Dirt Road Driveway

Dirt Road Driveway
Studio album by
Granger Smith
ReleasedApril 16, 2013 (2013-04-16)
GenreCountry
LabelPioneer Music/Thirty Tigers
ProducerGranger Smith
Granger Smith chronology
Poets & Prisoners
(2011) 		Dirt Road Driveway
(2013) 		Remington
(2016)

Dirt Road Driveway is the seventh studio album from American country music artist Granger Smith. Released on 16 April 2013, the work was published via Pioneer Music, with distribution from Thirty Tigers.[1]

Content

Five singles were released from the album: "We Do It in a Field",[2] "Silverado Bench Seat",[3] "Miles and Mud Tires",[4] "If Money Didn't Matter",[5] and "Bury Me in Blue Jeans".[6]

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic says that "Smith's appeal is how he seems like the guy next door but it's also his Achilles heel — he seems like any old good old boy who might cross your way, which is reason enough to like him, but there's no hook to make you remember him."[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by Granger Smith, except where noted.[8]

  1. "We Do It in a Field" - 3:30
  2. "If Money Didn't Matter" - 3:50
  3. "Stick Around" (David Ramirez) - 3:06
  4. "19 Forever" - 3:23
  5. "I Am the Midnight" - 3:57
  6. "Miles and Mud Tires" - 2:48
  7. "Come" - 3:22
  8. "Silverado Bench Seat" - 2:55
  9. "Easy" - 3:36
  10. "Bury Me in Blue Jeans" (Granger Smith, Kevin Graham) - 3:41
  11. "Country Boy Love" - 3:32
    • featuring Earl Dibbles Jr.
  12. "The Country Boy Song" (Granger Smith, Tylerr Smith, Matt Caldwell, Chris Lee) - 3:26
    • featuring Earl Dibbles Jr.

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.[8]

Musicians
  • Geoff Ashcraft - electric guitar, piano, mandolin
  • Mitch Connell - piano, organ
  • Austin Davis - banjo
  • Milo Deering - pedal steel guitar, fiddle, mandolin, Dobro
  • Kris Farrow - electric guitar
  • Wes Hightower - background vocals
  • Todd Howard - electric guitar, classical guitar
  • Chad Jeffers - Dobro
  • Caleb Kelly - drums
  • Tim Lauer - keyboards, accordion
  • Dusty Saxton - drums
  • Amber Smith - background vocals
  • Granger Smith - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, shotgun
  • Jonathan Wisinski - bass guitar
Technical
  • Billy Decker - mixing
  • Chris Latham - mastering
  • Granger Smith - producer

Chart history

Chart (2013) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[9] 48
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] 15
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[11] 11

References

  1. ^ Dauphin, Chuck (April 16, 2013). "Granger Smith Pulls Into 'Dirt Road Driveway'". Billboard. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ^ Dukes, Billy (November 6, 2012). "Granger Smith, 'We Do It in a Field' – Song Review". Taste of Country. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  3. ^ Dukes, Billy (August 5, 2013). "Granger Smith, 'Silverado Bench Seat' – Song Review". Taste of Country. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  4. ^ Sciarretto, Amy (December 5, 2013). "Granger Smith Ditches the Cubicle for Country Air in 'Miles and Mud Tires' Video". Taste of Country. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  5. ^ "R&R :: Going For Adds :: Country". Radio & Records. Archived from the original on April 16, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  6. ^ "Granger Smith, 'Bury Me in Blue Jeans' – ToC Critic's Pick [Listen]". Taste of Country. January 12, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  7. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dirt Road Driveway review". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  8. ^ a b Dirt Road Driveway (CD booklet). Granger Smith. Pioneer Music/Thirty Tigers. 2013. PM09.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ "Granger Smith Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Granger Smith Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
  11. ^ "Granger Smith Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.