Thin Line is the fourteenth studio album by country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, and his second on own record label Blue Cadillac Music. It was released on September 9, 2016.[1] The album peaked at #49 on the Country Charts.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Thin Line" (featuring Shelby Lynne)Billy Ray Cyrus 4:30
2."Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)"Kris KristoffersonStewart Cararas, Jason Charles Miller5:07
3."They're Playin' Our Song"Bob DiPiero, John Jarrard, Mark D. Sanders 3:52
4."My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys"Sharon VaughnCararas, Miller3:03
5."Stop Pickin' on Willie"B. R. Cyrus, Corky Holbrook, Terry SheltonCararas, Miller3:09
6."Sunday Morning Coming Down" (featuring Shelby Lynne)KristoffersonCararas, Miller5:00
7."Tulsa Time" (featuring Joe Perry)Danny FlowersCararas, Miller4:02
8."Hillbilly On"Dean Alexander, Skip Black, Brian Maher 4:05
9."Killing the Blues" (featuring Shooter Jennings)Rowland Salley 3:51
10."I've Always Been Crazy" (featuring Shooter Jennings, Lee Roy Parnell)Waylon Jennings 4:28
11."Hey Elvis" (featuring Bryan Adams and Glenn Hughes)Adams, Gretchen Peters 4:11
12."Help Me Make It Through the Night" (featuring Kenley Shea Holm)Kristofferson 3:10
13."Hope (Let It Find You)"B. R. Cyrus, Jason Charles Miller, Andrew RollinsCararas, Miller, Andrew Rollins4:25
14."Going Where the Lonely Go" (featuring Braison Cyrus)Merle Haggard, Dean HollowayCararas, Miller4:09
15."Angels Protect This Home" (featuring Miley Cyrus)B. R. Cyrus, Miley Cyrus 8:57

Personnel

Musicians

  • Bryan Adams – vocals on "Hey Elvis"
  • Russell Ali – electric guitar on "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" and "Going Where the Lonely Go"
  • William von Arx – lead guitar on "Stop Pickin' on Willie"
  • Anthony Braunagle – drums
  • Alexander Burke – keyboards, mandolin, piano
  • Stewart Cararas – electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14)
  • Billy Ray Cyrus – acoustic guitar, percussion, Tibetan bowls, lead vocals
  • Braison Cyrus – electric guitar and vocals on "Going Where the Lonely Go"
  • Miley Cyrus – percussion, Tibetan bowls, and vocals on "Angels Protect This Home"
  • Jamie Douglass – drums, percussion
  • Brandon Friesen – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, piano
  • Rebekkah Friesen – acoustic guitar, background vocals
  • Tony Furtado – banjo
  • Cynthia Gillet – bass guitar, background vocals
  • Noah Gordon – background vocals
  • Angella Grossi – percussion
  • Adam Hall – banjo, dobro, lap steel guitar
  • Zach Hall – bass guitar on "Tulsa Time"
  • Michael "Fish" Herring – electric guitar
  • Kenley Shae Holm – vocals on "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
  • Glenn Hughes – vocals on "Hey Elvis" and "Hope (Let It Find You)"
  • Angela Hurt – background vocals
  • Shooter Jennings – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Hammond organ, piano, programming, producer, vocals on "Killing the Blues" and "I've Always Been Crazy"
  • Ted Russell Kamp – bass guitar
  • Peter Keys – keyboards, piano
  • Jeff King – electric guitar
  • Johnny Lee – acoustic guitar
  • Shelby Lynne – vocals on "Thin Line" and "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
  • Reggie McBride – bass guitar
  • Jason Charles Miller – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, background vocals (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14)
  • Ian Newbill – electric guitar on "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys"
  • Lee Roy Parnellslide guitar on "I've Always Been Crazy"
  • Joe Perry – electric guitar on "Tulsa Time"
  • Mark Plummer – background vocals on "Tulsa Time"
  • Jimmy Pugh – Hammond organ, piano
  • David Rehmann – drums
  • Aubrey Richmond – fiddle
  • Andrew Rollins – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals on "Hope (Let It Find You)"
  • Wendy Starland – background vocals
  • The Tambourine Brothers – tambourine
  • Drew Taubenfeld – pedal steel guitar
  • Cliff Wagner – banjo, fiddle

Technical

  • Neil Baldock – engineer
  • Geoff Bisente – assistant engineer, engineer
  • Stewart Cararas – producer, engineer, mixer (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14), additional engineering/production (Tracks 1, 8, 12,)
  • Billy Ray Cyrus – engineer, producer
  • Billy Decker – mixing
  • Jim DeMain – mastering
  • Brandon Friesen – engineer, mixing, producer, programming
  • Noah Gordon – editing, producer
  • Ben Grafton – assistant engineer
  • Casey Henderson – assistant engineer
  • Derek Jones – assistant engineer
  • Shim Kratky – assistant engineer
  • Jason Charles Miller – producer (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14), additional engineering/production (Tracks 1, 8, 12,)
  • Jimmy Plann – drum programming, engineer
  • Andrew Rollins – producer

Charts

Chart (2016–18) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 20
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[citation needed] 4
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 49

References

  1. ^ "Thin Line by Billy Ray Cyrus on Apple Music". Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Billy Ray Cyrus – Thin Line". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 23, 2019.


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