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''Restless'' is the fourth 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, o ...
singer
Sara Evans Sara Lynn Evans (; born February 5, 1971) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is also credited as a record producer, actress, and author. She had five songs reach the number one spot on the '' Billboard'' country songs cha ...
. It was released in August 2003 via
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Nashville. It has been certified platinum by the
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. The album's first single, " Backseat of a Greyhound Bus", reached number 16 on the US ''
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'' Hot Country Songs chart. Despite the rather low chart performance of the first single, the album debuted at number 3 on the ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums chart and at number 20 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart after selling 44,283 copies in its first week. The album's second single, "
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", fared better and reached number 2. "
Suds in the Bucket "Suds in the Bucket" is a song written by Billy Montana and Tammy Wagoner and recorded by American country music singer Sara Evans. It was released in May 2004 as the third single from Evans' 2003 album ''Restless''. It became her third number-on ...
", the third single, became a signature song for Evans, having reached number one on the country charts, making ''Restless'' her third consecutive album to contain a number one single. The fourth single, "Tonight", charted just outside the country Top 40 at number 41.


Track listing


Personnel

* Sara Evans – lead vocals, backing vocals * John Hobbs – keyboards,
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Steve Nathan Steven Jay Nathan is an American keyboardist. He is known for his session work in Muscle Shoals and Nashville studios. Biography Nathan was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. In 1977, Nathan moved to Muscle Shoals, Alabama. After touring wit ...
– keyboards, acoustic piano * Tim Lauer – accordion *
Marcus Hummon Marcus Spencer Hummon (born December 28, 1960) is an American country music artist. He is the father of country singer Levi Hummon. Early life Hummon was born in Washington, D.C.. He graduated from Williams College. Career After several years ...
– acoustic guitar, baritone mandolin *
Darrell Scott James Darrell Scott, known as Darrell Scott (born August 6, 1959), is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. The son of musician Wayne Scott, he moved as a child to East Gary, Indiana (known today as Lake Station, Indiana). ...
– acoustic guitar,
bouzouki The bouzouki (, also ; el, μπουζούκι ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', from Greek ), also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and ...
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dobro Dobro is an American brand of resonator guitars, currently owned by Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone. The term "dobro" is also used as a generic term for any wood-bodied, single-cone resonator guitar. The Dobro was origin ...
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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 ...
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Biff Watson Fletcher Bangs "Biff" Watson is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. His musicianship has been a part of recording sessions for many artists. Biography Early years Raised in Chatham, Virginia, Watson learned how to play guitar at ...
– acoustic guitar *
Paul Worley Paul Worley (born February 16, 1950 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American record producer and session guitarist, known primarily for his work in country music. Formerly a vice president at Sony BMG, he later joined the staff of Warner Bros. Re ...
– acoustic guitar, electric guitars * J.T. Corenflos – electric guitars * Troy Lancaster – electric guitars * Jerry McPherson – electric guitars *
Bryan Sutton Bryan Sutton is an American musician. Primarily known as a flatpicking acoustic guitar player, Sutton also plays mandolin, banjo, ukulele, and electric guitar. He also sings and writes songs. Biography Early career Sutton's grandfather and f ...
banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...
, mandolin * Gary Morse – dobro,
steel guitar A steel guitar ( haw, kīkākila) is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings. The bar itself is called a "steel" and is the source of the name "steel guitar". The instrument differs from a conve ...
* Michael Rhodes – bass *
Glenn Worf Glenn Worf is an American bassist known mainly for his work as a session musician. He has recorded with many major country music acts and also tours with Mark Knopfler. Early life and education Worf was born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in Madis ...
– bass *
Matt Chamberlain Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967) is an American session musician, drummer, producer and songwriter. Biography Life and career Chamberlain was born in San Pedro, California on April 17, 1967. He began learning how to play the drum ...
– drums * David Huff – drum programming, percussion, shakers *
Eric Darken Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer. Biography Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended ...
– drum programming, percussion * Glen Caruba – percussion * Tom Roady – percussion *
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 wrot ...
fiddle * Peter Kevin Fisher –
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 in ...
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Jim Horn James Ronald Horn (born November 20, 1940) is an American saxophonist, woodwind player, and session musician. Biography Horn was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for ...
– saxophones, horn arrangements * Sam Levine – saxophones * Barry Green – trombone * Mike Haynes – trumpet * John Mock
concertina A concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica. It consists of expanding and contracting bellows, with buttons (or keys) usually on both ends, unlike accordion buttons, which are on the front. Th ...
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penny whistle The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, putting it in the same class as the recorder, Native American flute, and other woodwind instruments that meet such criteria ...
* Jonathan Yudkin
cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...
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Celtic harp The Celtic harp is a triangular frame harp traditional to the Celtic nations of northwest Europe. It is known as in Irish, in Scottish Gaelic, in Breton and in Welsh. In Ireland and Scotland, it was a wire-strung instrument requiring g ...
* Chris McDonald – string arrangements and conductor *
The Nashville String Machine Nashville String Machine is a musical collective comprising session musicians, based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Members of the group have been credited on records dating from 1972 to the present, although the group was formally formed ...
– strings * Bob Bailey – backing vocals * Ashley Evans Simpson – backing vocals * Lesley Evans Lyons – backing vocals * Kim Fleming – backing vocals *
Vince Gill Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country music singer, songwriter and musician. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman of the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s and as a solo artist ...
– backing vocals * Adie Grey – backing vocals * Vicki Hampton – backing vocals * Wes Hightower – backing vocals * Troy Johnson – backing vocals *
Hillary Lindsey Hillary Lee Lindsey is an American singer-songwriter. She has written songs with or for a number of artists including Michelle Branch, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Shakira, Lady A, Gary Allan, Sara Evans, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Bo ...
– backing vocals * Ashlie Tucker – backing vocals


Production

* Sara Evans – producer * Paul Worley – producer * Clarke Schleicher – recording, mixing * Mike Poole – additional engineer * Erik Hellerman – additional engineer, recording assistant, digital editing * Wade Hachler – recording assistant * Rich Hanson – mix assistant * John Mayfield – mastering * Paige Connors – production coordinator * Bobby Garbedian – art direction * Astrid Herbold May – art direction, design * Jeff Lipsky – photography * Bjorn – photography * Ruby Weiser – hair stylist * Vanessa Scali – make-up * Claudia Fowler – wardrobe stylist * Modern Management – management Studios * Recorded at The Money Pit (Nashville, Tennessee). * Additional recordings at Loud Recording and Paragon Studios (Nashville, Tennessee). * Mixed at Loud Recording * Mastered at Mayfield Mastering (Nashville, Tennessee).


Chart performance


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Singles


Certifications


References

{{Authority control 2003 albums Sara Evans albums RCA Records albums Albums produced by Paul Worley