Alan Jackson will release his first album of all-new music in six years, ‘Where Have You Gone’, on 14th May 2021.
Jackson’s 16th studio album, the set contains 21 tracks with the star penning 15 of them, including the title track. Longtime producer Keith Stegall has worked with Jackson on the project.
āItās a little harder country than even Iāve done in the past,ā Jackson admits. āAnd itās funny, I was driving and listening to the final mixes Keith sent me, and I started to tear up. I was surprised to get so overly emotional, but I justĀ loveĀ this kind of music.ā
āThis kind of musicā onĀ ‘Where Have You Gone’Ā runs the gamut of what embodies true country music. āWhen I write, I visualize back home and growing up,ā theĀ Country Music Hall of FameĀ member says. āReal country songsĀ areĀ life and love and heartache, drinking and Mama and having a good timeā¦but itās the sounds of the instruments, too. The steel and acoustic guitar, the fiddle ā those things have a sound and a toneā¦and getting that right, the way those things make you feel, thatās country, too.ā
āAlanās taken his experiences over the last six years and implemented his poetās perspective to weave together a masterful love letter to country music,ā says UMG Nashville President Cindy Mabe. āThis is Alanās story but itās also the story of country music. This music love letter was written about the most universal experiences in life, almost exclusively with Alanās own pen, and itās once again a reminder of what a one-of-a-kind creator he truly is.ā
The track listing for ‘Where Have You Gone’ is:
1. āWhere Have You Goneā (Alan Jackson)
2. āWishful Drinkināā (Alan Jackson)
3. āI Can Be That Somethingā (Alan Jackson)
4. āWhere the Cottonwood Growsā (Alan Jackson)
5. āWay Down In My Whiskeyā (Alan Jackson)
6. āThings That Matterā (Robert Keith Stegall, Michael White)
7. āLivin’ On Emptyā (Alan Jackson)
8. āYou’ll Always Be My Baby (Written for Daughtersā Weddings)ā (Alan Jackson)
9. āWhere Her Heart Has Always Been (Written for Mamaās funeral with an old recording of her reading from The Bible)ā (Alan Jackson)
10. āThe Bootā (Adam Wright)
11. āBackā (Alan Jackson)
12. āWrite It In Redā (Alan Jackson)
13. āSo Late So Soonā (Scotty Emerick, Daniel Tashian, Sarah Buxton)
14. āThis Heart Of Mineā (Adam Wright)
15. āA Man Who Never Criesā (Alan Jackson)
16. āChainā (Alan Jackson)
17. āI Was Tequilaā (Alan Jackson)
18. āI Do (Written for Daughters’ Weddings)ā (Alan Jackson)
19. āBeer:10ā (Alan Jackson)
20. āThe Older I Getā* (Hailey Whitters, Adam Wright, Sarah Turner)
Extra Track: āThat’s The Way Love Goesā (A Tribute to Merle Haggard) (Lefty Frizzell, Whitey Shafer)
Produced by Robert Keith Stegall
*Produced by Keith Stegall