Unleashed (Toby Keith album)

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Unleashed
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 6, 2002
Genre Country
Length43:40
Label DreamWorks Records
Producer James Stroud
Toby Keith
Toby Keith chronology
Pull My Chain
(2001)
Unleashed
(2002)
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Toby Keith
(2003)
Singles from Unleashed
  1. "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)"
    Released: May 27, 2002
  2. "Who's Your Daddy?"
    Released: August 19, 2002
  3. "Rock You Baby"
    Released: January 6, 2003
  4. "Beer For My Horses"
    Released: April 7, 2003
Professional ratings
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Metacritic (63/100) [1]
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Billboard (favorable) [3]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Robert Christgau B/E [4]
E! Online C [1]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [5]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1] [6]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Village Voice (positive) [8]

Unleashed is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released on August 6, 2002 by DreamWorks Records. The album produced four hit singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts with "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)", "Who's Your Daddy", "Rock You Baby", and "Beer for My Horses" (a duet with Willie Nelson). "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)", "Who's Your Daddy", and "Beer for My Horses" all reached number one while "Rock You Baby" peaked at number 13. The album was Keith's first to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and was 4× Platinum by the RIAA for sales of four million copies in the United States.

Contents

Upon reaching number one, "Beer for My Horses" was Keith's long-lasting number one single, having spent six weeks at the top of the charts. The song also made Nelson the oldest male country singer to reach the top of the country charts at the time.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Toby Keith and Scotty Emerick unless noted otherwise.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)"Keith3:15
2."Who's Your Daddy?"Keith3:57
3."Good to Go to Mexico"Keith, Chuck Cannon 2:59
4."It's All Good" 3:17
5."Beer for My Horses" (featuring Willie Nelson) 3:30
6."Losing My Touch" 3:14
7."Huckleberry"Keith, Cannon3:28
8."It Works for Me" 3:03
9."Ain't It Just Like You" 3:59
10."Rock You Baby" 4:01
11."Rodeo Moon"Keith, Chris LeDoux 3:53
12."That's Not How It Is" 3:41
13."Live Introduction by Toby Keith of 'Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)'" 1:29
Total length:43:40

Personnel

Charts

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