5th Gear (album)
5th Gear is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released June 19, 2007, by Arista Nashville and debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of about 197,000 copies. On April 9, 2008, 5th Gear was certified platinum by the RIAA.
| 5th Gear | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 19, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006-2007 | |||
| Studio | The Castle and Sound Kitchen (both in Franklin, Tennessee); Blackbird Studio and East Iris Studios (both in Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 67:48 | |||
| Label | Arista Nashville | |||
| Producer | Frank Rogers | |||
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| Singles from 5th Gear | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com | |
| Allmusic | |
| BBC Music | (average) |
| Country Weekly | (favorable) |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| The Phoenix | |
| Plugged In | (unfavorable) |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Slant | |
The album's first four singles — "Ticks", "Online", "Letter to Me", and "I'm Still a Guy" — all reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. In June 2008, a re-recording of "Waitin' on a Woman", a song which Paisley originally recorded for his 2005 album Time Well Wasted, was added as a bonus track to this album. This re-edited version was released in June 2008 as the album's fifth single. For the chart week of September 20, 2008, the song has become his twelfth number-one single and his eighth straight number-one hit. When pre-ordered through iTunes, another bonus track, "You Love Me So Good", was included.
In 2009, NPR picked the album as one of "The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings." "Oh Love" received a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals nomination.
Blaine Larsen later released a rendition of "It Did" in 2009.