Bring You Back

by Brett Eldredge

Overview

Brett Eldredge isn't necessarily Nashville royalty, but as a cousin of Grascal bassist Terry Eldredge, he has a passing familiarity with the Music City. More importantly, when he arrived in Nashville eager to pursue a professional career, he was ready to play the game, receptive to advice, and ready to take his time to assemble a winning debut album. He released his debut single "Raymond" in the fall of 2010, and while it wound up reaching 23 on the Billboard Country charts, it took him almost two full years to deliver Bring You Back, his full-length debut. Such a long delay suggests how seriously Atlantic Nashville took Eldredge's prospects as a star -- after the 2011 single "It Ain't Gotta Be Love" stiffed, the label certainly decided to rejigger the album, as they weren't going to waste this opportunity -- and the resulting Bring You Back is crisp, chipper, and eager to please, an album that cheerfully checks off every box on contemporary country radio. Many of those boxes reside somewhere within the Kenny Chesney universe -- "On and On" cops the breezy charm of "When the Sun Goes Down," while "Go On Without Me" favors Chesney's arena-country side, complete with an unabashed debt to U2 -- but Eldredge has an easy swagger that the perennially reserved Chesney consciously avoids. That doesn't mean Eldredge mimics Jason Aldean's exercises in indulgent machismo -- this is a guy who quite comfortably opened for Taylor Swift and never seemed out of place -- but he has an easy charm that recalls Blake Shelton before he became a television star. Apart from the slight bit of bluesy twang that drives "Tell Me Where to Park," everything on Bring You Back is shiny, happy country-pop -- even the ballads feel bright -- but that's the appeal of Eldredge and his debut: everybody involved worked hard to deliver a piece of gleaming modern country product, and it's hard to resist all that impeccable craft. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	09/25/2020
Label:	Warner Music
UPC:	0093624889991

Tracks

1. Tell Me Where to Park
2. Don't Ya
3. Bring You Back
4. On and On
5. Gotta Get There
6. One Mississippi
7. Beat of the Music
8. Waited Too Long
9. Mean to Me
10. Signs
11. Raymond
12. Go On Without Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Brett Eldredge   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Brandon Tant   Primary Artist
Greg Carrillo   Primary Artist
Quinn Messer   Primary Artist
Nicholas Diamond   Primary Artist
Jon William Doughty   Primary Artist
Alison Prestwood   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Troy Lancaster   Guitar (Electric)
Paul Franklin   Guitar (Steel)
Natalie Hemby   Vocals (Background)
Craig Nelson   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Jason Webb   Keyboards
Tommy Harden   Drums
Steve Brewster   Drums
Chris McHugh   Percussion
Mark Hill   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Jimmy Nichols   Piano,Synthesizer
Jeff King   Guitar (Electric)
Wes Hightower   Vocals (Background)
Russ Pahl   Pedal Steel
Jason Lehning   Organ,Piano,Synthesizer,Guitar (Electric)
Walt Aldridge   Guitar (Acoustic)
Perry Coleman   Vocals (Background)
Shannon Forrest   Drums
Matt Stanfield   Keyboards
Shawn Fichter   Drums
Mike Durham   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Mike Brignardello   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Brent Mason   Guitar (Electric)
Charles Judge   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Dan Dugmore   Pedal Steel,Guitar (Steel),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Tony Harrell   Organ,Piano
Tony Lucido   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Jerry McPherson   Guitar (Electric)
Rachel Loy   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Stuart Duncan   Fiddle
Fred Eltringham   Drums
Bryan Sutton   Guitar (Acoustic)
Byron Gallimore   Guitar (Electric)
Stephanie Chapman   Vocals (Background)
John Osborne   Mandolin,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Brad Crisler   Organ,Piano
Tony Lancaster   Guitar (Electric)
Jason Osborne   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Chris DeStefano   Bass,Drums,Fiddle,Mandolin,Guitar (Bass),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Heather Morgan   Vocals (Background)
Ross Copperman   Mandolin,Accordion,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Luke Laird   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Charlie Judge   Piano,Keyboards
Ilya Toshinskiy   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Gut String Guitar
Walt Alridge   Guitar (Acoustic)

Technical Credits

Natalie Hemby   Composer
Bill Anderson   Composer
F. Reid Shippen   Mixing,Engineer,Recording,Mixing Engineer
Shane McAnally   Composer
Jon Randall   Composer
Justin Niebank   Mixing,Engineer,Recording,Mixing Engineer
Ben Phillips   Digital Editing
Julian King   Engineer
Richie Biggs   Engineer,Recording
Ashley Gorley   Composer
Micah Wilshire   Mixing Engineer
Brian David Willis   Digital Editing
Chris Bethea   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Sara Lesher   Engineer,Pro-Tools,Mixing Engineer
Erik Lutkins   Engineer,Pro-Tools,Mixing Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Drew Bollman   Assistant,Mixing Engineer
Adam Ayan   Mastering Engineer
Andrew Mendelson   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Barry Dean   Composer
Scott Hendricks   A&R,Engineer,Producer,Digital Editing
Scott Velazco   Engineer
Byron Gallimore   Producer,Mixing Engineer
Seth Morton   Engineer,Recording
John Palmieri   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
John Netti   Assistant Engineer
Scooter Carusoe   Composer
Brad Crisler   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording
Shane Tarleton   Creative Director
David Biondolillo   Engineer
Rory Rositas   Engineer,Recording,Overdub Engineer
David Bryant   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Scott Johnson   Associate Producer,Production Assistant
Chris DeStefano   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Mixing Engineer
Ryan Gore   Mixing,Engineer,Recording,Mixing Engineer,Overdub Engineer
Heather Morgan   Composer
Ross Copperman   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming
Tom Douglas   Composer
David Axelrod   Engineer,Overdub Engineer
Luke Laird   Composer,Producer
Jesse Frasure   Engineer,Overdub Engineer
Amber Lehman   Stylist
Chris Utley   Engineer,Overdub Engineer
Nick Spezia   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Brett Eldredge   Composer,Producer
Joseph Llanes   Photography
Nathan Yardborough   Assistant Engineer
Jon Nite   Composer
Greg Becker   Composer
Mark Hall   Producer
Elijah Sandoval   Engineer,Overdub Engineer
Beth Laird   Production Coordination
Evan Theodore   Assistant Engineer,Assistant Tracking Engineer
Katerine Petillo   Design,Art Direction
Kirsten Kelly   Grooming
Micah Willshire   Mixing
Shane Manally   Composer
RT Houston   Engineer,Recording
Paul Cossette   Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant