Off the Beaten Path [Deluxe Edition]

by Justin Moore

Overview

For Justin Moore, going off the beaten path doesn't mean that he's suddenly getting quirky. No, the beaten path he alludes to in the title of his third album is the well-worn country-pop path that so many of his peers take in 2013. Unlike Luke Bryan and his ilk, Moore is no suburban country bro, singing songs for spring break and sports bars, but that isn't to say that the singer is stuck in the past, either. When he sings about "Country Radio," he isn't lamenting the loss of real country -- the Hanks, Merles, Cashs, and Georges of legend -- he's happy to be laying back with his girl and listening to what's on the radio right now. And, for as traditionalist as he is in some respects -- he has a deep twang that'd suit classic honky tonk -- he's a modern guy, bearing the clear influence of Brooks & Dunn, happy to thread in an electronic drum loop and a bit of hip-hop on the album's title track, ready to indulge in sentimentality at a moment's notice, gilding his uptempo cuts with arena-country guitars. Underneath all this gloss, Moore is proud to be a redneck -- this is especially true on the deluxe edition of the albums, which is filled out with five songs about hillbillies, hangovers, the open road, and beer, all rowdier than what's on the finished album (and, tellingly, bearing more original songwriting credits than the LP itself) -- and that also gives the album an air of authenticity. At a moment when country is teeming with affable guys next door, Moore is digging his boots into the backroads, which does indeed mean he's wandering down a path few are traveling. [A Deluxe Edition added five bonus tracks.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	09/17/2013
Label:	Valory
UPC:	0843930010189

Tracks

1. Old Back in the New School
2. Beer
3. Lettin' the Night Roll
4. Old Habits
5. Point at You
6. Wheels
7. I'd Want It to Be Yours
8. This Kind of Town
9. Dirt Road Kid
10. Country Radio
11. That's How I Know You Love Me
12. One Dirt Road
13. Off the Beaten Path
14. Field Fulla Hillbillies
15. Big Ass Headache
16. For Some Ol' Redneck Reason

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Justin Moore   Primary Artist
Miranda Lambert   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Charlie Daniels   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Troy Lancaster   Guitar (Electric)
Steven Sheehan   Guitar (Acoustic)
Tommy Harden   Drums
Russell Terrell   Vocals (Background)
Jim "Moose" Brown   Keyboards
Doug Kahan   Bass
Perry Coleman   Vocals (Background)
Shannon Forrest   Drums
Mike Rojas   Keyboards
Michael Rhodes   Bass
Roger Coleman   Guitar (Electric)
Mike Johnson   Guitar (Steel)
Adam Shoenfeld   Guitar (Electric)

Technical Credits

Ross Copperman   Composer
Jeremy Stover   Composer,Producer
Jason Kyle Saetveit   Engineer
Hank Williams   Mastering
Amber Lehman   Stylist
Becky Reiser   Graphic Design
Andrew Dorff   Composer
Austin Cunningham   Composer
Casey Wood   Engineer
Shane Minor   Composer
David Lee Murphy   Composer
Jamie Tate   Mixing
Julian King   Engineer
Bobby Huff   Composer
Rhett Akins   Composer
Brett Jones   Composer,Composer
Brett Warren   Composer
Brian Dean Maher   Composer
Lance Miller   Composer
Lowell Reynolds   Assistant
Brad Warren   Composer
Josh Hoge   Composer
Justin Moore   Composer
Justin Weaver   Composer
Rodney Clawson   Composer
Scott Borchetta   Executive Producer
Ben Hayslip   Composer
Chris Janson   Composer
A.J. Derrick   Engineer
Sandi Spika Borchetta   Art Direction
Brandon Kinney   Composer
Jamie Paulin   Composer
Jason Campbell   Production Coordination
Adam Hambrick   Composer
Chris Tompkins   Composer
Lindsey Doyle   Make-Up,Hair Stylist
Amy Fucci   Photo Enhancement
Kristin Barlowe   Photography
Brian Maher   Composer
Jake Burns   Assistant