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Alan Jackson’s First New Album In Six Years Set For May

April 2, 2021/in Featured2, Uncategorized /by Lorie Hollabaugh

Photo Credit: Russ Harrington and Gregory Ballos

Alan Jackson is returning with his first album of all new music in six years this spring when Where Have You Gone arrives Friday, May 14.

The expansive collection includes 21 tracks, 15 penned by Jackson himself, and was produced by Jackson’s longtime producer Keith Stegall. The project is his 16th studio album, and the 25th in a storied career that includes two Christmas albums, two gospel albums, three Greatest Hits collections, a bluegrass album, and one boxed set.

Led by the self-penned title track, Where Have You Gone is highlighted by songs like the poignant “Things That Matter” and the heartache-filled “Way Down in My Whiskey.” In a more personal vein, “You’ll Always Be My Baby” and “I Do” were both written for Jackson’s daughters’ weddings, while “Where Her Heart Has Always Been” was penned for his mother’s funeral and includes a recording of her reading from The Bible. There’s also plenty of fun to be had on barnburners like “Livin’ On Empty,” “Back” and “Beer:10.” And, in the spirit of the album’s overall sound, “That’s the Way Loves Goes (A Tribute to Merle Haggard)” is a bonus track.

“It’s a little harder country than even I’ve done in the past,” Jackson says. “And it’s funny, I was driving and listening to the final mixes Keith sent me, and I started to tear up. I was surprised to get so overly emotional, but I just love this kind of music. When I write, I visualize back home and growing up. Real country songs are life and love and heartache, drinking and Mama and having a good time…but it’s the sounds of the instruments, too. The steel and acoustic guitar, the fiddle – those things have a sound and a tone…and getting that right, the way those things make you feel, that’s country, too.”

“Alan’s taken his experiences over the last six years and implemented his poet’s perspective to weave together a masterful love letter to country music,” says UMG Nashville President Cindy Mabe. “This is Alan’s story but it’s also the story of country music. This music love letter was written about the most universal experiences in life, almost exclusively with Alan’s own pen, and it’s once again a reminder of what a one-of-a-kind creator he truly is.”

Where Have You Gone Track List:

  • “Where Have You Gone” (Alan Jackson)
  • “Wishful Drinkin’” (Alan Jackson)
  • “I Can Be That Something” (Alan Jackson)
  • “Where the Cottonwood Grows” (Alan Jackson)
  • “Way Down In My Whiskey” (Alan Jackson)
  • “Things That Matter” (Robert Keith Stegall, Michael White)
  • “Livin’ On Empty” (Alan Jackson)
  • “You’ll Always Be My Baby (Written for Daughters’ Weddings)” (Alan Jackson)
  • “Where Her Heart Has Always Been (Written for Mama’s funeral with an old recording of her reading from The Bible)” (Alan Jackson)
  • “The Boot” (Adam Wright)
  • “Back” (Alan Jackson)
  • “Write It In Red” (Alan Jackson)
  • “So Late So Soon” (Scotty Emerick, Daniel Tashian, Sarah Buxton)
  • “This Heart Of Mine” (Adam Wright)
  • “A Man Who Never Cries” (Alan Jackson)
  • “Chain” (Alan Jackson)
  • “I Was Tequila” (Alan Jackson)
  • “I Do (Written for Daughters’ Weddings)” (Alan Jackson)
  • “Beer:10” (Alan Jackson)
  • “The Older I Get” (Hailey Whitters, Adam Wright, Sarah Turner)
    Extra Track: “That’s The Way Love Goes” (A Tribute to Merle Haggard) (Lefty Frizzell, Whitey Shafer)

 

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Lorie Hollabaugh
Lorie Hollabaugh
Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at [email protected]
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