''Rebel'' is the second studio album by American

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and

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singer Anne Wilson. It was released via Sparrow and

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on April 19, 2024.

Background

Following the release of '' My Jesus'' in 2022, Wilson received messages indicating that fans of

were resonating with her sound as well as the CCM market that she catered the record and its singles to. On ''Rebel'', Wilson set out to intertwine the two musical genres, saying that "the songs that were coming from my heart were leaning more country" when she began writing for the record. The album's title track was born out of Wilson's frustration with being told one of her previous single releases to CCM radio was "too country" for the format to play, which encouraged the development of the ''Rebel'' album as a confident blend of both genres. Wilson co-wrote the majority of the album's 16 tracks with

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and

Matthew West Matthew Joseph West (born April 25, 1977) is an American contemporary Christian musician and singer-songwriter. He has released five studio albums and is known for his songs "More (Matthew West song), More", "You Are Everything (Matthew West so ...

, with additional writing credits from country songwriters including

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, Emily Weisband, Trannie Anderson and

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. It features collaborations with country music artists

Lainey Wilson Lainey Denay Wilson (born May 19, 1992) is an American country music, country singer-songwriter. She performed at an early age, before going to Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville to pursue a career as a country performer. In 2014, she released her f ...

("Praying Woman") and Jordan Davis ("Country Gold"), as well as CCM artist

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("The Cross"). "Rain in the Rearview" was released as Wilson's first single to country radio on October 9, 2023, while "Strong" was released as a single to CCM radio. "Rain in the Rearview" was inspired by the death of Wilson's older brother in 2017, an event she credits with shifting her dream to becoming a recording artist. The music video was directed by

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and premiered on January 26, 2024, and features her sister Elizabeth as her body double. "Songs About Whiskey" was originally slated to be released as the third single from the album on June 3, 2024, but the adds date was pushed back to July 15.

Commercial performance

In the United States, ''Rebel'' debuted at number one on the

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chart and at number 10 on the

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chart.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians * Anne Wilson – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 10, 14–16) * Court Clement – electric guitars (tracks 1–4, 6–8, 11–14), acoustic guitars (1–4, 8, 11, 13, 14),

mandolin A mandolin (, ; literally "small mandola") is a Chordophone, stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally Plucked string instrument, plucked with a plectrum, pick. It most commonly has four Course (music), courses of doubled St ...

(1–3, 7, 13, 14),

bouzouki The bouzouki (, also ; ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', , from Greek , from Turkish ) is a musical instrument popular in West Asia (Syria, Iraq), Europe and Balkans (Greece, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey). It is a member of the long-necked lute fam ...

(1, 3, 4, 12, 14),

Dobro Dobro () is an American brand of resonator guitars owned by Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone. The term "dobro" is also used as a generic term for any wood-bodied, single-cone resonator guitar. The Dobro was originally a gui ...

(2, 3),

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. ...

(2, 4, 6, 7, 12),

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(8),

slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos that ...

(11, 12),

steel guitar A steel guitar () is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings. The bar itself is called a "steel" and is the source of the name "steel guitar". The instrument differs from a conventional guitar i ...

(13) *

– piano (1–4, 6–9, 11, 12, 14), acoustic guitars (1, 6, 12),

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, sound was created ...

(1–3, 9, 12, 14), background vocals (1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 12, 14), programming (2, 7, 11, 12, 14), keyboards (3, 7, 8, 11, 14), additional keyboards (5) *

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– bass (tracks 1–4, 6, 8, 11–14) * Jacob Arnold – drums, percussion (tracks 1, 3–8, 11, 12, 14–16) * Jonathan Smith – programming (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 8), additional guitar (1); bouzouki, high-strung guitars (2); electric guitars (3, 8), acoustic guitars (8, 10), keyboards (8);

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, bass,

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, bouzouki, background vocals (10); additional programming (11) *

– background vocals (tracks 1, 5, 6, 12, 14) * Zach Kale – additional guitars, synth bass, programming (track 2) * Josh Reedy – background vocals (track 3) * Kris Donegan – electric guitars (tracks 4, 6, 10) * Kristen Rogers – background vocals (track 4) * Jason Eskridge – background vocals (tracks 5, 7, 8, 14) * Kiley Phillips – background vocals (tracks 5, 7, 8, 14) *

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– bass (tracks 5, 7, 15, 16) * Sam Hunter – electric guitars (tracks 5, 7, 15, 16), rubber bridge guitar (15, 16) * Nickie Conley – background vocals (tracks 5, 8, 14) * Wil Merrel – background vocals (tracks 5, 8, 14) * Billy Justineau – Hammond organ (tracks 5, 10), piano (5),

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(10), keyboards (10, 15, 16) * Todd Lombardo – high-strung guitar (tracks 5, 15, 16), electric guitars (5), acoustic guitars (7, 15, 16) * Colton Price – programming (track 5) *

– vocals (track 5) * Scotty Murray – steel guitar (track 6) * Chris Bevins – Hammond organ (track 6) * Josh Matheny – Dobro (track 7) * Devonne Fowlkes – background vocals (track 7) * Moiba Mustapha – background vocals (track 7) * Tyler Johnson – electric guitars (track 8) *

– vocals (track 8) * Jamie McDonald – background vocals (track 8) * David Davidson – violin (track 9) * Kristin Wilkinson – violin (track 9) * David Angell –

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(track 9) * Carole Rabinowitz –

cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

(track 9) *

Aaron Sterling Aaron Sterling (born July 9, 1980) is an American drummer, producer, engineer, and session musician who lives in Los Angeles and Nashville, Tennessee. The son of professional musicians, Sterling grew up in Texas and Nashville, before moving to L ...

– drums, percussion (tracks 10, 13) * Jordan Davis – vocals (track 11) * Mark Lonsway – background vocals (tracks 11, 15, 16) * Jenee Fleenor –

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(track 12) * Lauren Hungate – background vocals (track 12) Technical * Jeff Pardo – production, additional

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* Jonathan Smith – production * Zach Kale – production (track 2) *

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– mastering * Sean Moffitt – mixing * Buckley Miller – engineering * Chris Bevins –

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* Colton Price – editing * Aaron Sterling – additional engineering * Court Clement – additional engineering * Jacob Arnold – additional engineering * Jason Eskridge – additional engineering * Kris Donegan – additional engineering * Scotty Murray – additional engineering * Jesse Brock – mixing assistance * Tim Lauer – string

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(track 9)

Charts

References

{{Anne Wilson 2024 albums Anne Wilson (musician) albums Sparrow Records albums