''Ruthless'' is the tenth 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, ...

artist

Gary Allan Gary Allan Herzberg (born December 5, 1967) is an American country music singer. Signed to Decca Records in 1996, Allan made his country music debut with the release of his single " Her Man", the lead-off to his gold-certified debut album '' U ...

. It was released on

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on June 25, 2021. It is Allan's first album of new material in over eight years.

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 Greg Droman is an American record producer, mixing and audio engineer. He has made hit singles and albums for some of the biggest artists in pop, rock, and country music. He has been Grammy and ACM nominated, winning an CMA as producer for A ...

, 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 and began working as a record producer, working with artists suc ...

. 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 ''Smoke Rings in the Dark'' is the third studio album by American country music singer Gary Allan. It was released on October 26, 1999 as his first album for MCA Records Nashville after leaving Decca Records Nashville. The album was certified pl ...

'' 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)