''Buy Me a Boat'' is the debut album of American

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singer

Chris Janson Christopher Pierre Janson (born April 2, 1986) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Janson has recorded three full-length albums, '' Buy Me a Boat'', '' Everybody'', and '' Real Friends'', through Warner Bros. Records Nashville, alo ...

. The album was released on October 30, 2015. It features the singles " Buy Me a Boat", " Power of Positive Drinkin'" and " Holdin' Her".

Critical reception

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wrote that "if he title track'saccompanying album isn't quite up to its standards, it's nevertheless the work of an accomplished writer who knows how to sculpt a song for a wide audience. If ''Buy Me a Boat'' can be faulted, it's because its diversity often plays like a demo tape, with Janson crafting songs for any possible contemporary country audience."

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 4 on the Top Country Albums chart, and No. 18 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 18,536 copies in its first week. The album has sold 117,100 copies in the US as of March 2017.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from ''Buy Me a Boat'' liner notes.

Musicians

Brent Anderson Brent Anderson may refer to: * Brent Anderson (comics) (born 1955), American comics artist * Brent Anderson (singer) Brent Anderson (born in Pascagoula, Mississippi) is an American country music singer. He has charted on Hot Country Songs with t ...

- acoustic guitar (all tracks except 4), background vocals (all tracks except 3), synthesizer (2),

bouzouki The bouzouki (, also ; el, μπουζούκι ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', from Greek ), also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and ...

(11) *David Dorn -

Hammond B-3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

(2, 7, 11), keyboards (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10), synthesizer (7), piano (8),

Wurlitzer electric piano The Wurlitzer electronic piano is an electric piano manufactured and marketed by Wurlitzer from the mid-1950s to mid-1980s. Sound is generated by striking a metal reed with a hammer, which induces an electric current in a pickup. It is conceptua ...

(11) *

Shannon Forrest Shannon Forrest (born August 22, 1973 in Easley, South Carolina) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. As a session drummer, he has contributed to the work of many well-known artists, and he is also a pr ...

- drums (4, 5, 9), programming (9) *

Byron Gallimore Byron Gallimore (born in Puryear, Tennessee) is an American record producer known for more than two decades of work in the field of country music. He has worked with artists Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Sugarland, Lee Ann Womack, and Jo Dee Messina. F ...

- acoustic guitar (9) *Chris Janson - lead vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (4), harmonica (8) *Troy Lancaster - electric guitar (3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10) *Tony Lucido - bass guitar (all tracks) *Fred Newell - steel guitar (3, 6, 8, 10) *Justin Ostrander - electric guitar (1, 2, 7, 11) *Russ Pahl - Jew's harp (7), steel guitar (8) *Ben Phillips - drums (except 4, 5, 9), programming (2, 7) *Jeff Roach - synthesizer (1, 2) *Justin Schipper - steel guitar (4, 5, 9) *Will Weatherly - programming (1, 2, 7) *Derek Wells - electric guitar (3, 6, 8, 10)

Technical

;Tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 11 * Brent Anderson - producer * Jeff Balding - recording * Matt Coles - assistant *

Chris DuBois Charles Christopher DuBois is a songwriter and music publisher based out of Nashville, Tennessee. DuBois began his music career as ASCAP Nashville Director of Membership in 1993. He left ASCAP in 1999 to form Sea Gayle Music with business partne ...

- producer * Chris Janson - producer * Scott Johnson - production assistant * Ben Phillips - recording, digital editing, mixing * Will Weatherly - digital editing ;Tracks 3-6, 9, 10 *Stephen Allbritten - assistant (3, 4, 6, and 10 only) *Jake Burns - assistant (4, 5, and 9 only) *

- producer, mixing * Julian King - recording *Erik Lutkins - additional recording (3, 4, 6, and 10 only) *Ernesto Olivera - assistant (3, 6, and 10 only) ;All tracks * Adam Ayan - mastering *Eric Brown - photography *Katherine Petillo - art direction, design *Shane Tarleton - creative director

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 2015 debut albums Chris Janson albums Albums produced by Byron Gallimore Warner Records albums