Tangled Up

by Thomas Rhett

Overview

Thomas Rhett had hits off his 2013 debut It Goes Like This, but Tangled Up, its 2015 successor, feels like the album where the singer/songwriter comes into his own by borrowing moves from fellow country bros Florida Georgia Line and Sam Hunt. Rhett wrote for FGL -- specifically, the hit "Round Here" -- but Tangled Up is by no means as aggressively macho as that duo. It capitalizes on Rhett's soulful streak -- strip away the 21st century consumerism and "Die a Happy Man" easily could've come out of Muscle Shoals in the late '60s -- and also his humor and his allegiance to good times that don't necessarily come from either a honky tonk or a sports bar. Rhett displays an omnivorous cultural appetite that shows he's a millennial: underneath his acoustic guitars are lightly looped beats, but he's also just as likely to push disco to the forefront, as he does on "I Feel Good" and a title track that's happily a glitter ball throwback. Rhett may switch on a Totally '80s Flashback weekend when he's chilling out, but he's a modern guy, dropping passing allusions to Guns N' Roses and Third Eye Blind, hoisting Solo cups filled with Bud Light Lime and splashes of liquor in coconut water, aware that his excursions in neo-disco may bring Michael Jackson to mind but they also sound a bit like Sam Hunt or the Weeknd. By playing both sides of the fence, Rhett may be a bit of an opportunist, but as his hit "Crash and Burn" indicates, there's a sly charm to his eager-to-please modern country: he's a true pop artist, harnessing the trends of his time and turning them into music that's hard to resist. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	12/16/2016
Label:	Valory
UPC:	0843930026449

Tracks

1. Anthem
2. Crash and Burn
3. South Side
4. Die a Happy Man
5. Vacation
6. Like It's the Last Time
7. T-Shirt
8. Single Girl
9. The Day You Stop Lookin' Back
10. Tangled
11. Playing With Fire
12. I Feel Good
13. Learned It From the Radio
14. Star of the Show
15. American Spirit
16. Background Music
17. Playing With Fire
18. Die a Happy Man [The Remix]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Thomas Rhett   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Jordin Sparks   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
LunchMoney Lewis   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Tori Kelly   Featured Artist
Bryon "Mr. Talkbox" Chambers   Talk Box,Synthesizer
Chris Kimmerer   Drums
Carl Falk   Bass,Drums,Keyboards,Guitar (Acoustic)
Danielle Bradbery   Featured Artist
Charlie Puth   Keyboards
Sean Douglas   Vocals (Background)
Byron Chambers   Talk Box
Dann Huff   Guitar (Electric),Soloist
Rob McNelley   Guitar (Electric)
Teddy Geiger   Bass
Derek Wells   Guitar (Electric)
Jaren Johnston   Vocals (Background)
Joe London   Bass,Keyboards,Guitar (Electric)
Chris Stapleton   Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Chris DeStefano   Bass,Banjo,Drums,Piano,Keyboards,Guitar (Steel),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Charlie Judge   Keyboards
Danny Rader   Guitar (Acoustic)
Russell Terrell   Vocals (Background)
Matt Stanfield   Keyboards
Jimmie Lee Sloas   Bass,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Joe Spargur   Composer
Rhett Atkins   Composer
Joseph Llanes   Photography
Annie Psaltiras   Wardrobe
John Ryan   Composer,Composer,Composer
Allison Jones   A&R
Matt Lipkins   Composer
Andreas Schueller   Composer
Thomas Rhett   Composer,Producer,Liner Notes
Gerry Goldstein   Composer
Josh Osborne   Composer
Seth Morton   Engineer,Assistant
Jacob Kasher   Composer
Ben Hayslip   Composer
Tom Coyne   Mastering
Carl Falk   Engineer,Producer,Programming
Lindsay Rimes   Composer,Producer
Thomas Allen   Composer,Composer,Composer
Peter Carlsson   Producer,Vocal Engineer
Laurel Kittleson   Production Coordination
Ricky Reed   Composer
Nicolle Galyon   Composer
Gamal Lewis   Composer
Charles Miller   Composer,Composer
Charlie Puth   Composer,Producer,Additional Production
Alicia Mathews   Production Coordination
Hunter Claire Rogers   Wardrobe
Abbey Lanigan   Graphic Design
Lee Osker   Composer
Sean Douglas   Composer
Joe Sprague   Composer
Matt Lipkin   Composer
Becca Walls   Interviewer
Howard Scott   Composer
Jacob Hindlin   Composer
Dann Huff   Producer,Additional Production
Drew Bollman   Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Adam Ayan   Mastering
John Shearer   Cover Photo,Photography
Steve Marcantonio   Engineer
Leroy Jordan   Composer
Teddy Geiger   Composer
Derek Wells   Engineer
Morris "B.B." Dickerson   Composer
Scott Schwartz   Composer
Jaren Johnston   Composer,Producer
Adam Hoffman   Composer
Sandi Spika Borchetta   Art Direction
Joe London   Engineer,Producer,Programming
Chris Stapleton   Composer
Chris DeStefano   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming
Sean Neff   Editing,Digital Editing
Ross Copperman   Composer
Eric Frederic   Composer
Luke Laird   Composer
Jimmy Robbins   Composer
Jesse Frasure   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming
Amber Lehman   Wardrobe
Becky Reiser   Art Direction,Graphic Design
Shawn Daugherty   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Russell Terrell   Engineer
Shane McAnally   Composer
David Huff   Editing,Digital Editing
Lee Oskar   Composer
Sam Cooke   Composer
Justin Niebank   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Ashley Gorley   Composer
Rhett Akins   Composer
Mike Griffith   Production Coordination
Harold Brown   Composer