Thirty Miles West

Thirty Miles West
Studio album by Alan Jackson
Released June 5, 2012 (2012-06-05)
Recorded 2011-2012
Genre Country
Length 52:21
Label Alan's Country Records
EMI Nashville
Producer Keith Stegall[1]
Alan Jackson chronology
34 Number Ones
(2010)		 Thirty Miles West
(2012)		 Playlist: The Very Best of Alan Jackson
(2012)
Singles from Thirty Miles West
  1. "Long Way to Go"
    Released: June 27, 2011
  2. "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore"
    Released: January 16, 2012
  3. "You Go Your Way"
    Released: August 27, 2012

Thirty Miles West is the seventeenth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson.[2] It was released on June 5, 2012 and is Jackson's first album on his own Alan's Country Records in a joint venture with EMI Nashville.[3] The album includes the singles "Long Way to Go," "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" and "You Go Your Way."[4]

The album's title refers to a song about a stretch of the Dixie Highway near Jackson's hometown of Newnan, Georgia.[5] The song, "Dixie Highway," is a duet with Zac Brown.[6]

Reception

Critical

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[7]
Allmusic[8]
Country Weekly(positive)[9]
Los Angeles Times[10]
The New York Times(average)[11]
The Washington Post(average)[12]

Upon its release, Thirty Miles West received generally positive reviews from most music critics.[13] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 4 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[13]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gonna Come Back as a Country Song"  Terry McBride, Chris Stapleton3:02
2."You Go Your Way"  Troy Jones, David Lee, Tony Lane3:18
3."Everything but the Wings"  Alan Jackson4:44
4."Talk Is Cheap"  Guy Clark, Stapleton, Morgane Hayes3:48
5."So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore"  Jay Knowles, Adam Wright3:42
6."Look Her in the Eye and Lie"  Jackson3:48
7."Dixie Highway" (with Zac Brown)Jackson7:24
8."She Don't Get High"  Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde, Kylie Sackley4:12
9."Her Life's a Song"  Jackson4:25
10."Nothin' Fancy"  Knowles, Wright3:12
11."Long Way to Go"  Jackson3:39
12."Life Keeps Bringing Me Down"  Al Anderson, Shawn Camp3:04
13."When I Saw You Leaving (For Nisey)"  Jackson4:04
Total length:52:21

Personnel

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[14] 6
Canadian Albums Chart[15] 4
German Newcomer Chart[16] 17
Norwegian Albums Chart[14] 14
Swedish Albums Chart[14] 45
UK Country Albums Chart[17] 3
US Billboard 200[15] 2
US Billboard Top Country Albums[15] 1

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country
[18]		 US Country Airplay
[19]		 US Bubbling
[20]
2011 "Long Way to Go" 24 — 20
2012 "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" 25 — 8
"You Go Your Way" 41 39 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Preceded by
Blown Away by Carrie Underwood		 Top Country Albums number-one album
June 23, 2012 		Succeeded by
Punching Bag by Josh Turner

References

  1. ↑ Wyland, Sarah (April 10, 2012). "Alan Jackson to Release New Album June 5". Great American Country. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ Cooper, Brittany Joy (April 10, 2012). "Alan Jackson to Release 'Thirty Miles West' Record June 5". Taste of Country. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  3. ↑ Darden, Beville (April 10, 2012). "Alan Jackson, 'Thirty Miles West' to Release in June". The Boot. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Alan Jackson to Release "Thirty Miles West" on June 5". Roughstock. April 10, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Alan Jackson's New Album Due June 5". Country Music Television. April 10, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  6. ↑ Flippo, Chet (May 3, 2012). "NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Big Summer Sounds Coming From Alan Jackson". Country Music Television. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  7. ↑ Silva, Robert. "Alan Jackson - 'Thirty Miles West' Album Review". About.com. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  8. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Thirty Miles West - Alan Jackson". Allmusic. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  9. ↑ Nicholson, Jessica (June 5, 2012). "Thirty Miles West by Alan Jackson". Country Weekly. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  10. ↑ Lewis, Randy (June 6, 2012). "Album review: Alan Jackson's 'Thirty Miles West'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  11. ↑ Pareles, Jon; Chinen, Nate; Ratliff, Ben (June 4, 2012). "Another Solstice in an Endless Summer". The New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  12. ↑ Richards, Chris (June 4, 2012). "Alan Jackson's 'Thirty Miles West': Reliably comforting". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  13. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for Thirty Miles West - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  14. 1 2 3 "Alan Jackson - Thirty Miles West". Ultratop 50. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  15. 1 2 3 "Chart listing for Thirty Miles West". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  16. ↑ http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/news/dance-dinosaurier-trampelt-durch-newcomer-charts.html
  17. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/country-charts/
  18. ↑ "Alan Jackson Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  19. ↑ "Alan Jackson Album & Song Chart History - Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  20. ↑ Peak chart positions for singles on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart:
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