Fully Loaded: God's Country
Fully Loaded: God's Country is a 2019 compilation album by American country music singer Blake Shelton. It was released on December 13, 2019, via Warner Records Nashville. The album includes his most successful singles from Shelton's two previous albums, If I'm Honest and Texoma Shore, along with four new songs and a cover. Among the new songs are "God's Country" and the Trace Adkins duet "Hell Right" and also Gwen Stefani Duet "Nobody but You" both released as singles. Fully Loaded: God's Country reached the number-one position on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
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| Released | December 13, 2019 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 43:00 | |||
| Label | Warner Nashville | |||
| Producer | Scott Hendricks | |||
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| Singles from Fully Loaded: God's Country | ||||
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Content
Shelton announced the album in October 2019, by which point the blog The Boot had revealed the track listing. The album consists of the singles (except "Savior's Shadow") from Shelton's two previous albums, If I'm Honest and Texoma Shore, plus four new songs and a cover of Bobby Bare's "Tequila Sheila".[1]
Critical reception
Rating it 3.5 out of 5 stars, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that "the new cuts are strong enough, and when they're paired with the hits...it amounts to a pretty solid Blake Shelton album, albeit one that feels like the holding pattern it was intended to be."[2]
Commercial performance
Fully Loaded debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums, which made this Shelton's seventh No. 1 on the chart. It also debuted at No. 2 on Billboard 200, having accrued 96,000 album-equivalent unit in the first week, 83,000 of which are in traditional album sales.[3] It has sold 156,800 copies in the United States as of March 2020,[4] and 1,106,000 units consumed.[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "God's Country" | 3:24 | |
| 2. | "Hell Right" (featuring Trace Adkins) |
| 3:28 |
| 3. | "Nobody but You" (with Gwen Stefani) | 3:14 | |
| 4. | "Came Here to Forget" (from If I'm Honest, 2016) | 3:41 | |
| 5. | "She's Got a Way with Words" (from If I'm Honest, 2016) |
| 3:12 |
| 6. | "A Guy with a Girl" (from If I'm Honest, 2016) | 3:11 | |
| 7. | "Every Time I Hear That Song" (from If I'm Honest, 2016) | 3:36 | |
| 8. | "I'll Name the Dogs" (from Texoma Shore, 2017) |
| 3:03 |
| 9. | "I Lived It" (from Texoma Shore, 2017) |
| 3:38 |
| 10. | "Turnin' Me On" (from Texoma Shore, 2017) |
| 4:49 |
| 11. | "Jesus Got a Tight Grip" |
| 3:20 |
| 12. | "Tequila Sheila" (non-album cover, 2018) | 4:24 | |
| Total length: | 43:00 | ||
Personnel
- Blake Shelton – lead vocals
- Trace Adkins – duet vocals on "Hell Right"
- Gwen Stefani – duet vocals on "Nobody But You"
- Jessi Alexander – background vocals
- Bobby Bare – vocals on "Tequila Sheila"
- Sam Bergeson – electric guitar, keyboards
- Blake Bollinger – programming, synthesizer
- Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
- Kara Britz – background vocals
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Perry Coleman – background vocals
- Devin Dawson – background vocals
- Jeneé Fleenor – fiddle
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
- David Garcia – programming, background vocals
- Kenny Greenberg – baritone guitar, electric guitar
- Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin
- Charlie Judge – synthesizer
- Troy Lancaster – electric guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Rob McNelley – electric guitar
- Michael Hardy – acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Gordon Mote – Hammond B-3 organ, piano, synthesizer, Wurlitzer
- Justin Niebank – programming
- Jimmy Olander – electric guitar on "I'll Name the Dogs"
- Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Ilya Toshinsky – bouzouki, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, resonator guitar
- Brett Tyler – background vocals
- Derek Wells – electric guitar
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Brad Winters – background vocals
- Nir Z. – drums, percussion, programming
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[15] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[16] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- Bobby Moore (October 23, 2019). "Blake Shelton reveals complete 'Fully Loaded: God's Country' tracklist". The Boot. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Fully Loaded: God's Country review". AllMusic. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- Asker, Jim (December 23, 2019). "Blake Shelton Debuts at No. 1 on Top Country Albums & Hits Hot Country Songs Top 10 With Gwen Stefani Duet". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
- Bjorke, Matt (March 10, 2020). "Top 10 Country Albums Pure Sales Chart: March 9, 2020". RoughStock. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- Bjorke, Matt (March 9, 2020). "Country Music's Most-Consumed Albums Chart: March 9, 2020". Roughstock. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- "Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
- "ARIA Chart Watch #556". auspOp. December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Blake Shelton Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- "Blake Shelton Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- "Blake Shelton Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2022". Billboard. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- "Canadian album certifications – Blake Shelton – Fully Loaded: God's Country". Music Canada. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- "American album certifications – Blake Shelton – Fully Loaded: God's Country". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 12, 2022.