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American Love Song is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham. It was released on February 15, 2019 on his own label Axster Bingham Records.[9] The album was co-produced by singer-songwriter Charlie Sexton.

American Love Song
Studio album by Ryan Bingham
Released	February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15)
Genre	Americana/Folk[1]
Length	1:06:09
Label	Axster Bingham
Producer	Charlie Sexton[2] Ryan Bingham[3]
Ryan Bingham chronology
Fear and Saturday Night (2015) American Love Song (2019)
Singles from American Love Song
"Wolves" Released: November 29, 2018[4] "Jingle and Go" Released: January 8, 2019[2]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	83/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
American Songwriter	[7]
Paste	7.7/10[8]

"Wolves" was released as the first single from the album on November 29, 2018.[4] The second single "Jingle and Go" was released on January 8, 2019.[2]

Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described Bingham's work as "his most confident since his brief flirtation with the mainstream at the dawn of the 2010s". Erlewine also mentioned Sexton's work as having "given the album's 15 songs a rough-and-tumble feel suited for backwoods Texas juke joints".[10][3]

Jim Beviglia from American Songwriter mentions that "American Love Song expertly and movingly shows how the overarching U.S.A. theme can encompass triumph and tragedy from one moment to the next."[11]

American Love Song generally met positive reviews from critics with American Songwriter and Allmusic rating it 4/5 stars and Metacritic giving it a 83/100 rating.[11][12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ryan Bingham.

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Jingle and Go"	Bingham Sexton[a]	3:52
2.	"Nothin' Holds Me Down"	Bingham Sexton[a]	3:24
3.	"Pontiac"	Bingham Sexton[a]	3:22
4.	"Lover Girl"	Bingham Sexton[a]	6:25
5.	"Beautiful and Kind"	Bingham Sexton[a]	3:16
6.	"Situation Station"	Bingham Sexton[a]	4:27
7.	"Got Damn Blues"	Bingham Sexton[a]	4:36
8.	"Time for My Mind"	Bingham Sexton[a]	3:27
9.	"What Would I've Become"	Bingham Sexton[a]	4:19
10.	"Wolves"	Bingham Sexton[a]	4:32
11.	"Blue"	Bingham Sexton[a]	6:02
12.	"Hot House"	Bingham Sexton[a]	4:35
13.	"Stones"	Bingham Sexton[a]	6:04
14.	"America"	Bingham Sexton[a]	3:00
15.	"Blues Lady"	Bingham Sexton[a]	4:48
Total length:			1:06:09

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal[3]

Lead Musician

• Ryan Bingham - vocals (all tracks), guitar (all tracks)
• Charlie Sexton - guitar

Technical

Artwork

• Anna Axster - photography, management
• Geoffrey Hanson - design, art direction

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard 200[13]	124
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[14]	13
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[15]	4
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[16]	4
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[17]	12
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[18]	18
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[19]	10

In popular culture

The album's main single "Wolves" was inspired in part by the March For Our Lives students who were dealing with grown men and women questioning their integrity on social media. The song was also featured on the hit TV series Yellowstone. Bingham sang "Wolves" as the series' character Walker.[20]

References

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