''Playing with Fire'' is the second studio album by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
singer
Jennifer Nettles. It was released on May 13, 2016, by
Big Machine Records. This is her first album with Big Machine after parting ways with
Mercury Nashville. Ten of the album's twelve tracks were written or co-written by Nettles. Produced by
Dann Huff, the album also features a collaboration with singer
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Affleck (' Lopez; born July 24, 1969), also known as J.Lo, is an American singer, actress and dancer. In 1991, she began appearing as a Fly Girl dancer on the sketch comedy television series ''In Living Color'', where she rema ...
, titled "My House".
Background
On making the record Nettles says "The way I approached this whole project was different because I'm a different person than I was several years ago, I have different stories to tell; I have different experiences now." Nettles describes the album as "marrying traditional country styles with newer ones."
Reception
''Playing with Fire'' debuted on the ''Billboard'' 200 at No. 10, and Top Country Albums at No. 2, selling 30,800 copies in the first week.
As of February 2017, the album has sold 99,400 copies in the US.
Track listing
Credits and personnel
Vocals
* Jennifer Nettles – vocals, backing vocals
* Jennifer Lopez – featured vocals (12)
Instruments
* Charlie Judge – keyboards
*
Matt Rollings
Matt Rollings is a Grammy Award-winning American composer, keyboard player and record producer.
Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, Rollings has worked with many artists, not all country. Matt won the 'Best Traditional Pop Voca ...
– acoustic piano
* Jason Bonilla – programming
*
David Huff – programming
*
Dann Huff – electric guitars,
slide guitar
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solo (10)
* Scott Patton – electric guitars
* Derek Wells – electric guitars, electric guitar solo (1, 6)
*
Ilya Toshinskiy – acoustic guitars,
mandolin
A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...
*
Paul Franklin –
steel guitar
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* Paul Bushnell – bass guitar
*
Matt Chamberlain – drums
*
Travis McNabb
Travis Aaron McNabb (born November 18, 1969) is an American drummer and percussionist. McNabb is perhaps best known as a longtime member of the band Better Than Ezra, although he has performed session and touring work with many acts during his c ...
– drums
Production
* Dann Huff – producer
* Julio Reyes Copello – producer (12)
* Justin Niebank – recording (1, 2, 4, 6-11), mixing (1, 3-11)
* Jason Bonilla – recording (2), additional recording (4, 7, 8)
*
Bryan Cook – recording (3, 5)
* Steve Marcantonio – recording (3, 5)
* Drew Bollman – recording assistant (1, 2, 4, 6-11), mix assistant (1, 2, 4, 6-11)
* Lance Van Dyke – recording assistant (1, 2, 4, 6-11), mix assistant (1, 2, 4, 6-11)
* Greg Foeller – recording assistant (3, 5), mix assistant (3, 5)
* Zach Hancock – additional recording (1, 2, 6, 9-11)
* Seth Morton – additional recording (1, 2, 4, 6-11)
* Adam Chagnon – additional engineer (2)
* Justin Lieberman – additional recording (3-5)
* Josh Wilson – additional recording assistant (1, 2, 6, 9-11)
* Dominic Rivelli – additional recording assistant (3-5)
*
Chris Lord-Alge – mixing (2)
* Nik Karpen – mix assistant (2)
* David Huff – digital editing (1-3, 5, 6, 9-11)
* Sean Neff – digital editing (4, 7, 8)
* Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
* Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
* Sandi Spika Borchetta – art direction
* Becky Reiser – art direction, graphic design
* Abby Bennett – graphic design
* Justin Ford – graphic design
* Marc Baptiste – photography
* Frankie Foye – hair stylist
* Kristofer Buckle – make-up
* Hayley Atkin – wardrobe
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
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2016 albums
Jennifer Nettles albums
Big Machine Records albums
Albums produced by Dann Huff