''Tailgate'' is the debut studio album by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

group Trailer Choir. It was released on July 6, 2010 via Show Dog-Universal Music. The album includes the single "Shakin' That Tailgate," as well as the songs "Rockin' the Beer Gut" and "Rollin' Through the Sunshine," previously released as singles from the trio's 2009 EP '' Off the Hillbilly Hook''. The tracks "Off the Hillbilly Hook," "In My Next 5 Beers" and "Last Man Standing" were previously included on that EP as well. "Wal-Mart Flowers" was previously released by Stephen Cochran in 2009.

Track listing

Personnel

;Trailer Choir * Marc "Butter" Fortney - vocals * Vencent "Big Vinny" Hickerson - vocals * Crystal Hoyt - vocals ;Additional Musicians * Tim Akers - keyboards *

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* Fred Eltringham -

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* Paul Franklin -

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Kenny Greenberg Kenneth S. Greenberg is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and session musician. He is known for bringing a rock-and-roll sensibility to Nashville recording sessions. Biography Greenberg was born in Cleveland, Ohio but attended junio ...

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* Rob Hajacos -

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* Weston Harvey - background vocals * Mark Hill -

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* Rob McNelly - electric guitar * Jerry McPherson - electric guitar *

Greg Morrow Greg Morrow is an American drummer, percussionist, session musician, mixing engineer, and vocalist. Biography Morrow was born in Ripley, Tennessee and raised in Memphis. At age 11, Morrow and his band performed on a local TV show, and he par ...

- drums * Michael Rhodes - bass guitar * Mike Rojas - keyboards * David Santos - bass guitar * Adam Shoenfeld - electric guitar * Brandon Tant - background vocals * Ilya Toshinsky -

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Critical reception

Thom Jurek of

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rated the album three stars out of five, calling it "one solidly placed party anthem after another" but "strictly for contemporary country audiences." ''

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'' reviewer Jessica Phillips praised Butter and Crystal's vocals, but thought that the album lacked more serious songs to contrast the "unexceptional summer ditties." Her review gave it two-and-a-half stars out of five.

Chart performance

References

{{Authority control 2010 debut albums Trailer Choir albums Show Dog-Universal Music albums Albums produced by Mark Wright (record producer)