''Interstate Gospel'' is the third studio album by American

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, and their second with

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. It was released on November 2, 2018. It is their first album since 2013's ''

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''. It was nominated for

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at the

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. It is their very first Grammy nomination. In 2019,

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named Interstate Gospel as one of their top ten albums of the decade, ranking it at 9.

Background

Announced on September 27, 2018, the Pistol Annies released three tracks, "Interstate Gospel", "Got My Name Changed Back" and "Best Years of My Life", as well as revealing the album title and cover art in a press release. "Stop, Drop and Roll One" was released as the fourth track on October 12. On October 17, the Annies debuted a fifth track, "Sugar Daddy", releasing it immediately following a performance on the ''CMT Artists of the Year'' telecast. "Masterpiece" was released on October 26.

Critical reception

The album received widespread critical acclaim. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an

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score of 85, based on 9 reviews.

Commercial performance

''Interstate Gospel'' debuted at number fifteen on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and at number one on the

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chart with first week sales of 26,500 copies in pure album sales (30,000 in

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). The album is also Pistol Annies' first number one on the Americana/Folk Albums chart. As of March 2020, the album has sold 80,700 copies in the United States. In the

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, ''Interstate Gospel'' debuted at number one on the UK Country Albums chart.

Track listing

All tracks written by

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and

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, except "This Too Shall Pass", which was written by Monroe and Presley.

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes. *

– lead vocals, background vocals *

– lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar *

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– producer *

Glenn Worf Glenn Worf is an American bassist known mainly for his work as a session musician. He has recorded with many major country music acts and also tours with Mark Knopfler. Early life and education Worf was born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in Madis ...

– producer, bass * Eric Masse – producer, mixing * Frank Carter Rische – acoustic guitar, electric guitar *

Fats Kaplin Fats Kaplin is an American musician, born in New York City. He is best known as a fiddler. He also plays guitar, button accordion, banjo, mandolin, steel guitar, an Arab oud, and a Turkish cümbüş, among others. He has worked with artists such as ...

– acoustic guitar, fiddle, steel guitar * Chris Coleman – brass *

Dan Dugmore Dan Dugmore is an American session musician known primarily for playing the pedal steel guitar Born in 1949, Dugmore was raised in Pasadena, California. Influenced by the Flying Burrito Brothers, he learned to play steel guitar after Flying B ...

– electric guitar, dobro, additional piano, steel guitar, wurlitzer *

Matt Chamberlain Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967) is an American session musician, drummer, producer and songwriter. Biography Life and career Chamberlain was born in San Pedro, California on April 17, 1967. He began learning how to play the drums ...

– drums, percussion *

Chuck Leavell Charles Alfred Leavell (born April 28, 1952) is an American musician. A member of the Allman Brothers Band throughout their commercial zenith in the 1970s, he subsequently became a founding member of the band Sea Level. He has served as the pri ...

– piano * Dan Davis – assistant * Anna Lise Liddell – assistant * Miller Mobley – photography * Brittany Hamlin – production coordination * Stephen Marcussen – mastering * Stewart Whitmore – mastering assistant * Johnny Lavoy – hair, makeup, styling * Moani Lee – hair, makeup, styling * Leah Hoffman – hair, makeup, styling * Lindsay Doyle – hair, makeup, styling * Tiffany Gifford – hair, makeup, styling * Tracy Baskette Fleaner – creative direction * Stephanie Eatherly – art direction

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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