Southern Voice (album)

Southern Voice
Studio album by Tim McGraw
Released	October 20, 2009
Recorded	Dark Horse Recording Studio
Genre	Country
Label	Curb
Producer	Byron Gallimore Tim McGraw Darran Smith
Tim McGraw chronology
Greatest Hits 3 (2008) Southern Voice (2009) Number One Hits (2010)
Singles from Southern Voice
"It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You" Released: June 29, 2009 "Southern Voice" Released: September 21, 2009 "Still" Released: February 1, 2010

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Billboard	Favorable[3]
The Boston Globe	Favorable[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B[5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
The New York Times	Positive[7]
Robert Christgau	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Engine 145	[10]
USA Today	[11]

Southern Voice is the tenth studio album by country music artist Tim McGraw. It is the first album of all new material since Let It Go in 2007. The album includes the singles "It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You", the title track, and "Still".

History

McGraw was originally to have released his next album in 2008. To extend the term of the singer's recording contract, Curb Records instead released a third greatest hits package from the artist, only two years after his second greatest hits release — a move which the singer publicly criticized.^[12] The release of the album was finally announced on June 30, 2009. The announcement also stated that McGraw would begin an extensive tour in support of the album in early 2010.^[13]

Singles

"It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You", written by Brett James and Nickelback lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, served as the album's lead-off single. It reached a peak of number 13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The title-track was released in September 2009 as the second single, and "Still" as the third and final single.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Still"	Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs, Joe Leathers	3:43
2.	"Ghost Town Train (She's Gone)"	Marv Green, Troy Olsen	3:49
3.	"Good Girls"	Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Brad Warren, Brett Warren	4:09
4.	"I Didn't Know It at the Time"	Lee Thomas Miller, Chris Stapleton	3:22
5.	"It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You"	Brett James, Chad Kroeger	3:07
6.	"If I Died Today"	Blair Daly, Warren, Warren	2:54
7.	"Mr. Whoever You Are"	Sean McConnell	4:23
8.	"Southern Voice"	Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas	4:02
9.	"You Had to Be There"	Casey Beathard, Kenneth Wright	3:51
10.	"I'm Only Jesus"	Pat Buchanan, Warren, Warren	4:37
11.	"Forever Seventeen"	Joe Doyle, Josh Kear	4:34
12.	"Love You Goodbye"	Douglas, Jamie O'Hara	4:39

Musicians

Compiled from liner notes.^[14]

Tracks 1-11

• Dean Brown — fiddle, mandolin
• David Dunkley — percussion, congas
• Denny Hemingson — electric guitar, steel guitar
• John Marcus — bass guitar
• Billy Mason — drums
• Tim McGraw — lead vocals
• Jeff McMahon — Wurlitzer electric piano, piano, synthesizer
• Bob Minner — acoustic guitar
• Darran Smith — electric guitar

Track 12

• Tom Bukovac — electric guitar
• Paul Bushnell — bass guitar
• Dan Dugmore — steel guitar
• Shannon Forrest — drums
• B. James Lowry — acoustic guitar
• Jerry McPherson — electric guitar
• Jimmy Nichols — piano, synthesizer

Additional musicians on Track 5

• Byron Gallimore — electric guitar
• Jimmy Nichols — Hammond B-3 organ, piano, and Wurlitzer electric piano
• Brett Warren — harmonica

Background vocalists

• Greg Barnhill — tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11
• Tim McGraw — track 11
• Russell Terrell — tracks 2, 4, 5

Strings on tracks 1, 7, 9, and 12 arranged and composed by David Campbell.

Chart and certifications

Album Chart (2009) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[15] 12 Australian Country Chart[16] 3 Canadian Albums Chart[17] 7 U.S. Billboard 200[18] 2 U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[19] 1

Certifications Territory Certifier Certification Canada CRIA Gold[20] United States RIAA Gold[21]

End of year charts

Chart (2010)	Year-end 2010
US Billboard 200	66[22]
US Billboard Top Country Albums	9[23]

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US	CAN
2009	"It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You"	13	59	53
	"Southern Voice"	1	49	58
2010	"Still"	16	91	94

References

1. "Critic Reviews for Southern Voice". Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Southern Voice - Tim McGraw". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
3. Ken Tucker (2009-10-09). "Tim McGraw, "Southern Voice"". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
4. Munro, Stuart (October 19, 2009). "Tim McGraw, 'Southern Voice'". The Boston Globe.
5. Greenblatt, Leah (October 23, 2009). "Southern Voice Review". Entertainment Weekly.
6. Lewis, Randy (October 19, 2009). "Album review: Tim McGraw's 'Southern Voice'". Los Angeles Times.
7. Caramanica, Jon (2009-10-18). "New CDs (Tim McGraw: "Southern Voice")". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
8. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Tim McGraw". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
9. Rosen, Jody (2009-10-26). "Southern Voice : Tim McGraw : Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-10-29. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
10. Morton, Ken (2009-10-20). "Album Review: Tim McGraw - Southern Voice". Engine 145. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
11. Mansfield, Brian (2009-10-21). "Listen Up: Tim McGraw turns reflective in 'Southern Voice'". USA Today. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
12. "Tim McGraw Apologizes for Release of New Greatest Hits Package October 14, 2008". CMT. October 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
13. "Tim McGraw's New Album, Southern Voice, Arrives This Fall". CMT. June 30, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
14. Southern Voice (CD booklet). Tim McGraw. Curb Records. 2009. 79152.
15. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tim+McGraw&titel=Southern+Voice&cat=a
16. "Top 20 Country Chart - Australian Record Industry Association". Ariacharts.com.au. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
17. "Tim McGraw Music News & Info". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
18. "Tim McGraw Music News & Info". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
19. "Tim McGraw Music News & Info". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
20. "Gold & Platinum: January 2009". CRIA. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
21. "Gold & Platinum Search". RIAA. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
22. "Best of 2010 - Billboard Top 200". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
23. "Best of 2010 - Top Country Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-12-31.

External links

• Southern Voice at Metacritic