Like Red on a Rose
Like Red on a Rose is the fourteenth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on September 26, 2006. The album produced two singles, the title track and "A Woman's Love", which respectively reached numbers 15 and 5 on the Hot Country Songs charts.
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 26, 2006 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 49:23 | |||
Label | Arista Nashville | |||
Producer | Alison Krauss | |||
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Singles from Like Red on a Rose | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (83/100)[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
About.com | [2] |
AllMusic | [3] |
Country Weekly | (average)[4] |
Entertainment Weekly | A−[5] |
The Music Box | [6] |
No Depression | (mixed)[7] |
People | [8] |
PopMatters | [9] |
Slant | [10] |
Stylus Magazine | A−[11] |
The Village Voice | (favorable)[12] |
Yahoo! Music | (favorable)[13] |
This album was produced by singer Alison Krauss, who also selected the songs. "A Woman's Love", a re-recording of a song previously included on Jackson's 1998 High Mileage album, was the only song written by Jackson. This album abandoned Jackson's typical neotraditional country style and his usual producer Keith Stegall, and instead went for a soft rock/adult contemporary sound.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Anywhere on Earth You Are" | Tim Krekel, Danny O'Keefe | 4:13 |
2. | "Good Imitation of the Blues" | Patrick Brayer | 3:23 |
3. | "Like Red on a Rose" | Robert Lee Castleman, Melanie Castleman | 3:32 |
4. | "Nobody Said That It Would Be Easy" | R. Castleman, M. Castleman | 3:44 |
5. | "Don't Change on Me" | Jimmy Holiday, Eddie Reeves | 3:26 |
6. | "The Firefly's Song" | R. Castleman | 3:56 |
7. | "Wait a Minute" | Herb Pedersen | 4:22 |
8. | "Had It Not Been You" | Sidney Cox | 4:01 |
9. | "A Woman's Love" | Alan Jackson | 4:13 |
10. | "Don't Ask Why" | Roy Freeland, Bill LaBounty | 3:01 |
11. | "As Lovely As You" | John Pennell | 4:05 |
12. | "Where Do I Go From Here (A Trucker's Song)" | R. Castleman, Stephen Foster | 4:02 |
13. | "Bluebird" | Leon Russell | 3:25 |
Total length: | 49:23 |
Personnel
Adapted from the album's liner notes.[14]
Musicians
- Ron Block – acoustic guitar, twin electric guitars on "A Woman's Love"
- Jim Cox – Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer
- Jerry Douglas – lap steel guitar, Dobro
- Alan Jackson – lead vocals
- Alison Krauss – strings
- Viktor Krauss – bass guitar, upright bass
- Howard Levy – harmonica
- Michael McDonald – clavinet, Fender Rhodes
- Joey Miskulin – accordion
- Gordon Mote – piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ
- The Nashville String Machine – strings on "A Woman's Love" and "Had It Not Been You"
- Bernard Purdie – drums
- Kenny Vaughan – electric guitar
Backing vocalists
- Sam Bush
- Sidney Cox
- Suzanne Cox
- Dave Denman
- Alison Krauss
- Richard Sterban
- Dan Tyminski
- Cheryl White
- Lee Ann Womack
Technical
- Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor
- Alison Krauss – producer
- Michael Omartian – string arranger and conductor
- Gary Paczosa – Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer
- Brandon Bell – Recording Engineer
- Joey Crawford – Assistant Recording Engineer
- Greg Lawrence – Assistant Recording Engineer
- Terry Christian – Recording Engineer (for String Session)
- Doug Sax – Mastering Engineer
- Sangwook Nam – Mastering Engineer
Chart performance
Like Red on a Rose debuted at No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums selling 86,000 copies, becoming his ninth No. 1 country album. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in January 2007.
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Singles
Year | Single | Chart Positions | ||
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US Country | US | US Pop | ||
2006 | "Like Red on a Rose" | 15 | 80 | 99 |
2007 | "A Woman's Love" | 5 | 73 | — |
References
- "Like Red on a Rose by Alan Jackson". metacritic.com. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- "Album Review: Alan Jackson - Precious Memories". about.com. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- Like Red on a Rose at AllMusic
- "Nash Country Daily". countryweekly.com. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- "Like Red on a Rose". ew.com. September 22, 2006. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- Metzger, John. "Alan Jackson - Like Red on a Rose (Album Review)". musicbox-online.com. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- No Depression review Archived July 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- "Picks and Pans Review: Alan Jackson – Vol. 66 No. 14". people.com. October 2, 2006. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- "Alan Jackson: Like Red on a Rose". popmatters.com. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- "Alan Jackson Like Red on a Rose - Album Review - Slant Magazine". slantmagazine.com. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- Stylus Magazine review Archived May 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- Hurt, Edd (September 19, 2006). "Country Scamp Gets Indirect and Uncanny". villagevoice.com. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- "Yahoo". yahoo.com. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- Like Red on a Rose (CD booklet). Alan Jackson. Arista Nashville. 2006. 82876.
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