Part II (Brad Paisley album)

Part II
Studio album by Brad Paisley
Released May 29, 2001
Recorded The Castle - Franklin, TN
Genre Country
Length 50:41
Label Arista Nashville
Producer Frank Rogers
Brad Paisley chronology
Who Needs Pictures
(1999)		 Part II
(2001)		 Mud on the Tires
(2003)
Singles from Part II
  1. "Two People Fell in Love"
    Released: March 19, 2001
  2. "Wrapped Around"
    Released: August 20, 2001
  3. "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)"
    Released: February 25, 2002
  4. "I Wish You'd Stay"
    Released: 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly B+[2]
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Part II is the second album by American country music artist Brad Paisley. Released in 2001 on Arista Nashville, it became Paisley's second platinum-certified album in the United States. It produced four singles: "Two People Fell in Love" , "Wrapped Around", "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" and "I Wish You'd Stay", which respectively reached number 4, number 2, number 1, and number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. "Too Country" also entered the country charts from unsolicited airplay.

"You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" was also recorded by Patty Loveless on her 2001 album Mountain Soul and recently by Kathy Mattea on her 2008 album, Coal. The song was featured in the FX Network TV series "Justified".

This album was repackaged with Who Needs Pictures by Sony's Legacy division and released on September 23, 2008.

Contents

Background

The title for Paisley's second album as well as the song on it were inspired by the movie, Father of the Bride Part II, the follow-up to the movie he went to see on his first date with a certain girl several years before his first record deal. They had long since broken up but when the sequel to the movie came out, Paisley couldn't help thinking about her. And wondering if she was thinking about him. "I ended up going to see (the sequel) on the exact day, at the exact same showing that we saw the first one," he says. "I did it on purpose thinking she might be there, too. Well, of course, she wasn't. No one is that psychotic except me."

Disappointed, Paisley channeled his feelings by writing a song with his best friend and frequent songwriting partner, Kelley Lovelace. "We started talking," Paisley says, "and the line came out: 'Hollywood never fails to make a sequel' and 'Why can't love be more like that?' Then, I remember thinking that (Part II) would be a really great title for a second album. And a great concept.[3]"

This event was revisited on Paisley's 2009 album, American Saturday Night during a reprise of the song, "Welcome to the Future".

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Two Feet of Topsoil"   Brad Paisley, Robert Arthur 2:46
2. "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)"   Paisley, Frank Rogers 3:14
3. "Part Two"   Paisley, Kelley Lovelace 3:35
4. "Wrapped Around"   Paisley, Chris DuBois, Lovelace 3:22
5. "Two People Fell in Love"   Paisley, Lovelace, Tim Owens 4:07
6. "Come On Over Tonight"   Paisley, Chely Wright 4:33
7. "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive"   Darrell Scott 5:04
8. "I Wish You'd Stay"   Paisley, DuBois 6:17
9. "All You Really Need Is Love"   Paisley, DuBois, Rogers 2:44
10. "Munster Rag" (instrumental) Paisley, James Gregory, Mitch McMichen 3:15
11. "You Have That Effect on Me"   Paisley, Rogers 4:22
12. "Too Country" (featuring Buck Owens, Bill Anderson and George Jones) Bill Anderson, Chuck Cannon 3:31
13. "The Old Rugged Cross" (live at The Grand Ole Opry, December 16, 2000) Traditional 3:51

Personnel

String arrangements on "I Wish You'd Stay" and "You Have That Effect on Me" by Carl Gorodetzky and The Nashville String Machine.

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2001) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[4] 3
U.S. Billboard 200[4] 31

Singles

Year Single Peak chart
positions
US Country
[5]		 US
[6]
2001 "Two People Fell in Love" 4 51
"Wrapped Around" 2 35
2002 "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" 1 29
"I Wish You'd Stay" 7 57

Certifications

Region Certification
Canada (Music Canada)[7] Gold
United States (RIAA)[8] Platinum

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Part II review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r532419. Retrieved July 17, 2011. 
  2. ^ Nash, Alanna. "Part II (Brad Paisley) review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,256419,00.html. Retrieved July 17, 2011. 
  3. ^ Anon (2001). "Biography: Part II" aristanashville.com. Retrieved September 17, 2009
  4. ^ a b "Chart listing for Part II". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/brad-paisley/part-ii/477493. Retrieved September 21, 2011. 
  5. ^ "Brad Paisley Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/brad-paisley/chart-history/339390?f=357&g=Singles. Retrieved December 11, 2010. 
  6. ^ "Brad Paisley Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/brad-paisley/chart-history/339390. Retrieved December 11, 2010. 
  7. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Brad Paisley – Part II". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Part+II&sa=Brad+Paisley&smt=0. 
  8. ^ "American album certifications – Brad Paisley – Part II". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Part+II%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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