''Trouble'' is the sixth studio album by the American country music group Randy Rogers Band. It was released on April 30, 2013, via MCA Nashville. The album includes the singles "One More Sad Song", "Trouble Knows My Name" and "Fuzzy".

Critical reception

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of Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five, saying that its sound was "professional" and praising the variety of sounds on it, but also saying that it was "just a shade too slick". Tammy Ragusa of '' Country Weekly'' gave it a "B", praising Rogers' voice and saying that "the results are exciting, the sound is effortless... and, make no mistake, it ''is'' country." A positive review came from Matt Bjorke of Roughstock, who said that Jay Joyce's production made the album "vibrant and fresh without ever losing the identity that fans have come to love from them."

Track listing

#"Goodbye Lonely" (Randy Rogers, Sean McConnell) — 3:19 #"Fuzzy" ( Shane McAnally,

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, Trevor Rosen) — 3:20 #"Speak of the Devil" ( Sarah Buxton, Jedd Hughes,

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) — 4:02 #"Flash Flood" (Rogers, Brad Tursi, Josh Hoge) — 3:08 #"Trouble Knows My Name (feat. Willie Nelson)" (Rogers, Geoffrey Hill) — 4:03 #"One More Sad Song" (Rogers, McConnell) — 3:51 #"If I Had Another Heart" ( Radney Foster, Gordie Sampson) — 3:57 #"Don't Deserve You" (Rogers, Jeremy Spillman, Jay Joyce) — 3:54 #"Had to Give That Up Too" ( Keith Gattis, Jamie Wilson, Savannah Welch) — 3:50 #"Shotgun" (Jon Richardson) — 3:52 #"Never Got Around to That" (Rogers, Dean Dillon, Dale Dodson) — 3:34

Personnel

Randy Rogers Band

* Brady Black —

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, background vocals * Geoffrey Hill — electric guitar, background vocals * Les Lawless —

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* Jon Richardson — bass guitar, Moog Taurus, background vocals * Randy Rogers — lead vocals,

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

Additional musicians

* Gary Allan — background vocals on "Flash Flood" * Ray Wylie Hubbard — electric guitar, background vocals * Jedd Hughes —

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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 ...

, background vocals * Jay Joyce — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, piano * Willie Nelson — acoustic guitar and guest vocals on "Trouble Knows My Name" * Mickey Raphael —

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

on "Trouble Knows My Name" * Giles Reaves —

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...

, Hammond B-3 organ, percussion, pump organ,

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, Wurlitzer electric piano

Technical

* Jason Hall — engineer * Scott Johnson — production assistant * Jay Joyce — production * Andrew Mendelson — mastering * Matthew Wheeler — assistant engineer

Chart performance

References

{{Authority control 2013 albums Randy Rogers Band albums MCA Records albums Albums produced by Jay Joyce