Haywire (Josh Turner album)
Encyclopedia
Upon its release, Haywire received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic
, which assigns a normalized
rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average
score of 63, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Thom Jurek of Allmusic commended the production, which he described as "reined in sonically with more acoustic instrumentation, less compression, and vocals placed properly in their relation to the instrumental mix" but thought that "the song choices that make this set sound so flat" giving it 2½ stars out of 5. Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly
magazine gave the album four stars out of five, saying that it followed in the formula set by Turner's previous three albums, adding that its song selection "complements Josh's booming, polished bass voice better than those on albums past" despite also saying that the album "takes few new risks.".
PopMatters
critic Dave Heaton gave it a "Damn Good" rating, saying "There is a carefree feeling to Haywire that’s infectious, that makes the album’s ordinariness not matter", and commended his "deep, supple voice". Juli Thanki of country music blog The 9513 also gave the album a positive review; praising Turner as "the finest male voice on country radio," but commenting that the album lacked any "exceptional songs." Thanki gave the album 3½ stars out of 5.
Matt Bjorke with Roughstock gave it a favorable review, saying "Haywire is one of Josh Turner’s most consistent albums and it really feels like a record that will help keep him a radio star". Slant Magazine
critic Jonathan Keefe reviewed the album's material unfavorably, referring to the material as "pure vanilla" and saying "a stuffy, aesthetically conservative set of songs at odds with Turner's stated intentions of loosening up a bit," though he noted that Turner's vocal performances attempt to bring "some life and personality" to the songs and rated the set with three stars out of five.
Additional musicians
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, which assigns a normalized
Standard score
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rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average
Weighted mean
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score of 63, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Thom Jurek of Allmusic commended the production, which he described as "reined in sonically with more acoustic instrumentation, less compression, and vocals placed properly in their relation to the instrumental mix" but thought that "the song choices that make this set sound so flat" giving it 2½ stars out of 5. Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly
Country Weekly
Country Weekly is an American tabloid style weekly magazine established in 1994. The magazine focuses on country music stars and events, and regularly features exclusive interviews with recording artists and country music news...
magazine gave the album four stars out of five, saying that it followed in the formula set by Turner's previous three albums, adding that its song selection "complements Josh's booming, polished bass voice better than those on albums past" despite also saying that the album "takes few new risks.".
PopMatters
PopMatters
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critic Dave Heaton gave it a "Damn Good" rating, saying "There is a carefree feeling to Haywire that’s infectious, that makes the album’s ordinariness not matter", and commended his "deep, supple voice". Juli Thanki of country music blog The 9513 also gave the album a positive review; praising Turner as "the finest male voice on country radio," but commenting that the album lacked any "exceptional songs." Thanki gave the album 3½ stars out of 5.
Matt Bjorke with Roughstock gave it a favorable review, saying "Haywire is one of Josh Turner’s most consistent albums and it really feels like a record that will help keep him a radio star". Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine is an online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians. The site covers various film festivals like the New York Film Festival.- History :...
critic Jonathan Keefe reviewed the album's material unfavorably, referring to the material as "pure vanilla" and saying "a stuffy, aesthetically conservative set of songs at odds with Turner's stated intentions of loosening up a bit," though he noted that Turner's vocal performances attempt to bring "some life and personality" to the songs and rated the set with three stars out of five.
Track listing
Personnel
Technical- Craig Allen - Art Direction, Design
- Brady Barnett - Digital Editing
- Richard Barrow - Digital Editing, Engineer, Overdub Engineer, String Engineer
- Steve Beers - Assistant
- Steve Blackmon - Assistant
- Drew Bollman - Mixing Assistant
- John Hobbs - Arranger, Conductor
- George Holz - Photography
- Tyler Moles - Digital Editing
- Seth Morton - Assistant
- Justin Niebank - Mixing
- Mark Pettacia - Assistant
- Lowell Reynolds - Assistant
- Mike Rooney - Assistant
- Phillip Stein - Digital Editing, Production Assistant
- Trish Townsend - Stylist, Wardrobe
- Josh TurnerJosh TurnerJoshua Otis "Josh" Turner is a country music singer and actor signed to MCA Nashville Records in 2003, Turner has released four studio albums for the label. The first of these was 2003's Long Black Train, whose title track was his breakthrough single release...
- Art Direction, Photography - Paula Turner - Hair Stylist, Make-Up
- Hank Williams - Mastering
- Brian David Willis - Digital Editing
Additional musicians
- David Angell - Strings
- Zeneba Bowers - Strings
- J.T. Corenflos - Electric Guitar
- Eric Darken - Percussion
- David Davidson - Strings
- Chip DavisChip DavisLouis F. "Chip" Davis, Jr. is the founder and leader of the music group Mannheim Steamroller.He also wrote the music for C.W. McCall, including the 1975 hit "Convoy".-Biography:...
- Choir, Chorus - Shannon Forrest - Drums
- Kevin Grantt - Upright Bass
- Aubrey HaynieAubrey HaynieAubrey Haynie is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle and mandolin. In his career, he has recorded three studio albums for the Sugar Hill Records label, all three of which contained mostly songs that he wrote himself...
- Fiddle, Mandolin - Connie Heard - Strings
- Steve Hinson - Dobro
- Wes Hightower - Background Vocals
- Mike Johnson - Pedabro
- Gayle Mayes - Choir, Chorus
- Gordon Mote - Hammond B3, Piano, Wurlitzer
- Angela Primm - Choir, Chorus
- Frank RogersFrank Rogers (record producer)Frank Mandeville Rogers V is an American record producer, songwriter and session musician. In 1990, Rogers made the trek to Nashville, attending Belmont University and graduating with a Music Business degree. While at Belmont, he met friend and future collaborator Brad Paisley...
- Keyboards, Producer - Manny Rogers - Keyboard Engineer
- Brent Rowan - Baritone and Electric Guitar
- Ladye Love Smith - Choir, Chorus
- Reggie Smith - Choir, Chorus
- Chris StapletonChris StapletonChris Stapleton is an American country, bluegrass, and rock musician. He co-wrote the singles "Never Wanted Nothing More" for Kenny Chesney, "Swing" for Trace Adkins, "Your Man" for Josh Turner, "Keep On Lovin' You" for Steel Magnolia and "Come Back Song" for Darius Rucker.Between 2008 and 2010,...
- Background Vocals - Bryan SuttonBryan SuttonBryan Sutton is an American musician. Primarily known as a flatpicked acoustic guitar player, Sutton also plays many other instruments including mandolin, banjo, and electric guitar....
- Banjo, Acoustic and Gut String Guitar - Russell Terrell - Background Vocals
- Kristin Wilkinson - Arranger, Strings
Album
| Charts (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
5 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2010) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
103 |
| US Billboard Top Country Albums | 15 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
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| 2010 | "Why Don't We Just Dance Why Don't We Just Dance "Why Don't We Just Dance" is the title of a song written by Jim Beavers, Jonathan Singleton, and Darrell Brown, and recorded by American country artist Josh Turner. It was released in August 2009 as the lead-off single to his fourth studio album, Haywire, which was released on February 9, 2010... " |
1 | 35 | 59 |
| "All Over Me All Over Me (Josh Turner song) "All Over Me" is the title of a song written by Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, Ben Hayslip, and recorded by American country artist Josh Turner. It was released in April 2010 as the second single from his fourth studio album, Haywire.... " |
1 | 59 | — | |
| "I Wouldn't Be a Man" | 18 | 92 | — | |