Unleashed (Toby Keith album)
Unleashed is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in July 2002 via DreamWorks Records Nashville. The album produced four hit singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts with "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)", "Who's Your Daddy", "Rock You Baby", and "Beer for My Horses" (a duet with Willie Nelson). "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)", "Who's Your Daddy", and "Beer for My Horses" all reached number one while "Rock You Baby" peaked at number 13. The album was Keith's first to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and was 4× platinum by the RIAA for sales of four million copies in the United States.
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Released | July 23, 2002 | |||
Recorded | 2002 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 43:40 | |||
Label | DreamWorks | |||
Producer | James Stroud Toby Keith | |||
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Singles from Unleashed | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (63/100) [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Billboard | (favorable) [3] |
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Robert Christgau | B/E[4] |
E! Online | C [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | C+ [5] |
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Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rolling Stone | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Village Voice | (positive) [8] |
Upon reaching number one, "Beer for My Horses" was Keith's long-lasting number one single, having spent six weeks at the top of the charts. The song also made Nelson the oldest male country singer to reach the top of the country charts at the time.
Track listing
All songs written by Toby Keith and Scotty Emerick unless noted otherwise.
- "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" (Toby Keith) - 3:15
- "Who's Your Daddy?" (Keith) - 3:57
- "Good to Go to Mexico" (Keith, Chuck Cannon) - 2:59
- "It's All Good" - 3:17
- "Beer for My Horses" (featuring Willie Nelson) - 3:30
- "Losing My Touch" - 3:14
- "Huckleberry" (Keith, Cannon) - 3:28
- "It Works for Me" - 3:03
- "Ain't It Just Like You" - 3:59
- "Rock You Baby" - 4:01
- "Rodeo Moon" (Keith, Chris LeDoux) - 3:53
- "That's Not How It Is" - 3:41
- "Live Introduction By Toby Keith of 'Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)'" - 1:29
- Some editions of the CD do not include Track 13
Personnel
- Chris Collins - acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Scotty Emerick - acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Kim Fleming - background vocals
- Shannon Forrest - drums
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
- Vicki Hampton - background vocals
- Mike Haynes - trumpet
- Wes Hightower - background vocals
- Clayton Ivey - keyboards, piano
- Toby Keith - lead vocals
- Jerry McPherson - electric guitar
- Liana Manis - background vocals
- Brent Mason - electric guitar
- Steve Nathan - keyboards, piano
- Willie Nelson - duet vocals on "Beer for My Horses"
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- John Robinson - drums
- John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
- Michael Thompson - electric guitar
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
- Lari White - background vocals
- Curtis Young - background vocals
Chart performance
Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 1 |
References
- "Unleashed by Toby Keith".
- Allmusic review
- "Billboard review". Archived from the original on August 6, 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-30.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- Christgau, Robert (April 22, 2003). "Not Hop, Stomp". The Village Voice. New York. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
- "Unleashed".
- "Toby Keith: Unleashed". 2 March 2003.
- "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on December 1, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-07.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- "The Village Voice review".