''Ruthless'' is the tenth studio album by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

artist Gary Allan, released on June 25, 2021, by MCA Nashville. It is Allan's first album of new material in over eight years after releasing Set You Free.

History

Between 2015 and 2020, Allan released a number of singles that did not appear on albums due to their poor chart performance. In May 2021, he previewed the track "Temptation" online, and announced that his new album would be coming out in June. Allan co-produced the album with Tony Brown, Mark Wright, Greg Droman, and

Jay Joyce John Joseph "Jay" Joyce is an American record producer, songwriter and session musician. In the 1990s, Joyce, with Chris Feinstein and Brad Pemberton, recorded and toured as Iodine. He also fronted the band Bedlam, featured on the soundtrack to ...

. He recorded over thirty songs in multiple sessions and selected thirteen songs from these sessions to make up the album. Many of the musicians who played on Allan's 1999 album '' Smoke Rings in the Dark'' also contributed. The album's lead single, "Waste of a Whiskey Drink", was released in December 2020.

Track listing

Charts

References

{{Gary Allan 2021 albums MCA Records albums Gary Allan albums Albums produced by Jay Joyce Albums produced by Greg Droman Albums produced by Mark Wright (record producer) Albums produced by Tony Brown (record producer)