Shock'n Y'all

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Shock'N Y'all is an album by country music superstar Toby Keith, released in 2003. The album features 10 studio tracks and the 2 live "Bus Songs". The album has been certified four times platinum for sales in excess of 4 million units.

The album title is a play on shock and awe - the phrase used by the US military to describe the initial air offensive against Saddam Hussein's Iraq in 2003 . It reflects the artist's renowned patriotism and unbending pro-military stance, which includes regular voluntary trips with USO to US military bases in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.

Patriotic themes abound in hit single American Soldier and in the light-hearted live track, The Taliban Song, a song which comedically mocks the deposed Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The other live track, Weed With Willie, refers to smoking marijuana with Keith's friend, the country legend Willie Nelson.

I Love This Bar, Whiskey Girl, and American Soldier were the three tracks from the album to be released as singles; all reached number 1. I Love This Bar has inspired a chain of restaurants that Keith has launched under the name I Love This Bar And Grill.

Keith wrote or co-wrote 11 of the 12 songs with long-time friend, writing partner, and touring partner, Scotty Emerick, the singer-songwriter, featuring prominently. Don't Leave I Think I Love You is co-written by Keith and Ronnie Dunn of legendary country duo Brooks and Dunn. Emerick also features on supporting vocals and on the live material.

The album was produced by James Stroud. It was followed in 2005 by Honkytonk University.

[edit] Track listing

1. I Love This Bar
2. Whiskey Girl
3. American Soldier
4. If I Was Jesus
5. Time for Me to Ride
6. Sweet
7. Don't Leave, I Think I Love You
8. Nights I Can't Remember, Friends I'll Never Forget
9. Baddest Boots
10. Critic
11. Taliban Song
12. Weed With Willie