Can't Say I Ain't Country
2019 studio album by Florida Georgia Line
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Can't Say I Ain't Country is the fourth studio album by American country music duo Florida Georgia Line. It was released on February 15, 2019, through the Big Machine Label Group.[2] It includes the singles "Simple" and "Talk You Out of It", as well as the tracks "Colorado"[2] and "Sittin' Pretty".[3] It was supported by a tour of the same name from May 2019.[4]
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| Released | February 15, 2019 | |||
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| Length | 53:07 | |||
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Background and composition
Tyler Hubbard told Entertainment Tonight: "We've been working on that album for over a year now, so BK and I are definitely ready."[4] On the sound of the album, he remarked: "A lot of the music is just kind of a throwback -- an FGL take on kind of what we grew up on, '90s country. It's a well-rounded album. We got stuff we wrote and recorded just for the live show. We got some collaborations with Jason Derulo, Jason Aldean. So, there's a little bit of everything."
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 58/100[5] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Exclaim! | 7/10[7] |
| Rolling Stone |  [8] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 58 based on 5 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[5] Dave Simpson of The Guardian rated the album two out of five stars, heavily panning the album's cliched bro-country lyrics.[9] Jonathan Bernstein of Rolling Stone gave the album two and a half out of five stars, describing it as "a defensive, winking response from the act that’s come to serve as shorthand for everything wrong with modern country." and adding "It’s full of attempts to shore up their credibility, along with jabs at detractors (see the title track and the Nineties-rap-referencing skits)."[8]
Commercial performance
Can't Say I Ain't Country debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, giving the duo their fourth US top-five album.[10] It entered with 50,000 album-equivalent units, including 29,000 pure album sales.[10] The album has sold 107,000 copies in the United States as of March 2020,[11] and 644,000 units consumed in total in the United States.[12]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Tyler Got Him a Tesla" (skit) (featuring Brother Jervel) | 0:41 | |
| 2. | "Can't Say I Ain't Country" |
| 2:56 |
| 3. | "Simple" |
| 3:05 |
| 4. | "Talk You Out of It" |
| 3:22 |
| 5. | "All Gas No Brakes" (skit) (featuring Brother Jervel) | 0:46 | |
| 6. | "Speed of Love" |
| 2:33 |
| 7. | "Women" (featuring Jason Derulo) |
| 3:31 |
| 8. | "People Are Different" |
| 3:34 |
| 9. | "Told You" |
| 3:59 |
| 10. | "Sack'a Puppies" (skit) (featuring Brother Jervel) | 0:40 | |
| 11. | "Y'all Boys" (featuring Hardy) |
| 2:33 |
| 12. | "Small Town" |
| 3:16 |
| 13. | "Sittin' Pretty" |
| 3:06 |
| 14. | "Catfish Nuggets" (skit) (featuring Brother Jervel) | 0:50 | |
| 15. | "Can't Hide Red" (featuring Jason Aldean) |
| 3:02 |
| 16. | "Colorado" |
| 2:57 |
| 17. | "Like You Never Had It" |
| 2:58 |
| 18. | "Swerve" |
| 3:21 |
| 19. | "Blessings" |
| 3:16 |
| Total length: | 53:07 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 20. | "Lit This Year" |
| 2:46 |
| 21. | "Simple" (Acoustic) |
| 3:05 |
| 22. | "Talk You Out of It" (Acoustic) |
| 3:11 |
| 23. | "Meant to Be" (with Bebe Rexha) |
| 2:45 |
| 24. | "Meant to Be" (Live at CMA Fest 2018) (with Bebe Rexha) |
| 3:02 |
| Total length: | 67:56 | ||
Personnel
Florida Georgia Line
- Tyler Hubbard – vocals
- Brian Kelley – vocals
Additional personnel
- Jason Aldean – duet vocals on "Can't Hide Red"
- Dave Cohen – keyboards, piano, programming
- Jason Derulo – duet vocals on "Women"
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Jesse Frasure – programming
- David Garcia – programming
- Hardy – electric guitar, programming, duet vocals on "Y'all Boys"
- Mark Holman – programming
- Byron House – upright bass
- Rob Ickes – dobro
- Brother Jervel – featured vocals on "Tyler Got Him a Tesla", "All Gas No Brakes", "Sack'a Puppies", and "Catfish Nuggets"
- Rob McNelley – electric guitar
- Joey Moi – bass guitar, electric guitar, programming
- Russ Pahl – steel guitar
- Jerry Roe – drums, percussion
- Justin Schipper – steel guitar
- Jordan Schmidt – programming
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Ilya Toshinsky – banjo, dobro, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
- Alysa Vanderheym – programming
- Derek Wells – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Nir Z. – drums, percussion
Charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[27] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[28] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||