''Broken Bridges'' is the

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to the 2006 film ''

Broken Bridges ''Broken Bridges'' is a 2006 film starring Toby Keith, Lindsey Haun, Burt Reynolds and Kelly Preston. The film, a music-drama, is centered on a fading country singer's return to his hometown near a military base in Tennessee where several young m ...

'', starring American musicians

Toby Keith Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961), known professionally as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. He released his first four studio albums—1993's ''Toby Keith'', 1994's ''Boomtown'', 1996' ...

and

Lindsey Haun Lindsey Haun (born November 21, 1984) is an American actress, singer, and director. She is known for her role as Hadley on the HBO television series ''True Blood''. She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her role in the 2000 Disney Cha ...

. The album features Keith, Haun, and various other artists. It was released in 2006 via Show Dog Nashville (now

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). The album contains Haun's single "Broken" and Keith's single "

Crash Here Tonight "Crash Here Tonight" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in August 2006 as the third and final single from Keith's album ''White Trash with Money''. A shorter all-acoustic version of the son ...

Content

The album was released on August 29, 2006 via

(then Show Dog Nashville), a label Keith owned at the time. Several of the tracks from this album were released as singles and made the

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charts:

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's "What's Up with That" and

's "Broken" both made No. 52 on the charts in 2006. Keith's own "Crash Here Tonight" also appeared on his 2006 album ''

White Trash with Money ''White Trash with Money'' is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released on April 11, 2006 by Show Dog Nashville. This was Keith's first album for the label after DreamWorks Records went out of business. Th ...

'', from which it was released as a single that year. "Jacky Don Tucker", the closing track, previously appeared on Keith's 1997 album ''

Dream Walkin' ''Dream Walkin is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released on June 24, 1997 by Mercury Records, a label Keith had been with since the start of his career in 1993, and was certified gold by the RIAA for s ...

''. The album itself reached a peak of No. 4 on the

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chart dated for September 16, 2006.

Critical reception

Giving it 2.5 out of 5 stars,

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wrote that "the fact that Keith has brought in such understated songwriters as

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and

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for his big-screen debut illustrates that he's a more complicated figure than some may initially think. But even if it's in good taste, Broken Bridges is frequently pleasant but rather dull".

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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