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Night Train (Jason Aldean album)

Night Train is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Jason Aldean. It was released on October 16, 2012, via Broken Bow Records.[2][3] The album features a collaboration with Luke Bryan and Eric Church on "The Only Way I Know".[4][5] It was produced by Michael Knox and features Aldean's road band,[6][7] with songs written by various songwriters.

Night Train

October 16, 2012 (2012-10-16)

2012

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The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, making it Aldean's first album to do so. Night Train sold 409,000 copies on its first week, making it the biggest opening sales for a country album since Taylor Swift's Speak Now sold 1,049,000 copies in 2010, as well as the fourth biggest opening sales for an album in 2012.

Content[edit]

"Wheels Rollin'" was written specifically for Aldean.[8] "Black Tears" had previously been recorded by Florida Georgia Line on their debut EP, Anything Like Me.[9]

Reception[edit]

Commercial[edit]

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, and the Top Country Albums chart, selling 409,303 copies in its first week of release. The album was also the highest first sales week of a country album since 2010 behind Taylor Swift's Speak Now.[10] It was also the fourth biggest opening sales for an album in 2012, after Swift's Red with 1,208,000 copies, Mumford and Sons' Babel with 600,000 copies sold, and One Direction's Take Me Home with 540,000 copies sold in the first week. Night Train was certified platinum, signifying one million copies shipped, in December 2012, Aldean's fifth straight album to do so.[11] It was the 10th best-selling album of 2012 in the US, having sold 1,024,000 copies for the year.[12] As of January 2015, the album has sold 1,750,000 copies in the US.[13]

– lead vocals

Jason Aldean

Kurt Allison –

electric guitar

– vocals on "The Only Way I Know"

Luke Bryan

– vocals on "The Only Way I Know"

Eric Church

Perry Coleman – background vocals

Shalacy Griffin – background vocals

Tony Harrell – , piano, strings, Wurlitzer

Hammond B-3 organ

Wes Hightower – background vocals

Mike Johnson – , steel guitar

lap steel guitar

Charlie Judge – Hammond B-3 organ, piano

Tully Kennedy –

bass guitar

– drum programming

Luke Laird

Rob McNelley – electric guitar

banjo, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, hi-string guitar, mandolin, resonator guitar

Danny Rader

drums, percussion

Rich Redmond

e-bow, electric guitar

Adam Shoenfeld

Neil Thrasher – background vocals