Highway Desperado is the eleventh studio album by American country music singer Jason Aldean, released on November 3, 2023, via Broken Bow Records. It was preceded by the lead single "Try That in a Small Town", which was released in May 2023 and has topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, as well as the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, becoming Aldean's first chart-topper on the latter chart. Three other songs, "Tough Crowd", "Let Your Boys Be Country", and "Whiskey Drink" were also released ahead of the album. The latter two were released as singles from the album.
Aldean co-wrote three of the album's fourteen tracks, making it his first album since 2009's Wide Open to contain tracks that he has written or co-written.
Track listing
Personnel Musicians Jason Aldean – vocals Tully Kennedy – bass (all tracks), programming (tracks 1, 3–7, 9, 11–14) Rich Redmond – drums Kurt Allison – electric guitar (all tracks), programming (1, 3–7, 9, 11–14), keyboards (1, 5–7, 14), twelve-string guitar (7) Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar (all tracks), slide guitar (8) Michael Knox – programming Mike Johnson – pedal steel guitar (1–10) Danny Rader – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 5–7, 11–13), bouzouki (2, 11–13) Blake Bollinger – programming (1, 3–14) Tony Harrell – Hammond B3 organ (1–3, 5–7, 10–13), synthesizer (4, 8, 9), piano (11), keyboards (14) Neil Thrasher – background vocals (1, 4, 5, 9) Perry Coleman – background vocals (2, 3, 6, 7, 10–14) Micah Wilshire – background vocals (2, 7, 8, 11–14), programming (2, 8, 10), electric guitar (2, 8); piano, synth bass (8) John Willis – acoustic guitar (3, 4, 8–11) Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar (11–14)
Technical Michael Knox – production Adam Ayan – mastering Jeff Braun – mixing Brandon Epps – engineering, editing (all tracks); vocal engineering (3, 4) Peter Coleman – engineering Mickey Jack Cones – vocal engineering Micah Wilshire – vocal engineering (2–4, 6–14)
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Highway Desperado Chart (2023) Peakposition Australian Country Albums (ARIA) 14
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for Highway Desperado Chart (2024) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 61
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