''Can't Say I Ain't Country'' is the fourth studio album by American country music duo

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. It was released on February 15, 2019, through the Big Machine Label Group. It includes the singles "

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" and " Talk You Out of It", as well as the tracks "Colorado" and "Sittin' Pretty". It was supported by a tour of the same name from May 2019.

Background and composition

Tyler Hubbard told ''

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'': "We've been working on that album for over a year now, so BK and I are definitely ready." On the sound of the album, he remarked: "A lot of the music is just kind of a throwback -- an FGL take on kind of what we grew up on, '90s country. It's a well-rounded album. We got stuff we wrote and recorded just for the live show. We got some collaborations with

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. So, there's a little bit of everything."

Critical reception

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 58 based on 5 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Commercial performance

''Can't Say I Ain't Country'' debuted at number four on the US ''Billboard'' 200, giving the duo their fourth US top-five album. It entered with 50,000

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s, including 29,000 pure album sales. The album has sold 107,000 copies in the United States as of March 2020, and 644,000 units consumed in total in the United States.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from

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*Tyler Hubbard – vocals *Brian Kelley – vocals

Additional personnel

– duet vocals on "Can't Hide Red" *Dave Cohen – keyboards, piano, programming *

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– duet vocals on "Women" * Paul Franklin –

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* Jesse Frasure – programming * David Garcia – programming * Hardy – electric guitar, programming, duet vocals on "Y'all Boys" *Mark Holman – programming *Byron House –

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*Rob Ickes –

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*Brother Jervel – featured vocals on "Tyler Got Him a Tesla", "All Gas No Brakes", "Sack'a Puppies", and "Catfish Nuggets" *Rob McNelley – electric guitar * Joey Moi – bass guitar, electric guitar, programming *Russ Pahl – steel guitar *Jerry Roe – drums, percussion *Justin Schipper – steel guitar *Jordan Schmidt – programming *

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– bass guitar *

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– acoustic guitar,

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–

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, dobro, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin *Alysa Vanderheym – programming * Derek Wells – acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Nir Z. – drums, percussion

Charts

Weekly charts

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Certifications

References

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