Hillbilly Deluxe is the tenth studio album by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn, released in 2005 on Arista Nashville. Certified Platinum in the United States by the RIAA, the album produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. The duo produced the majority of the album with Tony Brown.
Content Hillbilly Deluxe was led off by the single "Play Something Country." This song was co-written by Ronnie Dunn, one-half of Brooks & Dunn, along with former McBride & the Ride frontman Terry McBride, who plays bass in Brooks & Dunn's road band and co-writes several of their songs. "Play Something Country" was the duo's twentieth and final Number One hit on the Billboard country singles charts. "Believe" and "Building Bridges" (featuring guest vocals from Vince Gill and Sheryl Crow), were released as the album's second and third singles, respectively, and both were additional Top Ten hits. The title track was the final single released from the album, and it reached a peak of number 16.
Production Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn produced the majority of the album with Tony Brown, except for "My Heart's Not a Hotel", which Brooks, Brown and Dunn produced with Mark Wright. Brooks and Tom Shapiro co-produced the demo for "One More Roll of the Dice" (which they also co-wrote), while the demos for "Her West Was Wilder" and "She Likes to Get Out of Town" were produced by Brooks and Bob DiPiero, who also co-wrote those tracks with Brooks.
Track listing
Personnel Compiled from liner notes.
Musicians
Eddie Bayers – drums Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar Mike Brignardello – bass guitar Kix Brooks – lead vocals, background vocals, harmonica Steve Bryant – bass guitar Tom Bukovac – acoustic guitar Lisa Cochran – background vocals Perry Coleman – background vocals J. T. Corenflos – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Sheryl Crow – background vocals on "Building Bridges" Eric Darken – percussion Chip Davis – background vocals Bob DiPiero – acoustic guitar Dan Dugmore – acoustic guitar, steel guitar Stuart Duncan – mandolin Ronnie Dunn – lead vocals, background vocals Shannon Forrest – drums Larry Franklin – mandolin Vince Gill – background vocals on "Building Bridges" Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar, National guitar David Grissom – electric guitar Tony Harrell – piano, keyboards Steve Herrmann – trumpet Wes Hightower – background vocals John Hobbs – piano Jim Horn – baritone saxophone Kim Keyes – background vocals Troy Lancaster – electric guitar Brent Mason – electric guitar Terry McBride – acoustic guitar, background vocals Greg Morrow – drums, percussion Gordon Mote – Hammond B-3 organ Duncan Mullins – bass guitar Russ Pahl – steel guitar Kim Parent – background vocals Bill Payne – piano Michael Rhodes – bass guitar Charles Rose – trombone John Wesley Ryles – background vocals Scotty Sanders – steel guitar Hank Singer – fiddle Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone Scott Williamson – drums Glenn Worf – bass guitar Reese Wynans – piano, keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ
Choir on "Believe" and "Again"
Jovan E. Bender Ashley Cromartie Delva Dwana DaJuana R. Elder Danyelle Haley Moiro Konchella Erika Rowell Meshia Sandifer Chris Smith Andre Trice Raymond Williams
Production Brooks & Dunn – producer (all tracks) Tony Brown – producer Mark Wright – producer ("My Heart's Not a Hotel") Doug Sax – mastering engineer
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) 79
Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 36 Chart (2006) Position US Billboard 200 70 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 19
Certifications
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