Shock'n Y'all

Shock'n Y'all
Studio album by Toby Keith
Released	November 4, 2003
Genre	Country
Length	50:21
Label	DreamWorks
Producer	James Stroud Toby Keith
Toby Keith chronology
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Toby Keith (2003) Shock'n Y'all (2003) Greatest Hits 2 (2004)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(71/100) [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
411Mania	(8/10) [2]
About.com	[3]
Allmusic	[4]
Blender	[1]
E! Online	C [1]
Entertainment Weekly	B [1][5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
People	[7]
Plugged In	(mixed) [8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
The Village Voice	(positive) [10]

Shock'n Y'all is the eighth studio album by country musician Toby Keith, released in 2003. The album features 10 studio tracks and the 2 live "Bus Songs". The album has been certified 4× Platinum in the U.S. for shipments in excess of 4 million units.

"I Love This Bar", "American Soldier" and "Whiskey Girl" were the three tracks from the album to be released as singles, and all reached Number One on the Hot Country Songs charts. "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 his frequent collaborator Scotty Emerick, who also sings backup on the live tracks.

Track listing

1. "I Love This Bar" (Toby Keith, Scotty Emerick) - 5:35
2. "Whiskey Girl" (Keith, Emerick) - 3:59
3. "American Soldier" (Keith, Chuck Cannon) - 4:23
4. "If I Was Jesus" (Cannon, Phil Madeira) - 3:44
5. "Time for Me to Ride" (Keith, Cannon) - 5:22
6. "Sweet" (Keith, Emerick, Cannon) - 3:06
7. "Don't Leave, I Think I Love You" (Keith, Ronnie Dunn) - 3:46
8. "Nights I Can't Remember, Friends I'll Never Forget" (Keith, Emerick) - 4:00
9. "Baddest Boots" (Keith) - 4:23
10. "The Critic" (Keith) - 4:02

    Bonus songs

11. "The Taliban Song" (Keith, Emerick) - 3:58^A
    • duet with Scotty Emerick (uncredited)
12. "Weed with Willie" (Keith, Emerick) - 4:03^A
    • duet with Scotty Emerick (uncredited)

^ALive tracks.

Personnel

• Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
• Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
• Scotty Emerick - acoustic guitar
• Shannon Forest - drums
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar
• Kenny Greenberg - electric guitar
• Wes Hightower - background vocals
• Clayton Ivey - keyboards
• Julian King - percussion, trumpet, background vocals
• Jerry McPherson - electric guitar
• Phil Madeira - Dobro
• Brent Mason - electric guitar
• Steve Nathan - piano
• John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
• James Stroud - percussion, background vocals
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
• Glenn Worf - bass guitar

Chart performance

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Critic reviews at Metacritic
2. ↑ 411Mania review
3. ↑ About.com review
4. ↑ Shock'n Y'all at AllMusic
5. ↑ Havighurst, Craig (2003-11-14). "Shock'n Y'all Review". Entertainment Weekly. 
6. ↑ Los Angeles Times review
7. ↑ People review
8. ↑ Plugged In review
9. ↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived October 2, 2007)
10. ↑ The Village Voice review

External links

• Shock'n Y'all at Metacritic