Fully Loaded: God's Country

by Blake Shelton

Overview

Fully Loaded: God's Country splits the difference between a compilation and a new EP, balancing seven relatively recent hits with five cuts making their debut here. The two bookend cuts -- "God's Country," which feels like it could've been written by Aaron Lewis, and the swaggering Trace Adkins duet "Hell Right" -- emphasize Shelton's burlier side, but he gets sweeter when he sings the power ballad "Nobody But You" with Gwen Stefani and lays back for the sunny "Jesus Got a Tight Grip," which never seems as religious as its chorus suggests. Save for "Tequila Sheila" -- a pointless replica of Bobby Bare's 1980 hit, right down to the fake crowd noises -- the new cuts are strong enough, and when they're paired with the hits 2016's If I'm Honest and 2017's Texoma Shore, it amounts to a pretty solid Blake Shelton album, albeit one that feels like the holding pattern it was intended to be. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	12/13/2019
Label:	Warner Records
UPC:	0093624896593
Rank:	5032

Tracks

1. God's Country
2. Hell Right
3. Nobody But You
4. Came Here to Forget
5. She's Got a Way With Words
6. A Guy With a Girl
7. Every Time I Hear That Song
8. I'll Name the Dogs
9. I Lived It
10. Turnin' Me On
11. Jesus Got a Tight Grip
12. Tequila Sheila

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Blake Shelton   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ilya Toshinskiy   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (12 String),Banjo,Guitar,Bouzouki,Resonator
David Garcia   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
RaeLynn   Vocals (Background)
Hari Bernstein   Viola
Steve Herrmann   Trumpet
Brett Tyler   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Devin Dawson   Vocals (Background)
Michael Hardy   Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Nir Z   Drums,Percussion
Sam Bergeson   Keyboards,Guitar (Electric)
Kenny Greenberg   Guitar,Guitar (Baritone),Guitar (Electric)
Gordon Mote   Organ,Piano,Keyboards,Wurlitzer,Synthesizer
Tony Lucido   Guitar (Bass)
Matt Dragstrem   Guitar (Electric),Percussion,Guitar (Acoustic)
Charlie Judge   Synthesizer
Emily Nelson   Cello
Brad Winters   Vocals (Background)
Rob McNelley   Guitar (Electric)
Jim Horn   Saxophone
Bryan Sutton   Banjo,Mandolin,Guitar (Acoustic)
Sari Reist   Cello
Tom Bucovac   Guitar (Electric)
Derek Wells   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Mark Trussell   Synthesizer,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Charles Dixon   Cello,Viola,Violin
Kara Britz   Vocals (Background)
Blake Bollinger   Synthesizer
Trace Adkins   Vocals,Featured Artist
Troy Lancaster   Guitar (Electric)
Paul Franklin   Pedal Steel
Aubrey Haynie   Fiddle,Mandolin
Jimmy Olander   Guitar (Electric)
Craig Wiseman   Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Tom Bukovac   Guitar (Electric)
Wes Hightower   Vocals (Background)
Russ Pahl   Pedal Steel
Perry Coleman   Vocals (Background)
Lonnie Wilson   Drums
Jessi Alexander   Vocals (Background)
Roy Agee   Trombone
Jimmie Lee Sloas   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Mike Brignardello   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Abe Stoklasa   Vocals (Background)
Jamie Moore   Synthesizer
Brent Mason   Guitar (Electric)
Gwen Stefani   Vocals,Featured Artist
Jenee Fleenor   Fiddle
Bobby Bare   Vocals

Technical Credits

Nick Jonas   Assistant Engineer
Mike Moore   Design,Art Direction
David Garcia   Composer,Programming
Matt Tuggle   Assistant Engineer,Assistant
Kam Luchterhand   Assistant Engineer
Jasper Lemaster   Assistant Engineer
M. Allen Parker   Assistant Engineer
Jeffrey Welch   Assistant Engineer
Josh Thomson   Composer
Brett Tyler   Composer
Josh Ditty   Assistant Engineer,Recording Assistant
Chase McGill   Composer
Devin Dawson   Composer
Clark Tedesco   Artist Development
Michael Hardy   Composer
Steve Cordray   Assistant Engineer
Nir Z   Programming,Digital Editing
Sam Bergeson   Engineer
Tate McDowell   Assistant Engineer
Charlie Marshall   Assistant Engineer
Jeffery Welch   Assistant Engineer
Drew Bollman   Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant,Engineer
Andrew Mendelson   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Jordan Schmidt   Composer
Steve Marcantonio   Engineer
Chris Lindsey   Composer
Clarke Schleicher   Engineer,Vocal Engineer,Overdub Engineer
Andy Albert   Composer
Charlie Judge   Arranger
Josh Thompson   Composer
Brad Winters   Engineer
Scott Hendricks   Digital Editing,Overdub Engineer,Engineer,Producer,Vocal Engineer
Paul DiGiovanni   Engineer
Josh Osborne   Composer
Seth Morton   Engineer,Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Ben Hayslip   Composer
Deric Ruttan   Composer
Wyatt Earp   Composer
Shane Tarleton   Creative Director,Artist Development
Mark Trussell   Engineer
Jacob Durrett   Engineer,Vocal Engineer
Scott Johnson   Producer,Assistant Producer,Production Assistant
Andrew Eccles   Photography
Kevin Harper   Engineer
Ross Copperman   Composer
Blake Bollinger   Programming
Matt Dragstrem   Composer
Shel Silverstein   Composer
Blake Shelton   Composer
Jimmy Olander   Engineer
Craig Wiseman   Composer
Shane McAnally   Composer
Mac Davis   Composer
Justin Niebank   Mixing,Engineer,Programming,Audio Engineer,Mixing Engineer,Digital Recording Engineer
Jessi Alexander   Composer
Ashley Gorley   Composer
Rhett Akins   Composer
Tommy Lee James   Composer
Bryan Simpson   Composer
Brian David Willis   Digital Editing
Brett Warren   Composer
Matt Coles   Assistant Engineer
Marc Beeson   Composer
Aimee Mayo   Composer
Brad Warren   Composer
Bobby Bare   Introduction