''Let It Roll'' is the second studio album by American

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group Midland. It was released on August 23, 2019 via

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Content

Midland released the album's lead single "Mr. Lonely" in February 2019. As with their previous album ''

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'', the project was produced by

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Shane McAnally Shane Lamar McAnally (born October 12, 1974) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. He debuted as a singer in 1999 with his Shane McAnally (album), self-titled album on Curb Records. This project produced three sing ...

, and

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. In support of the album, the band began the Let It Roll Tour in June 2019.

Critical reception

The album received a

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rating of 74 based on 5 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews.

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rated the album 3.5 out of 5 stars, stating that " It's a record that gets by on feel, not songs, which may mean that it doesn't provide many distinguishing hooks, but it does sound awfully good as it plays." Also rating it 3.5 out of 5 stars, Jon Freeman of ''

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'' called the album "immaculately disheveled" and noted influences of non-country artists, which he described as "a statement that the group’s fluid musical identity is a feature, not a bug."

Commercial performance

''Let It Roll '' debuted at No. 1 on ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums with 22,000 units, 16,000 of which are traditional album sales. This is Midland's first number one on the chart. On ''Billboard'' 200, the album debuted at No. 16. The album has sold 41,300 copies in the United States as of March 2020.

Track listing

Personnel

From ''Let It Roll'' notes. ;Midland *Jess Carson - background vocals (all tracks except 14), lead vocals (14), acoustic guitar (all tracks), electric guitar (8) *

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- background vocals (all tracks except 12), lead vocals (12), bass guitar (all tracks) *

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- lead vocals (all tracks except 12 & 14), background vocals (12, 14), acoustic guitar (8) ;Additional musicians *Dave Cohen - piano (12, 13),

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(14),

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(6, 12), accordion (10) *Robbie Crowell - piano (7, 10), Hammond B-3 organ (3, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13),

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(4),

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(14), Rhodes piano (8), synthesizer (9), saxophone (12), drums (1, 2, 7-9), percussion (11), tambourine (1) *Luke Cutchen - electric guitar (all tracks except 4 & 11) * Paul Franklin -

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(all tracks) *

- electric guitar (1, 2, 4-6, 9, 11, 12) acoustic guitar (2, 3),

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(5),

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(4),

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(1),

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(2, 4), Solina (4),

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(11),

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(1), Hammond B-3 organ (1), synthesizer (6),

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(3, 4, 8, 10), percussion (11),

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(1) * David Huff - programming (1-6, 8-12) *Laur Joamets - electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 11), acoustic guitar (2, 9), high strung guitar (9), acoustic slide guitar (7) *Charlie Judge - piano (3), Hammond B-3 organ (4), Wurlitzer electric piano (11), keyboards (5) *Rob McNelley - electric guitar (3-5, 11) *

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- drums (3-5, 11) *

Gordon Mote Gordon James Mote (born October 25, 1970) is an American Christian country/ southern gospel singer, piano player, and worship leader. He was born blind. He has released eight studio albums. His album ''Don't Let Me Miss the Glory'' (2007) was hi ...

- piano (9), Hammond B-3 organ (9) *Jerry Roe - drums (6, 10, 12-14),

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(12), tambourine (6) *Derek Wells - electric guitar (6, 10, 12, 13) ;Technical *Adam Ayan - mastering *Cameron Duddy - art direction *Mike "Frog" Griffith - production coordination *Joseph Holguin - recording assistant (1, 3-7, 8, 10-14) *Dann Huff - producer *David Huff - digital editing *Steve Marcantonio - recording (all tracks except 8) *

- producer *Seth Morton - recording (all tracks except 8) *Britt Murray - recording (9) *Justin Niebank - mixing *

- producer *Jordan Reed - recording assistant (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11) *Jacob Sciba - recording (8) *Chris Small - digital editing *Harper Smith - photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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