''True Grit'' is a compilation album released by American rock and country singer

Bret Michaels Bret Michael Sychak (born March 15, 1963), known professionally as Bret Michaels, is an American singer and musician. He gained fame as the frontman of rock band Poison who has sold over 50 million albums worldwide and 15 million records in the U ...

of the band

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. The album was released digitally on May 5, 2015 and on limited edition cd via his website. The album was officially announced through Michael's social media sites in early April 2015 along with the release of the new single "Girls On Bars" which boasted the highest number of views of any debut single ever on CMT.

Production and recording

The album features three new original tracks and eighteen previously released country rock tracks from his last four studio albums: " Songs of Life", "

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" and the most recent alternate versions album " Jammin' with Friends" which features guest musicians. The new tracks include: " A Beautiful Soul" which was first released as a single in April 2014 featuring a music video and the new single "Girls On Bars" which was co written with Grammy award winning songwriter of the year,

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featuring a music video released May 12. Also included is the new song "Get Undone". Many of the songs on the album are new renditions of older songs, some of the recordings go as far back as 2002. "''True Grit'' is really a record of just taking songs like "

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" and re-making them from the catalog of my past, and then my present, and then my future," said Michaels.

Track listing

References

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