Bell Bottom Country

by Lainey Wilson

Overview

Having had a breakthrough hit in 2021 with Sayin' What I'm Thinkin' and its accompanying single "Things a Man Oughta Know," Lainey Wilson offers something of a manifesto with its 2022 follow-up, Bell Bottom Country. Take the title slightly literally: it's deliberately, defiantly retro, dredging up images of the 1970s, an era when country singers weren't necessarily wearing bell-bottom jeans but rockers certainly were. Wilson simultaneously belongs to both camps, reviving some of the spirit of the outlaws and the hippie country-rockers that served as their counterparts. It's a territory previously explored by the likes of Eric Church and Miranda Lambert, a pair of singers produced by Jay Joyce, who also helms Bell Bottom Country. Joyce's sinewy yet nimble production is filled with muscle and color, its shifting sounds emphasizing how Wilson doesn't stay in one place: she can be a defiant rocker but also a sensitive troubadour, a writer with a flair for melody and a weakness for puns, a singer whose sentimental streak is happily tarnished by a gritty twang. She occasionally leans into the rock aspects of her persona a bit too hard -- even if she betters the original, there was no need for a cover of 4 Non Blondes' "What's Up?" -- and she does show a fondness for country corn, yet those traits are offset by her knack for narrative and natural earthiness, qualities that help make Bell Bottom Country a compelling listen. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	10/28/2022
Label:	BMG Rights Management
UPC:	4050538841510

Tracks

1. Hillbilly Hippie
2. Road Runner
3. Watermelon Moonshine
4. Grease
5. Weak-End
6. Me, You, and Jesus
7. Hold My Halo
8. Heart Like a Truck
9. Atta Girl
10. This One's Gonna Cost Me
11. Those Boots (Deddy's Song)
12. Live Off
13. Wildflowers and Wild Horses
14. What's Up (What's Going On)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lainey Wilson   Primary Artist,Vocals,Clapping,Lead Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Jay Joyce   Bass,Banjo,Drums,Guitar,Vocals,Clapping,Keyboards,Percussion,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Joel King   Bass,Clapping,Vocals (Background)
Brad Pemberton   Drums
Derek George   Vocals (Background)
Jason Hall   Vocals,Clapping,Vocals (Background)
Joanna Janet   Vocals (Background)
Rob McNelley   Dobro,Sitar,Guitar,Clapping,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Fred Eltringham   Drums,Timpani,Clapping,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Charlie Worsham   Banjo,Mandolin,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Billy Justineau   Organ,Piano,Keyboards,Mellotron,Omnichord,Wurlitzer,Moog Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
Molly Tuttle   Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Aslan Freeman   Clapping,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Jimmy Mansfield   Clapping,Vocals (Background)
Jaxon Hargrove   Vocals (Background)
Ashland Craft   Vocals (Background)
Kasey Tyndall   Vocals (Background)
Josh Groppel   Vocals,Clapping,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Park Chisolm   Composer
Jay Joyce   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Programming
Lainey Wilson   Composer
Derek George   Composer
Jason Hall   Mixing,Engineer,Recording
Jessi Alexander   Composer
Linda Perry   Composer
Andrew Mendelson   Engineer,Mastering
Jordan Schmidt   Composer
Josh Kear   Composer
Mark Irwin   Composer
Lynn Hutton   Composer
Monty Criswell   Composer
Trent Tomlinson   Composer
Dallas Wilson   Composer
Paul Sikes   Composer
Jeremy Bussey   Composer
Andrew Petroff   Composer
Terri Jo Box   Composer
Jimmy Mansfield   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Brett Tyler   Composer
Nicolette Hayford   Composer
Emily Weisband   Composer
Adam Doleac   Composer
Jaxon Hargrove   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Court Blankenship   Assistant Producer,Production Assistant
Trannie Anderson   Composer
Faren Rachels   Composer
Josh Groppel   Engineer,Assistant Engineer