Thin Line (album)

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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.

Thin Line
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2016
GenreCountry
Length65:59
LabelBlue Cadillac Music
ProducerBilly Ray Cyrus, Brandon Friesen, Stewart Cararas, Jason Charles Miller, Shooter Jennings, Andrew Rollins
Billy Ray Cyrus chronology
Change My Mind
(2012)
Thin Line
(2016)
Set the Record Straight
(2017)
Singles from Thin Line
  1. "Hey Elvis"
    Released: June 6, 2016
  2. "Thin Line"
    Released: August 12, 2016

Track listing

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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

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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

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

References

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  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.