''Rearview Town'' is the eighth studio album by American

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singer

Jason Aldean Jason Aldine Williams (born February 28, 1977), known professionally as Jason Aldean, is an American country music singer. Since 2005, he has been signed to BBR Music Group, Broken Bow Records, a record label for which he has released eleven alb ...

. It was released on April 13, 2018 via

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. It debuted at the top of the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, becoming Aldean's fourth consecutive number one album in the United States.

Content

As with all of Aldean's previous albums, ''Rearview Town'' was released on

, with Michael Knox serving as producer. The lead single is " You Make It Easy", a song that was co-written by both members of

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. The album includes a total of 15 songs, including a duet with

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. An article in ''

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Country'' stated that the album's title track "hits on the theme of leaving the past behind and moving forward to something better."

Commercial performance

"Rearview Town" debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, making it his fourth consecutive studio album to do so. This also makes him only the second country music act after

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to have four consecutive albums debut at the top of that chart. It shifted 183,000 equivalent album units, of which 162,000 were in traditional album sales. It also debuted atop the

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chart. It was the fifth best-selling album in the United States with 463,000 copies sold. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 8, 2018. It has sold 500,700 copies in the United States as of October 2019, and 1.32 million

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as of February 2020.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians *

– lead vocals, background vocals *Kurt Allison – electric guitar *Blake Bollinger – drum

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*Jaren Boyer – drum programming *Perry Coleman – background vocals *Kyle Fishman – drum programming *Tony Harrell –

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, keyboards,

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, synthesizer *Mike Johnson –

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*Tully Kennedy – bass guitar * Michael Knox – drum programming *

– featured vocals on "Drowns the Whiskey" *Miles McPherson – drum programming *Josh Mirenda – background vocals *Russ Pahl – steel guitar *

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–

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, acoustic guitar,

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* Rich Redmond – drums, percussion *Jerry Roe – drum programming *

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– drum programming *

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–

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, electric

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, electric guitar,

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*Jody Stevens – drum programming *

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– background vocals *Patrick Thrasher – drum programming *Michael Tyler – background vocals Technical *Andrew Bissell –

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– mixing *Peter Coleman –

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– engineering, vocal engineering *Richard Dodd – mastering *Brandon Epps – editing *Michael Knox –

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*Sam Martin – engineering assistance *Brady Tillow – engineering assistance Visuals *Madalyn Hankins – art direction *Miller Mobley – photography *Kevin Tucker – design

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 2018 albums Jason Aldean albums BBR Music Group albums Albums produced by Michael Knox (record producer)