Tailgates & Tanlines is the third studio album by American country music artist Luke Bryan. It was released on August 9, 2011 by Capitol Records Nashville. Bryan co-wrote eight of the album's thirteen tracks, including its first single, "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)." American Songwriter called Tailgates & Tanlines "a soundtrack for fun and sun, along with an instantaneous cure for the summertime blues."American Songwriter review The song "Too Damn Young" was originally recorded by Julie Roberts on her 2006 album Men & Mascara.
Commercial performance Tailgates & Tanlines debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart and number one on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 145,295 copies in its first week. It was Luke Bryan's best-selling album until it was surpassed by Crash My Party in April 2015. As of April 2017, the album has sold 2,570,700 copies in the US. On September 5, 2017, the album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over four million copies in the United States.
In Canada, the album debuted at number six on the Canadian Albums Chart. The album was certified by Music Canada for sales of over 80,000 copies in Canada.
Track listing
Personnel
Luke Bryan – lead vocals Mark Bright – keyboards Mike Rojas – acoustic piano, organ J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar Jeff King – electric guitar Brent Mason – electric guitar Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin John Willis – acoustic guitar Rob Ickes – dobro Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar Steve Hinson – pedal steel guitar Mike Brignardello – bass Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass Greg Morrow – drums Eric Darken – percussion Joe Spivey – fiddle, mandolin Clare Dunn – backing vocals Georgia Middleman – backing vocals Ashton Shepherd – backing vocals (10) Russell Terrell – backing vocals Rachel Thibodeau – backing vocals
Production Mark Bright – co-producer (1) Jeff Stevens – co-producer (1), producer (2-13) Mills Logan – recording Derek Bason – mixing, additional recording Jody Stevens – additional recording Chris Ashburn – recording assistant, mix assistant Tom Frietag – recording assistant Mike Rooney – recording assistant Brien Sager – recording assistant Ted Wheeler– recording assistant Jed Hackett – digital editing Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine) (1) Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee) (2-13) Mike "Frog" Griffith – production assistant Scott Johnson – production assistant Joanna Carter – art direction Wendy Stamberger – package design Kristin Barlowe – photography Michelle Hall – art production Lee Moore – wardrobe Debra Williams – grooming
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2011–14) Peakposition Australian Country Albums (ARIA) 23 Chart (2018) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 64
Year-end charts Chart (2011)PositionUS Billboard 20061US Top Country Albums (Billboard)14Chart (2012)PositionUS Billboard 2006US Top Country Albums (Billboard)2Chart (2013)PositionUS Billboard 20033US Top Country Albums (Billboard)8Chart (2014)PositionUS Billboard 200112US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)7Chart (2015)PositionUS Billboard 200162Chart (2017)PositionUS Top Country Albums (Billboard)61
Decade-end charts Chart (2010–2019) Position US Billboard 200 49 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 7
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US Hot Country US Country Airplay US CAN 2011 "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)" 4 — 22 50 "I Don't Want This Night to End" 1 — 22 48 2012 "Drunk on You" 1 — 16 28 "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" 3 1 29 46 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Certifications
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