get Where I'm Going"
    Released: October 10, 2005
  3. "The World"
    Released: March 13, 2006
  4. "She's Everything"
    Released: August 28, 2006
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People Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Plugged In (unfavorable) [8]
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Slant Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Stylus Magazine B− [10]
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The Village Voice (positive) [12]

Time Well Wasted is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released on August 16, 2005, on Arista Nashville. It was the Country Music Association's Album of the Year for 2006. [13]

Contents

The album produced the singles "Alcohol", "When I Get Where I'm Going", "The World", and "She's Everything". "Alcohol" was a number 4 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, while the other three singles were all Number Ones. "Waitin' on a Woman" was re-recorded in mid-2008 as a bonus track for Paisley's 5th Gear album, and this re-recording was issued in June 2008 as a single.

Content

The first single from Time Well Wasted was "Alcohol", which reached a peak of number 4 on the Billboard country charts in mid-2005. After it came "When I Get Where I'm Going", featuring background vocals from Dolly Parton. This song became Paisley's fifth Number One and Parton's twenty-fifth, as well as her first since the Ricky Van Shelton duet "Rockin' Years" in 1991. It also made her the oldest female artist to have a Number One hit on the country charts.

"The World", the third single, became Paisley's highest-debuting single when it entered the charts at number 37, and was his sixth Number One. Finishing off the single releases was "She's Everything", also a Number One. "Waitin' on a Woman", a cut from this album, was re-recorded and released to radio in 2008, and was added to his next studio album, 2007's 5th Gear . Upon its reaching Number One, the re-recording of "Waitin' on a Woman" became Paisley's eighth Number One in a row, setting a new record for the most consecutive country Number One hits since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990. [14]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The World"4:01
2."Alcohol"Paisley4:52
3."Waitin' on a Woman"
4:32
4."I'll Take You Back"
  • Paisley
  • Robert Arthur
  • Tim Owens
4:23
5."She's Everything"
  • Paisley
  • Wil Nance
4:26
6."You Need a Man Around Here"
  • Paisley
  • Lovelace
3:33
7."Out in the Parkin' Lot" (duet with Alan Jackson )4:43
8."Rainin' You"
  • Paisley
  • Owens
4:16
9."Flowers""
3:50
10."Love Is Never-Ending"
  • John Goodwin
  • Bobby Terry
3:58
11."The Uncloudy Day"Rev. J. Alwood0:53
12."When I Get Where I'm Going" (duet with Dolly Parton )
4:08
13."Easy Money"Paisley4:14
14."Time Warp" (instrumental)
3:56
15."Time Well Wasted"
3:56
16."Cornography" (comedy sketch featuring James Burton and the Kung Pao Buckaroos)
  • Paisley
  • Rogers
  • Peter Tilden
3:56
17."Outtake 1" (hidden track) 0:15
18."Outtake 2" (hidden track) 0:13
19."Outtake 3" (hidden track) 0:35
20."Outtake 4" (hidden track) 0:34
21."Shatner Says Goodbye" (hidden track featuring William Shatner ) 0:27

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Production

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country
[24]
US
[25]
US
Pop

[26]
2005"Alcohol"42842
"When I Get Where I'm Going" (with Dolly Parton)13972
2006"The World"14581
"She's Everything"13547

Certifications

Region Certification
Canada (Music Canada) [27] Gold
United States (RIAA) [28] 2× Platinum

Album Cover

The clock hanging on the guitar seen on the album cover is an homage to The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí.

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