Tangled Up (Thomas Rhett album)

Tangled Up is the second studio album by American country music artist Thomas Rhett. It was released on September 25, 2015 via Valory Music Group.^[1]^[2]^[3] The album's lead single "Crash and Burn", was released to radio on April 27, 2015. The album's second single, "Die a Happy Man" was released to country radio on September 28, 2015, but was available for download as a pre-order for the album on September 18, 2015.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Billboard	^[5]

Criticial

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic thought that the Thomas Rhett's second album feels like an album "where the singer/songwriter comes into his own" and rated the album 4 stars out of 5. He thought that Rhett "displays an omnivorous cultural appetite" in the album where Rhett might be "dropping passing allusions to Guns N' Roses and Third Eye Blind" to using disco beat. He judged Rhett to be "a true pop artist, harnessing the trends of his time and turning them into music that's hard to resist."^[4] Billboard also picked up on the disco influence, noting that songs in the album, such as "Tangled", "sound as Saturday Night Fever’d as anything recorded by a male country star in decades", but wondered whether "country radio will fully embrace their Nashville disco or ignore it."^[5]

Commercial

Tangled Up debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 6 and Top Country Albums at No. 3, with 76,000 units sold, 63,000 of which are pure album sales.^[6] It reached No. 2 on the Top Country Albums chart in its fourth week.^[7] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on September 20, 2016.^[8] The album has sold over 584,200 copies in the US as of July 2017.^[9]

In popular culture

Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the album's third track, "South Side", for their 2015 film and soundtrack Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip.

Track listing

Tangled Up – Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Anthem"	Nicolle Galyon Shane McAnally Jimmy Robbins	Dann Huff Jesse Frasure	3:13
2.	"Crash and Burn"	Frasure Chris Stapleton	Huff Frasure	3:10
3.	"South Side"	Rhett Frasure Stapleton	Huff Frasure	2:51
4.	"Die a Happy Man"	Rhett Sean Douglas Joe Spargur	Huff Frasure	3:47
5.	"Vacation"	Rhett Thomas Allen Harold Brown Morris Dickerson Douglas Gerry Goldstein Leroy Jordan Charles Miller Lee Osker Andreas Schuller Howard Scott Spargur Ricky Reed John Ryan	Huff Frasure	3:43
6.	"Like It's the Last Time"	Rhett Rhett Akins Ben Hayslip	Huff Frasure	3:10
7.	"T-Shirt"	Ashley Gorley Luke Laird McAnally	Huff Frasure	3:47
8.	"Single Girl"	Rhett Akins Ross Copperman Hayslip	Huff Frasure	3:18
9.	"The Day You Stop Looking Back"	Jaren Johnston Laird	Huff Frasure	3:25
10.	"Tangled"	Chris DeStefano Adam Hoffman Matt Lipkins Josh Osborne Scott Schwartz	Huff Frasure	3:33
11.	"Playing with Fire" (featuring Jordin Sparks)	Rhett Akins Gorley	DeStefano	3:26
12.	"I Feel Good" (featuring LunchMoney Lewis)	Rhett Douglas Teddy Geiger Jacob Hindlin Gamal Lewis Charlie Puth Spargur	Joe London	3:16
13.	"Learned It from the Radio"	Galyon Gorley Robbins	DeStefano	3:39
Total length:				44:21

Tangled Up – Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)^[10]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Star of the Show"	Rhett Akins Hayslip	London Julian Bunetta Rhett	3:02
15.	"American Spirit"	Rhett DeStefano Johnston	Frasure Johnston Rhett	3:38
16.	"Background Music"	Rhett Akins Hayslip Lindsay Rimes	Frasure Rimes Rhett	2:50
17.	"Playing with Fire" (featuring Danielle Bradbery)	Rhett Akins Gorley	DeStefano	3:26
18.	"Die a Happy Man" (featuring Tori Kelly) (The Remix)	Rhett Douglas Spargur	Carl Falk	3:29

Personnel

Danielle Bradbery – vocals on "Playing with Fire"
Byron "Mr. Talkbox" Chambers – synthesizer, talk box
Chris DeStefano – banjo, bass guitar, drums, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, keyboards, piano, programming, background vocals
Sean Douglas – background vocals
Jesse Frasure – programming
Teddy Geiger – bass guitar
Dann Huff – electric guitar, soloist
Charlie Judge – keyboards
Tori Kelly – vocals on "Die a Happy Man" (The Remix)
Chris Kimmerer – drums
LunchMoney Lewis – vocals on "I Feel Good"
Joe London – bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, programming
Rob McNelley – electric guitar
Charlie Puth – keyboards
Danny Rader – acoustic guitar
Thomas Rhett – lead vocals
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
Jordin Sparks – vocals on "Playing with Fire"
Matt Stanfield – keyboards
Chris Stapleton – electric guitar, background vocals
Russell Terrell – background vocals
Derek Wells – electric guitar

Charts

Album

Weekly charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[11]	77
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[12]	2
UK Albums (OCC)^[13]	80
US Billboard 200^[14]	6
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[15]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2016)	Position
US Billboard 200^[16]	21

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US Hot Country ^[17]	US Country Airplay ^[18]	US ^[19]	CAN Country ^[20]	CAN ^[21]
2015	"Crash and Burn"	2	1	36	1	47
2015	"Die a Happy Man"	1	1	21	1	35
2016	"T-Shirt"	3	1	41	1	53
	"Vacation"	19	30	101	39	—
	"Star of the Show"^A	4	1	45	1	77
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes

^A Current single.^[22]

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[23]	Gold	40,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[8]	Platinum	584,200^[9]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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↑ Parton, Chris (August 3, 2015). "Thomas Rhett Previews Progressive New Album 'Tangled Up'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
↑ Thompson, Gayle (August 4, 2015). "Thomas Rhett Shares Track Listing, More Details of ‘Tangled Up’". The Boot. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Tangled Up – Thomas Rhett". AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
1 2 "Country Stars Thomas Rhett and Brett Eldredge Catch Disco Fever on New Records: Album Review". Billboard. September 21, 2015.
↑ Keith Caulfield (October 4, 2015). "Fetty Wap Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard.
↑ Bjorke, Matt (October 27, 2015). "Country Album Chart Report: October 27, 2015". Roughstock. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
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1 2 Bjorke, Matt (July 10, 2017). "Top 10 Country Album Sales Chart: July 10, 2017". Roughstock.
↑ "Tangled Up (Deluxe) by Thomas Rhett". iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
↑ Ryan, Gavin (October 3, 2015). "ARIA Albums: Parkway Drive 'Ire' Is Australia's No 1 Album". Noise11. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
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↑ "Thomas Rhett Album & Song Chart History - Canada Country". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
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↑ "Future Releases for Country Radio Stations". All Access Media Group. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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Thomas Rhett
Studio albums	It Goes Like This (2013) Tangled Up (2015) Life Changes (2017)
EPs	Thomas Rhett (2012)
Singles	"Something to Do with My Hands" "Beer with Jesus" "It Goes Like This" "Get Me Some of That" "Make Me Wanna" "Crash and Burn" "Die a Happy Man" "T-Shirt" "Vacation" "Star of the Show" "Craving You" (with Maren Morris)
Guest singles	"Small Town Throwdown" (with Brantley Gilbert and Justin Moore)
Concert tours	Home Team Tour (2017)
Related articles	Discography Rhett Akins "1994" "Parking Lot Party" "Round Here" "Think a Little Less" "Ring on Every Finger"

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