'' Remington ''is the major-label debut album from American
country music
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artist
Granger Smith
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. It was released on March 4, 2016 via
Wheelhouse Records
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Craig Morgan ...
. Its lead single, "
Backroad Song
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", was released independently to radio on March 24, 2015. It was then re-released to radio on October 5, 2015 after Smith's signing with the label. The album's second single, "
If the Boot Fits", was released to country radio on March 14, 2016.
Commercial performance
The album debuted at No. 3 on the Top Country Albums chart, a career high for Smith, selling 24,000 in its release week. The album has sold 81,200 copies in the US as of May 2017.
Track listing
Personnel
* Geoff Ashcroft – electric guitar
* Richard Barrow – background vocals
* Stewart Blake – background vocals
*
Mike Brignardello
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– bass guitar
* Mitch Connell – piano, organ
*
Eric Darken
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Biography
Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended ...
– percussion
* Milo Deering – mandolin
* Earl Dibbles Jr. – lead vocals on "Country Boy Love", "City Boy Stuck", and "Merica"
* Brooke Eden – duet vocals on "Crazy as Me"
*
Shannon Forrest
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– drums
*
Kenny Greenberg
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Biography
Greenberg was born in Cleveland, Ohio but attend ...
– electric guitar
* Wes Hightower – background vocals
* Michael Holleman – drums
* Todd Howard – electric guitar, background vocals
* Chad Jeffers –
Dobro
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The Dobro was originally ...
* Mike Johnson – Dobro
* Tim Lauer – keyboards
* Chris Lee – background vocals
* Jeremy Lee – background vocals
* Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
* Rob McNelley – electric guitar
* Frank Maglin – background vocals
* Carl Miner – mandolin
*
Gordon Mote
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– piano
*
Danny Rader
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– banjo,
bouzouki
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, acoustic guitar, mandolin
* Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
* Jerry Roe – drums, percussion
*
Frank Rogers – drum programming, electric guitar, background vocals
* Manny Rogers – background vocals
* Dusty Saxton – drum programming, drums, snare drum, keyboard programming, background vocals
* Bull Shipley – background vocals
* Amber Smith – background vocals
* Granger Smith – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, lead vocals, background vocals
* Tyler Smith – background vocals
*
Bryan Sutton
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Biography Early career
Sutton's grandfather and ...
– banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin
* Heath Tiner – background vocals
* Derek Wells – electric guitar, bouzouki, mandolin
* Brian David Wills - background vocals
* Jonathan Wisinski – bass guitar, background vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles
Notes
References
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2016 albums
Granger Smith albums
BBR Music Group albums
Albums produced by Frank Rogers (record producer)