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2007 studio album by Tim McGraw
Let It Go
is the ninth studio album by American
country music
artist
Tim McGraw
. It was released on March 27, 2007 by
Curb Records
. It was entered the U.S.
Billboard
200
at number one with sales of 325,000 copies. The album has produced seven Top 20 singles on the
Billboard
Hot Country Songs
charts, including a number one; one of those seven songs was only included on later issues of the album. Of all McGraw's albums, this one has produced the most singles in his career.
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The first single from the album, "
Last Dollar (Fly Away)
" (written by
Big Kenny
of
Big & Rich
), reached the top of the country charts in early 2007, giving McGraw his first number one hit since "
Back When
" in late 2004. Following it was "
I Need You
", a duet with his wife
Faith Hill
. This song peaked at #8. Shortly after the latter was released, McGraw charted with a live rendition of the song "
If You're Reading This
". He performed that song live at the
Academy of Country Music
awards in May 2007. A month after this song entered the charts, the album was re-issued with "If You're Reading This" added to the track listing. Afterwards, that song was later officially issued as the album's third single and reached #3 on the country charts.
"If You're Reading This" was followed in late 2007 by "
Suspicions
", a cover of
Eddie Rabbitt
's number one hit from 1979. However, McGraw's version became the second Top 40 hit of all his career to miss the Top 10 by peaking at #12 on Hot Country Songs. Following that song were "
Kristofferson
" and the
title track
in 2008; the former also failed to make the Top Ten by at #16 while the latter went to #2 in early December. The seventh single, "
Nothin' to Die For
", was released in January 2009. It entered the Hot Country Songs chart as an album cut at #57 in late December before its official release that month.
The song "Shotgun Rider" is not to be confused with
another song with the same name
which McGraw recorded on his 2014 album,
Sundown Heaven Town
. This song, written by
Marv Green
,
Hillary Lindsey
and
Troy Verges
, was released by McGraw as the latter album's third single in 2014, and became a number one song for him that year.
Track listing
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Title
| Writer(s)
|
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1.
| "
Last Dollar (Fly Away)
"
| Big Kenny
| 4:30
|
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2.
| "I'm Workin
'
"
| Darrell Scott
,
Lori McKenna
| 3:40
|
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3.
| "
Let It Go
"
| Aimee Mayo
, Bill Luther,
Tom Douglas
| 3:45
|
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4.
| "Whiskey and You"
| Chris Stapleton
,
Lee Thomas Miller
| 3:47
|
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5.
| "
Suspicions
"
| David Malloy
,
Eddie Rabbitt
, Even Stevens, Randy McCormick
| 5:16
|
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6.
| "
Kristofferson
"
| Anthony Smith
, Reed Nielsen
| 3:23
|
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7.
| "Put Your Lovin' on Me"
| Hillary Lindsey
,
Luke Laird
| 3:34
|
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8.
| "
Nothin' to Die For
"
| Craig Wiseman
, Miller
| 4:13
|
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9.
| "Between the River and Me"
| Brad Warren
,
Brett Warren
,
Brett Beavers
| 3:53
|
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10.
| "Train #10"
| Tim McGraw
, Brad Warren, Brett Warren
| 3:58
|
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11.
| "
I Need You
" (duet with
Faith Hill
)
| David Lee, Tony Lane
| 4:08
|
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12.
| "Comin' Home"
| Rivers Rutherford
,
Steve McEwan
| 4:06
|
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13.
| "Shotgun Rider" (featuring Faith Hill)
| Smith,
Jeffrey Steele
,
Sherrie Austin
| 4:21
|
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14.
| "
If You're Reading This
" (Live recording from 2007
ACM
awards, Only available on mid-2007 re-issues of album)
| McGraw, Brad Warren, Brett Warren
| 4:12
|
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Personnel
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Tim McGraw & the Dancehall Doctors
Additional Musician
Background Vocals
- Last Dollar Singers (1)
- Russell Terrell (1-5)
- Greg Barnhill (2-5, 7-10, 12)
- Wes Hightower (6)
- Faith Hill
(13), lead vocals (11)
Production
- Byron Gallimore ? producer, mixing
- Tim McGraw ? producer, mixing
- Darran Smith ? producer
- Missi Gallimore ? A&R direction
- Julian King
? tracking engineer
- David Bryant ? assistant engineer (1-12)
- John Netti ? assistant engineer (1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11)
- Lowell Reynolds ? assistant engineer (1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11)
- David Robinson ? assistant engineer (1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11)
- Bryan Graban ? assistant engineer (3, 4, 7, 8, 12)
- Todd Schall ? assistant engineer (3, 4, 7, 8, 12)
- Jesse Chrisman ? additional recording,
Pro Tools engineer
, mix assistant
- Jason Gantt ? additional recording, Pro Tools engineer
- Jed Hackett ? additional recording, Pro Tools engineer
- Sara Lesher ? additional recording, Pro Tools engineer, mix assistant
- Erik Lutkins ? additional recording, Pro Tools engineer, mix assistant
- Heath Stimmel ? additional recording
- Adam Ayan ? mastering
- Ann Callis ? production assistant
- Glenn Sweitzer ? art direction, package design
- Tony Duran
? cover photography, other photography
- Danny Clinch
? other photography
Studios
- Recorded and overdubbed at Essential Sound Studios (Houston, Texas) and
Ocean Way
(Nashville, Tennessee)
- Mixed and edited at Essential Sound Studios
- Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
Chart performance
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Let It Go
entered the U.S.
Billboard
200
and the
Top Country Albums
charts at #1. This became McGraw's fourth #1 Billboard 200 and eleventh #1 Top Country Albums release.
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Sales and certifications
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Singles
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Year
|
Single
|
Chart Positions
|
US Country
|
US
|
CAN
|
2007
|
"Last Dollar (Fly Away)"
|
1
|
13
|
?
|
"I Need You"
(with
Faith Hill
)
|
8
|
50
|
75
|
"If You're Reading This"
|
3
|
41
|
81
|
"Suspicions"
|
12
|
87
|
?
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2008
|
"Kristofferson"
|
16
|
110
|
?
|
"Let It Go"
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2
|
47
|
75
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2009
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"Nothin' to Die For"
|
5
|
68
|
76
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References
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- ^
Critic reviews at Metacritic
- ^
About.com review
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Allmusic review
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The Boston Globe review
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Country Weekly review
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Entertainment Weekly review
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"Fresh and the followers"
.
Los Angeles Times
. 2007-03-27.
Archived
from the original on 2016-03-05.
- ^
People review
- ^
PopMatters review
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Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
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Stylus Magazine review
- ^
Engine 145 review
Archived
December 18, 2014, at the
Wayback Machine
- ^
"Australiancharts.com ? Tim McGraw ? Let It Go"
. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^
"Tim McGraw Chart History (Canadian Albums)"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
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"Tim McGraw Chart History (
Billboard
200)"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^
"Tim McGraw Chart History (Top Country Albums)"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^
"Top Billboard 200 Albums ? Year-End 2007"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved
November 30,
2020
.
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"Top Country Albums ? Year-End 2007"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved
November 30,
2020
.
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"Top Billboard 200 Albums ? Year-End 2008"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved
November 30,
2020
.
- ^
"Top Country Albums ? Year-End 2008"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved
November 30,
2020
.
- ^
"Canadian album certifications ? Tim McGraw ? Let It Go"
.
Music Canada
. Retrieved
February 8,
2023
.
- ^
"American album certifications ? Tim McGraw ? Let It Go"
.
Recording Industry Association of America
. Retrieved
February 8,
2023
.
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