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5th Gear (album)

5th Gear is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released June 19, 2007, by Arista Nashville and debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of about 197,000 copies.[12] On April 9, 2008, 5th Gear was certified platinum by the RIAA.[13]

5th Gear

June 19, 2007 (2007-06-19)

2006-2007

The Castle and Sound Kitchen (both in Franklin, Tennessee);[1] Blackbird Studio and East Iris Studios (both in Nashville, Tennessee)[1]

Country

67:48

Arista Nashville

Frank Rogers

The album's first four singles — "Ticks", "Online", "Letter to Me", and "I'm Still a Guy" — all reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. In June 2008, a re-recording of "Waitin' on a Woman", a song which Paisley originally recorded for his 2005 album Time Well Wasted, was added as a bonus track to this album. This re-edited version was released in June 2008 as the album's fifth single. For the chart week of September 20, 2008, the song has become his twelfth number-one single and his eighth straight number-one hit. When pre-ordered through iTunes, another bonus track, "You Love Me So Good", was included.


In 2009, NPR picked the album as one of "The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings."[14] "Oh Love" received a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals nomination.[15]


Blaine Larsen later released a rendition of "It Did" in 2009.

Brad Paisley – lead vocals (1-12, 14-15), electric guitar (1-12, 14, 16), acoustic guitar (1-6, 8-12, 15), voice (17)

Wes Hightower – backing vocals (1-12, 14-15)

Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (3)

– backing vocals (3), lead vocals (10)

Carrie Underwood

Gary Hooker – electric guitar (1, 5-6, 11), (2), 12-string guitar (2)

baritone guitar

Kevin "Swine" Grantt – electric bass (1-12, 14, 16), (2, 15)

upright bass

Kenny Lewis – additional bass guitar (16)

– acoustic piano (1, 5, 7-9, 11-12, 14), clavinet (2), keyboards (5), music box (5)

Gordon Mote

Tim Lauer – keyboards (3, 10, 16)

Jim "Moose" Brown – (3), Wurlitzer organ or Wurlitzer electric piano (4), acoustic piano (10, 15)

Hammond B-3 organ

Ben Sesar – drums (1-12, 14-16)

– percussion (1-12, 14-16)

Eric Darken

Randle Currie – (1-9, 11-12, 14, 16)

steel guitar

– banjo (2, 4)

Ron Block

– banjo (8, 16)

Kendall Marcy

– mandolin (4, 6), banjo (6), acoustic guitar (7, 14)

Bryan Sutton

Mike Johnson – (6, 10, 15)

dobro

Justin Williamson – (1, 3-6, 8-9, 11-12, 14, 16), mandolin (2)

fiddle

– fiddle (7, 10, 14), mandolin (10, 15)

Aubrey Haynie

Tom Baldrica – (3)

tuba

– voice (17, 18)

Little Jimmy Dickens

Credits from the album's liner notes.[1] There are only limited credits for tracks 17-18 ("Outtake 1" and "Outtake 2"), and the original booklet/liner notes do not include credits for "Waitin' on a Woman" because it was not included on the original release.


Brentwood High School Band on "Online"


The Kung Pao Buckaroos on track 13 ("Previously") and The New Kung Pao Buckaroos on track 14 ("Bigger Fish to Fry")