''5th Gear'' is the sixth studio album by American

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singer

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. It was released June 19, 2007, by

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and debuted at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200, with first week sales of about 197,000 copies. On April 9, 2008, ''5th Gear was'' certified platinum by the

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. The album's first four singles — "Ticks", "Online", "Letter to Me", and "I'm Still a Guy" — all reached Number One on the ''

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charts. In June 2008, a re-recording of "Waitin' on a Woman", a song which Paisley originally recorded for his 2005 album ''

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'', was added as a bonus track to this album. This re-edited version was released in June 2008 as the album's fifth single. For the chart week of September 20, 2008, the song has become his twelfth number-one single and his eighth straight number-one hit. When pre-ordered through

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, another bonus track, "You Love Me So Good", was included. In 2009, NPR picked the album as one of "The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings." "Oh Love" received a

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nomination.

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later released a rendition of "It Did" in 2009.

Track listing

"Mr. Policeman" incorporates the chorus of "

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Personnel

* Brad Paisley – lead vocals (1-12, 14, 15, 16), electric guitar (1-12, 14, 16), acoustic guitar (1-6, 8-12, 15), voice (17) *

Gordon Mote Gordon James Mote (born October 25, 1970) is an American Christian country/ southern gospel singer, piano virtuoso, and worship leader. He was born blind. He has released eight studio albums. His album ''Don't Let Me Miss the Glory'' (2007) was ...

– acoustic piano (1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14),

clavinet The Clavinet is an electrically amplified clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds by a rubber pad striking a point on a tension ...

(2), keyboards (5),

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(5) * Tim Lauer – keyboards (3, 10, 16) * Jim "Moose" Brown –

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(3),

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(4), acoustic piano (10, 15) * Gary Hooker – electric guitar (1, 5, 6, 11),

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(2),

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(2) * Randle Currie –

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(1-9, 11, 12, 14, 16) *

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–

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(2, 4) * Kendal Marcy – banjo (8, 16) *

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–

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(4, 6), banjo (6), acoustic guitar (7, 14) * Mike Johnson –

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(6, 10, 15) * Kevin "Swine" Grantt – electric bass (1-12, 14, 16),

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(2, 15) * Kenny Lewis – additional bass guitar (16) * Ben Sesar – drums (1-12, 14, 15, 16) *

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– percussion (1-12, 14, 15, 16) * Justin Williamson –

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(1, 3-6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14), mandolin (2) *

Aubrey Haynie Aubrey Haynie (born March 27, 1974) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle and mandolin. In his career, he has recorded three studio albums for the Sugar Hill Records label, all three of which contained mostly songs that he wr ...

– fiddle (7, 10, 14), mandolin (10, 15) * Tom Baldrica –

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(3) * Wes Hightower – backing vocals (1-12, 14, 15) * Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (3) *

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– backing vocals (3), lead vocals (10) *

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– voice (17, 18) Brentwood High School Band on "

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" * Chris Brooks, Jay Dawson and Kristin Wilkinson – arrangements * Kristin Wilkinson – coordinator * Randy Box – conductor * Chris Brooks – drums * Jay Dawson –

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* Sam Levine – saxophone * Roy Agee – trombone * Mike Haynes – trumpet * Joe Murphy – tuba The Kung Pao Buckaroos (Track 13) * Little Jimmy Dickens, Bill Anderson,

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and

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The New Kung Pao Buckaroos on "Bigger Fish to Fry" * Little Jimmy Dickens, Bill Anderson and

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Production

* Frank Rogers – producer * Chris DuBois – executive producer * Jim Catino – A&R * Richard Barrow – recording, overdub recording * Brian David Willis – recording, overdub recording, digital editing * Neal Cappellino – overdub recording * Jason Lehning – overdub recording * Steve Marcantonio – overdub recording * Matt Coles – overdub recording assistant * Seth Morton – overdub recording assistant * Mark Petaccia – overdub recording assistant * Steve Short – overdub recording assistant, recording assistant * Brady Barnett – digital editing * Tyler Moles – digital editing * Justin Niebank – mixing * Drew Bollman – mix assistant * Hank Williams – mastering * MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location * Astrid May – art direction * Katherine Stratton – design * Brad Paisley – cover design, packaging design * David McClister – photography

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:5th Gear (Album) 2007 albums Brad Paisley albums Arista Records albums Albums produced by Frank Rogers (record producer)