Relentless (Jason Aldean album)

Infobox Album
Name = Relentless
Type = Studio
Artist = Jason Aldean


Released = start date|2007|5|29
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 44:57
Label = Broken Bow
Producer = Michael Knox
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gvfoxzy5ldfe~T1 link]
* "Entertainment Weekly" – (C) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20040234,00.html link]
Last album = "Jason Aldean"
(2005)
This album = "Relentless"
(2007)
Next album = TBD

"Relentless" is the second album of American country music artist Jason Aldean. It was released on May 29, 2007.

The album debuted at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 and at number one on the Top Country Albums chart, selling about 98,000 copies in its first week. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003594589 "R. Kelly Flirts His Way To No. 1 Album Chart Debut"] , Billboard.com, June 6, 2007.] On October 4 of the same year, the album was certified gold by the RIAA.

As of 2008, "Relentless" has produced three chart singles for Aldean on the Hot Country Songs charts. The lead-off single "Johnny Cash" (originally recorded by Tracy Byrd on his 2004 album "Greatest Hits") and "Laughed Until We Cried" both reached #6 on that chart, and the title track entered Top 40 in May 2008.

Track listing

#"Johnny Cash" (Rodney Clawson, Vicky McGehee, John Rich) - 3:11
#"Laughed Until We Cried" (Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace) - 3:23
#"Do You Wish It Was Me" (Julie Adkison, Clawson) - 4:25
#"I Use What I Got" (Jim Collins, Brett James) - 3:07
#"Who's Kissing You Tonight" (Rich, Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters) - 3:25
#"Relentless" (James LeBlanc, John Paul White) - 3:42
#"My Memory Ain't What It Used to Be" (Gorley, Wade Kirby, Bryant Simpson) - 4:14
#"No" (Collins, Tony Martin, Wendell Mobley) - 3:41
#"Back in the Cigarette" (Joe Doyle, Michael Mobley) - 4:35
#"Grown Woman" (James, Hillary Lindsey) - 3:58
#*duet with Miranda Lambert
#"I Break Everything I Touch" (David Lee Murphy, Kim Tribble) - 3:20
#"Not Every Man Lives" (Lee Brice, Billy Montana, Frank J. Myers) - 3:56

Personnel

*Jason Aldean - vocals
*Kurt Allison - electric guitar
*Tony Harrell - piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer
*Wes Hightower - background vocals ("No")
*Michael Johnson - steel guitar
*Tully Kennedy - bass guitar
*Steve King - Hammond B-3 organ ("Johnny Cash")
*Liana Manis - background vocals ("No")
*Wendell Mobley - background vocals ("No")
*Mike Noble - acoustic guitar
*Danny Rader - acoustic guitar
*Rich Redmond - drums, percussion
*Adam Shoenfeld - electric guitar
*Jack Sizemore - electric guitar ("Johnny Cash")

References

External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gvfoxzy5ldfe~T0 "Relentless" at "allmusic.com"]