Macon, Georgia (album)

''Macon, Georgia'' is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Jason Aldean. It is a double album, with the first half, ''Macon'', released on November 12, 2021, and ''Georgia'', the second half, released on April 22, 2022.

Content

Preceding the release of ''Macon'' was the release of the single " If I Didn't Love You", featuring Carrie Underwood. The album's full tracklist was revealed on September 27, 2021. Aldean said of the album, "Where you were raised has such a big influence on who you become, and for me it’s no different."

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic, while criticizing both sides of the album for delivering only a similar sound and vocal attack to "Burnin' It Down", praised ''Macon'' by stating "By changing gears every so often, Aldean manages to give Macon a slight hint of a pulse." Erlewine also criticized ''Macon'' for its use of five live tracks while offering only ten new tracks, and drubbed ''Georgia'' for Aldean's use of AutoTune on the track "Ain't Enough Cowboy," while also stating that "maybe Aldean delivers what fans want, but he has no ambition greater than ensuring that ''Georgia'' is a relatively polished piece of crowd-pleasing product."

Commercial performance

''Macon'' debuted at number eight on the ''Billboard'' 200, earning 37,000 units, of which 19,000 were album units. It also debuted at number three on the Top Country Albums chart, as well as number one on the Independent Albums chart, making it his eighth consecutive number one on the latter chart.

''Georgia'' also debuted at number eight on the ''Billboard'' 200, earning 26,000 album-equivalent units, including 13,000 pure album sales.

Track listing

Personnel

''Macon''

Adapted from ''Macon'' liner notes.

Musicians

* Jason Aldean – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (tracks 11–15)
* Rich Redmond – drums, percussion
* Tully Kennedy – bass guitar, programming, background vocals (tracks 11–15)
* Kurt Allison – electric guitar, programming
* Jack Sizemore – electric guitar and background vocals (tracks 11–15)
* Jay Jackson – steel guitar and background vocals (tracks 11–15)
* Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar, slide guitar
* Danny Rader – acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, hi-strung guitar
* Russ Pahl – steel guitar
* Mike Johnson – steel guitar
* Tony Harrell – synth, piano, keys, Wurlitzer, B3
* Micah Wilshire – acoustic guitar, programming
* Blake Bollinger – programming
* Michael Knox – programming
* Carrie Underwood – featured vocals (track 5)
* Perry Coleman – background vocals
* Mickey Jack Cones – background vocals
* Lydia Vaughan – background vocals
* Neil Thrasher – background vocals

Technical

* Michael Knox – producer (tracks 1–10)
* Jeff Braun – mixing (tracks 1–10)
* Brandon Epps – assistant engineer, editing engineer (tracks 1–10)
* Chris Stephens – producer (tracks 11–15)
* Josh Reynolds – mixing (tracks 11–15)
* Matthew Singler – editing engineer (tracks 11–15)
* Adam Ayan – mastering
* Shalacy Griffin – production coordinator

''Georgia''

Adapted from ''Georgia'' liner notes.

Musicians

* Jason Aldean – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (tracks 11-15)
* Rich Redmond – drums, percussion
* Tully Kennedy – bass guitar, programming, background vocals (tracks 11–15)
* Kurt Allison – electric guitar, programming
* Jack Sizemore – electric guitar and background vocals (tracks 11–15)
* Jay Jackson – steel guitar and background vocals (tracks 11–15)
* Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar, slide guitar
* Danny Rader – acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, hi-strung guitar
* Russ Pahl – steel guitar
* Tony Harrell – synth, keys, B3
* Lalo – keys, electric guitar, programming
* Blake Bollinger – programming
* Michael Knox – programming
* Jacob Rice – programming
* Chris Thompkins – programming (tracks 11-15)
* Jerry Roe – programming (tracks 11-15)
* Perry Coleman – background vocals
* Micah Wilshire – background vocals
* Neil Thrasher – background vocals
* Michael Tyler – background vocals (tracks 11-15)

Technical

* Michael Knox – producer (tracks 1-10)
* Jeff Braun – mixing (tracks 1-10)
* Brandon Epps – assistant engineer, editing engineer (tracks 1–10)
* Chris Stephens – producer (tracks 11–15)
* Josh Reynolds – mixing (tracks 11–15)
* Matthew Singler – editing engineer (tracks 11–15)
* Adam Ayan – mastering
* Shalacy Griffin – production coordinator

Charts

''Macon''

''Georgia''

References

{{Jason Aldean
2021 albums
2022 albums
Jason Aldean albums
BBR Music Group albums