''Country Stuff the Album'' is the third studio album by American

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singer

Walker Hayes Charles Edgar Walker Hayes (born December 27, 1979) is an American country-pop singer and songwriter. He has released three studio albums: ''Reason to Rhyme'' in 2011 on Capitol Records Nashville, and '' Boom'' and '' Country Stuff the Album'' i ...

. It was released on January 21, 2022, via

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Nashville.

Content

''Country Stuff the Album'' was preceded in 2021 by its lead single "

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", which topped the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts. and also won Billboard Magazines Top Country Song and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Song Also released from the album as singles were " U Gurl" and " AA". Six cuts from the album previously appeared on an EP released in 2021, also titled '' Country Stuff''. In addition, the album features a re-recording of his 2018 single "Craig" featuring guest vocals from

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. Hayes co-produced with

Shane McAnally Shane McAnally (born October 12, 1974) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. Originally a solo artist for Curb Records in 1999, McAnally charted three singles on Hot Country Songs, including the No. 31 " Are Y ...

and Joe Thibodeau.

Commercial reception

In the United States, ''Country Stuff: The Album'' debuted at number 9 on

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with 33,000 units (16,000 pure sales), becoming his first top 10 album in the country. Thanks to the album, Hayes entered Billboard's Artist 100 chart at number 8 for the very first time.

Track listing

Personnel

*Tofer Brown – drum programming (track 13), piano (track 13), synthesizer (track 13) *Nathan Cochren – bass guitar (track 7) * Dave Cohen –

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(track 10), synthesizer (track 10) *Bethany Cruz – background vocals (track 7) *Kris Donegan – acoustic guitar (tracks 10–13), banjo (tracks 12, 13), electric guitar (track 10) *David Dorn – piano (tracks 12, 13), synthesizer (tracks 11–13) *

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– bass/808 programming (track 4), dobro (track 4) drum programming (track 4), ganjo (track 4), lap steel guitar (track 4), synthesizer (track 4), background vocals (track 4) *Charlie Handsome – acoustic guitar (track 5), electric guitar (track 5) *Lela Hayes – background vocals (track 2) *

– acoustic guitar (tracks 1–3, 5–10), bass synthesizer (track 6),

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(tracks 6, 9), drum programming (tracks 10, 11), electric guitar (track 12), mandolin (track 12), organ (track 10), synthesizer (track 11) vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 4, 10–12) *David Huff – drum programming (track 10) *Evan Hutchings – drums (tracks 10–13), percussion (tracks 10, 12, 13) *Tony Lucido – bass guitar (tracks 10–13) *

Lori McKenna Lorraine McKenna ( Giroux; born December 22, 1968) is an American folk, Americana, and country music singer-songwriter. In 2016, she was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and won Best Country Song for co-writing the hit sing ...

– background vocals (track 11) *Jordan Mohilowski – programming (track 7) *Montell Moore – background vocals (track 7) *Justin Niebank – drum programming (tracks 10–13) *

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– drum programming (track 12), synthesizer (track 12) *

Jake Owen Joshua Ryan Owen (born August 28, 1981), known professionally as Jake Owen, is an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor. Signed to RCA Nashville in 2006, he released his debut studio album, '' Startin' with Me'', that year. Thi ...

– featured vocals (track 9) * Carly Pearce – featured vocals (track 13) *Sol Philcox-Littlefield – electric guitar (tracks 10–13) *Robby Shaffer – drums (track 7) *Adam Stark – acoustic guitar (tracks 1–3, 5), electric guitar (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 8), pedal steel guitar (track 6), slide guitar (tracks 6, 9) *Tedd T. – programming (track 7) *Joe Thibodeau – bass guitar (track 2), bass programming (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8), bass synthesizer (track 9), drum programming (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 8, 9), drums (tracks 1, 2), percussion (track 2), synth programming (tracks 3, 5, 8)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Walker Hayes 2022 albums Walker Hayes albums Monument Records albums Albums produced by Shane McAnally