Halfway to Heaven (album)
2010 album by Brantley Gilbert
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Halfway to Heaven is the second studio album by American country music singer Brantley Gilbert. It was released on March 16, 2010, through Average Joes Entertainment. As of January 2015, the album has sold 1,081,200 copies.[1] The original album was produced by Gilbert along with the Atom Brothers, Jonathan Waggoner, and Jess Franklin, except for "Country Must Be Country Wide" (produced by Dann Huff) and "Dirt Road Anthem Revisited" (produced by Phive Starr Productions).
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| Released | March 16, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2009–10 | |||
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| Length | 48:54 | |||
| Label | Average Joes | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Hell on Wheels" | 4:17 |
| 2. | "Bending the Rules and Breaking the Law" | 3:32 |
| 3. | "Back in the Day" | 4:01 |
| 4. | "My Kind of Crazy" | 3:42 |
| 5. | "Kick It in the Sticks" | 3:49 |
| 6. | "Halfway to Heaven" | 3:16 |
| 7. | "Saving Amy" | 5:29 |
| 8. | "Country Must Be Country Wide" | 3:39 |
| 9. | "Take It Outside" | 4:22 |
| 10. | "Them Boys" | 4:04 |
| 11. | "Fall into Me" | 4:02 |
| 12. | "Dirt Road Anthem (Revisited) (feat. Brantley Gilbert)" | 4:41 |
2011: Halfway to Heaven (Deluxe edition)
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| Released | September 13, 2011 |
| Recorded | 2010–11 (deluxe edition) |
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| Length | 59:49 |
| Label | Valory |
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The deluxe version of the album was released on September 13, 2011 via Valory Music Group. This re-release featured remixes of all the tracks, as well as several new tracks that were not on the original version of the album.[3]
- Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hell on Wheels" |
| 4:13 |
| 2. | "Bending the Rules and Breaking the Law" |
| 3:26 |
| 3. | "Back in the Day" |
| 3:49 |
| 4. | "My Kind of Crazy" |
| 3:34 |
| 5. | "Kick It in the Sticks" |
| 3:45 |
| 6. | "Halfway to Heaven" |
| 3:10 |
| 7. | "Saving Amy" |
| 5:14 |
| 8. | "Country Must Be Country Wide" |
| 3:35 |
| 9. | "Take It Outside" |
| 4:16 |
| 10. | "Them Boys" |
| 3:55 |
| 11. | "Fall into Me" |
| 4:00 |
| 12. | "Dirt Road Anthem (Revisited)" (with Colt Ford) |
| 4:38 |
| 13. | "More Than Miles" |
| 4:12 |
| 14. | "You Don't Know Her Like I Do" |
| 4:47 |
| 15. | "Hell on an Angel" |
| 3:15 |
Personnel
- A.J. Adams – dobro, pedal steel guitar
- The Atom Brothers – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
- Randall Bramblett – Hammond B-3 organ, piano
- Andy Carlson – fiddle, viola, violin, string arrangements
- Davis Causey – electric guitar
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Will Doughty – piano, Hammond B-3 organ
- Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
- Rachel Farley – background vocals
- Colt Ford – vocals on "Dirt Road Anthem (Revisited)"
- Jess Franklin – dobro, electric guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, slide guitar, background vocals
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
- Brantley Gilbert – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
- Gerry Hansen – drums
- Brandon Hicks – background vocals
- Dann Huff – acoustic guitar
- John Keane – pedal steel guitar
- John Merlino – electric guitar
- Tom Ryan – background vocals
- Ben Sims – drums
- Jane Van Voorhis – cello
- Jonathan Waggoner – bass guitar, acoustic guitar
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||
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| US Country | US Country Airplay | US | CAN Country [14] |
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| 2010 | "Kick It in the Sticks" | — | — | — | — | — |
| "My Kind of Crazy" | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2011 | "Them Boys" | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Country Must Be Country Wide" | 1 | — | 50 | — | 91 | |
| "You Don't Know Her Like I Do" | 1 | — | 49 | — | 73 | |
| 2012 | "Kick It in the Sticks" (re-release)A | 29 | 34 | 113 | — | — |
| "More Than Miles" | 21 | 7 | 73 | 33 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
- A Did not enter the Hot 100 but charted on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[15]
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
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| United States (RIAA)[16] | Platinum |