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The Album is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Chase Rice. It was released on May 28, 2021 via Broken Bow Records and Dack Janiels Records.[1]

The Album
Studio album by Chase Rice
Released	May 28, 2021 (2021-05-28)
Genre	Country pop country rock
Length	47:22
Label	Broken Bow
Producer	Chase Rice Chris DeStefano Martin Johnson Brandon Paddock Zach Kale Casey Brown Corey Crowder Jimmy Robbins Jonathan Singleton Tyler Hubbard Brian Kelley
Chase Rice chronology
Lambs & Lions (2017) The Album (2021)
Singles from The Album
"Lonely If You Are" Released: June 7, 2019 "Drinkin' Beer. Talkin' God. Amen." Released: November 30, 2020

Content

An EP entitled The Album, Pt. I was released on January 24, 2020, which consisted of the album's first seven tracks, including its lead single "Lonely If You Are".[2] A second EP, The Album, Pt. II, was released on May 15, 2020 and included the next four tracks.[3] The last four tracks, including the album's second single "Drinkin' Beer. Talkin' God. Amen.", were released with the rest of the full album on May 28, 2021.[4] Rice co-wrote eleven of the album's fifteen tracks.

Critical reception

Will Carter of Rock n' Load Magazine wrote a generally favorable review of the album upon release. While criticizing the album for its country pop sound, he wrote that the album is an "excellent release and will surely please Chase’s legions of fans and certainly win him more."[5]

Commercial performance

The Album peaked at number 34 on both the Billboard Top Country Albums and Independent Albums charts.[6][7]

Track listing

Adapted from album credits.[8]

Personnel

Adapted from The Album liner notes.[9]

Musicians

• Chase Rice – lead and background vocals, acoustic guitar, dobro
• Naomi Cooke – background vocals
• Martin Johnson – background vocals
• Brandon Paddock – background vocals
• Dan Johnson – background vocals
• Linda McKernan – background vocals
• Mark Noel – background vocals
• Russell Terrell – background vocals
• Jordan Minton – background vocals
• Taela Lacour – background vocals
• Kiley Dean – background vocals
• Jonny Fung – electric guitar, programming
• Zach Kale – background vocals, electric guitar, keys, programming
• Rob McNelley – electric guitar
• Tyler Tomlinson – electric guitar
• Ryan Barnette – electric guitar
• Jimmy Robbins – acoustic guitar, programming, keyboards, bass
• Jonathan Singleton – background vocals, electric guitar, banjo
• Derek Wells – electric guitar, steel guitar
• Alex Wright – keys, B3, piano, synth, Wurlitzer
• Chris DeStefano – background vocals, synth, bass, keys, programming, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, live bass, dobro, piano, banjo, keyboards, drums, drum programming
• Miles McPherson – drums, percussion
• Tony Lucido – bass
• Charlie Judge – keys, piano, programming
• Ilya Toshinskiy – acoustic guitar, dobro, electric guitar, banjo
• Justin Ostrander – electric guitar
• Tyler Chiarelli – guitar
• Corey Crowder – background vocals, acoustic guitar, programming
• Todd Lombardo – acoustic guitar, banjo, high strung guitar, Resonator
• Jerry Roe – drums, percussion
• Casey Brown – background vocals, keys, electric guitar, programming, acoustic guitar

Technical

• Chase Rice – producer (all tracks except 1, 3, 7, and 12-14)
• Chris DeStefano – producer (all tracks except 1, 3, 7, and 12-15), recording, digital editing
• Martin Johnson – producer, sound production (track 1)
• Brandon Paddock – producer, sound production (track 1)
• Zach Kale – producer (tracks 3 and 12), recording, digital editing
• Casey Brown – producer (track 7)
• Corey Crowder – producer (tracks 13 and 15), recording, digital editing
• Jimmy Robbins – producer (track 14), recording, digital editing
• Jonathan Singleton – producer (track 14), recording
• Tyler Hubbard – producer (track 15)
• Brian Kelley – producer (track 15)
• Pete Lyman – mastering (all tracks except 13 and 15)
• Adam Ayan – mastering (tracks 13 and 15)
• Bryce Roberts – assistant engineer
• Josh Ditty – assistant engineer, digital editing
• David Cook – digital editing
• Miles McPherson – digital editing
• Chris Small – vocal editing engineer
• Alyson McAnally – production coordinator
• Scott Johnson – production coordinator
• Kelsey Granda – production coordinator

Charts

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Ref.
Various	May 28, 2021	Broken Bow Dack Janiels	Digital download Streaming	[11]
	October 1, 2021		CD	[12]

References

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