''Let It Go'' is the ninth studio album by American

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artist

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. It was released on March 27, 2007, by

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. It was entered the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 at number one with sales of 325,000 copies. The album has produced seven Top 20 singles on the ''

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charts, including a number one; one of those seven songs was only included on later issues of the album. Of all McGraw's albums, this one has produced the most singles in his career.

Content

The first single from the album, "

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" (written by

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), reached the top of the country charts in early 2007, giving McGraw his first number one hit since " Back When" in late 2004. Following it was " I Need You", a duet with his wife

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. This song peaked at #8. Shortly after the latter was released, McGraw charted with a live rendition of the song " If You're Reading This". He performed that song live at the

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awards in May 2007. A month after this song entered the charts, the album was re-issued with "If You're Reading This" added to the track listing. Afterwards, that song was later officially issued as the album's third single and reached #3 on the country charts. "If You're Reading This" was followed in late 2007 by " Suspicions", a cover of

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's number one hit from 1979. However, McGraw's version became the second Top 40 hit of all his career to miss the Top 10 by peaking at #12 on Hot Country Songs. Following that song were "

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" and the

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in 2008; the former also failed to make the Top Ten by at #16 while the latter went to #2 in early December. The seventh single, " Nothin' to Die For", was released in January 2009. It entered the Hot Country Songs chart as an album cut at #57 in late December before its official release that month. The song "Shotgun Rider" is not to be confused with another song with the same name which McGraw recorded on his 2014 album, '' Sundown Heaven Town''. This song, written by

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and

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, was released by McGraw as the latter album's third single in 2014, and became a number one song for him that year.

Track listing

Personnel

Tim McGraw & the Dancehall Doctors * Tim McGraw – lead vocals * Deano Brown –

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* David Dunkley – percussion * Denny Hemingson – electric guitar,

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* John Marcus – bass * Billy Mason – drums * Jeff McMahon – acoustic piano,

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, synthesizers,

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* Bob Minner – acoustic guitar * Darran Smith – electric guitar, additional acoustic guitar (13) Additional Musician *

Byron Gallimore Byron Gallimore (born in Puryear, Tennessee) is an American record producer known for his work in the field of country music. He has worked with artists Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Sugarland, Lee Ann Womack, and Jo Dee Messina. Faith Hill's 1999 albu ...

– synthesizers (8, 12), acoustic guitar (12) Background Vocals * Greg Barnhill (2-5, 7-10, 12) * Wes Hightower (6) * Faith Hill (13), lead vocals (11) * Last Dollar Singers (1) * Russell Terrell (1-5) Production * Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine) * David Bryant – assistant engineer (1-12) * Ann Callis – production assistant * Jesse Chrisman – additional recording, Pro Tools engineer, mix assistant *

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– other photography * Tony Duran – cover photography, other photography * Byron Gallimore – producer, mixing * Missi Gallimore – A&R direction * Jason Gantt – additional recording, Pro Tools engineer * Bryan Graban – assistant engineer (3, 4, 7, 8, 12) * Jed Hackett – additional recording, Pro Tools engineer * Sara Lesher – additional recording, Pro Tools engineer, mix assistant * Erik Lutkins – additional recording, Pro Tools engineer, mix assistant * Tim McGraw – producer, mixing * Darran Smith – producer * Julian King – tracking engineer * John Netti – assistant engineer (1, 2, 5, 6, 9-11) * Lowell Reynolds – assistant engineer (1, 2, 5, 6, 9-11) * David Robinson – assistant engineer (1, 2, 5, 6, 9-11) * Todd Schall – assistant engineer (3, 4, 7, 8, 12) * Heath Stimmel – additional recording * Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, package design

Chart performance

''Let It Go'' entered the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 and the

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charts at #1. This became McGraw's fourth #1 Billboard 200 and eleventh #1 Top Country Albums release.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Sales and certifications

Singles

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2007 albums Tim McGraw albums Curb Records albums Albums produced by Byron Gallimore Albums with cover art by Tony Duran Albums produced by Tim McGraw