Whiskey Myers (album)

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Whiskey Myers
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ReleasedSeptember 27, 2019 (2019-09-27)
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Label Wiggy Thump
Producer Whiskey Myers
Whiskey Myers chronology
Mud
(2016)
Whiskey Myers
(2019)
Tornillo
(2022)

Whiskey Myers is the fifth album of the American Rock N Roll band Whiskey Myers. It was released on September 27, 2019 via Wiggy Thump Records.

Contents

Content

The album includes the single "Die Rockin", which lead singer Cody Cannon wrote with Ray Wylie Hubbard. [1] It is also the first album to be produced entirely by the band. [2]

Whiskey Myers debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums chart published for October 12, 2019, with 39,000 units sold in its first week. [3]

Commercial performance

Whiskey Myers debuted at No. 1 on Top Country Albums with 42,000 album equivalent units, 39,000 of which are in traditional album sales. The sales figure was boosted by a concert ticket/album tie-in offer for the band's 2019 tour. [4] It has sold 47,900 copies in the United States as of March 2020. [5]

Critical reception

Writing for Nashville Lifestyles Magazine, music critic Luke Levenson praised the album, commenting, "In the case of Whiskey Myers, its creators returned to form, writing from the gut and playing from the heart. There's a noticeable touch of the band's rich music taste in the songs' production." [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Die Rockin"Cody Cannon, Ray Wylie Hubbard 3:24
2."Mona Lisa"Cannon2:26
3."Rolling Stone"Cannon, Adam Hood 3:59
4."Bitch"John Jeffers2:50
5."Gasoline"Cannon3:59
6."Bury My Bones"Jeffers, TJ McFarland4:19
7."Glitter Ain’t Gold"Jeffers3:36
8."Houston County Sky"Cannon4:05
9."Little More Money"Cannon4:05
10."California to Caroline"Cannon, Aaron Raitiere, Mark Stephen Jones3:31
11."Kentucky Gold"Cannon, Aaron Raitiere, Dave Kennedy4:10
12."Running"Cannon, Brent Cobb 5:27
13."Hammer"Cannon5:01
14."Bad Weather"Jeffers6:03

Personnel

Whiskey Myers

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

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