Two Lanes of Freedom

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(66/100)[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
American Songwriter	[6]
Country Universe	[7]
Los Angeles Times	[8]
The Oakland Press	[9]
Omaha World-Herald	[10]
PopMatters	[11]
Rolling Stone	[12]
Roughstock	[13]
Taste of Country	[14]
USA Today	[15]

On release, Two Lanes of Freedom received generally positive reviews from most music critics.[4] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on 9 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[4] The album had positive reviews from AllMusic, American Songwriter, Country Weekly, The Lantern The Plain Dealer, Roughstock, Taste of Country and USA Today. On the other hand, the album received mixed reviews from Country Universe, Los Angeles Times, Omaha World-Herald, PopMatters and Rolling Stone.

Two Lanes of Freedom sold approximately 107,000 copies during its first week of release, reaching No. 1 on the country albums chart and No. 2 on the Billboard 200.[16] By September 18, 2013, the album had sold 421,000 copies.[17]

• Tim McGraw – lead vocals
• Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
• Steve Nathan – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, organ, synthesizers
• Mike Rojas – accordion (9)
• David Levita – electric guitar, acoustic guitar (1)
• Michael Landau – electric guitar, guitar solo (3)
• Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar, resonator guitar (1, 7)
• Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (4, 6, 11), mandolin (4, 6, 11), banjo (5)
• Keith Urban – electric guitar (13)
• Dan Dugmore – steel guitar, lap steel guitar
• Paul Bushnell – bass guitar
• Shannon Forrest – drums, percussion
• Byron Gallimore – percussion (6), backing vocals (9)
• Marty Krystall – clarinet (9)
• Lee Thornburg – trumpet (9)
• William Roper – tuba (9)
• David Campbell – string arrangements (3, 7, 8, 10, 12), horn arrangements (9)
• The Nashville String Machine - strings (3, 7, 8, 10, 12)
• Greg Barnhill – backing vocals
• Joanna Cotten – backing vocals (2, 11)
• Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (12)
• Taylor Swift – lead and backing vocals (13)

Musicians on "Truck Yeah (Live)"

• Tim McGraw – lead vocals
• Billy Nobel – keyboards, backing vocals
• Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar
• Denny Hemingson – Melobar guitar
• Deano Brown – fiddle, backing vocals
• John Marcus – bass guitar
• Shawn Fichter – drums

• Byron Gallimore – producer, mixing (15)
• Tim McGraw – producer
• Julian King – recording (1-13), string recording (3, 7)
• Heath Stimmel – recording (14)
• Steve Churchyard – string recording (8, 10, 12), horn recording (9)
• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing (1–14)
• Stephen Allbritten – additional recording (1–14), recording assistant (1–14)
• Erik Lutkins – additional recording (1–14), mix assistant (15)
• David Bryant – recording assistant (1–13), string recording assistant (3, 7)
• Lowell Reynolds – recording assistant (1-13)
• Andrew Schubert – additional mixing (1–14), mix assistant (1–14)
• Brad Townsend – additional mixing (1–14), mix assistant (1–14)
• Keith Armstrong – mix assistant (1–14)
• Nik Karpen – mix assistant (1–14)
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Sandi Spika Borchetta – creative director
• Kelly Clauge – creative director
• Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, design
• Nigel Parry – photography

Studios

• Recorded at Blackbird Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) and Essential Sound Studios (Franklin, Tennessee)
• Strings recorded at Blackbird Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) and Ocean Way Recording Hollywood, California)
• Mixed at Mix L.A. (Tarzana, California) and Essential Sound Studios (Franklin, Tennessee)
• Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)