Country Squire Explained

Country Squire
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tyler Childers
Cover:	Tyler Childers - Country Squire.png
Studio:	Butcher Shoppe (Nashville, Tennessee)^[1]
Genre:	Country
Length:	35:10
Label:	Hickman Holler/RCA
Producer:	Sturgill Simpson David R. Ferguson^[2]
Prev Title:	Purgatory
Prev Year:	2017
Next Title:	Long Violent History
Next Year:	2020

Country Squire is the third studio album by American country musician Tyler Childers. Recorded at the Butcher Shoppe in Nashville, the album was produced by Sturgill Simpson and was released on August 2, 2019, through Childers' own Hickman Holler label.^[3]

The album received a Metacritic rating of 85 based on six reviews, indicating universal acclaim.^[4]

Commercial performance

Country Squire debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums and American/Folk Albums, his first on No. 1 on these charts. It sold 24,000 in traditional albums, 32,000 in equivalent album units in the first week.^[5] As of March 2020, the album has sold 65,400 copies in the United States.^[6]

Critical reception

Country Squire was met with immediate critical acclaim. Writing for Pitchfork Magazine, Stephen Deusner remarks that "[Childers] has a remarkable facility with telling details, which pepper Country Squire as vividly they did his 2017 breakout Purgatory."^[7]

Accolades

The penultimate track of the album, "All Your'n", was nominated for Best Solo Country Performance at the 2019 Grammy Awards, but lost out to Willie Nelson and his song "Ride Me Back Home".^{[8] [9]}

Personnel

From Country Squire liner notes.^[10]

Musicians

• Tyler Childers - vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (all tracks), hand claps (8)
• Stuart Duncan - fiddle (all tracks), mandolin (2, 4, 7, 9), banjo (5, 9), hand claps (8)
• Miles Miller - drums (all tracks except 9), background vocals (all tracks except 9), washboard (4), hand claps (8)
• Russ Pahl - electric guitar (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8), pedal steel guitar (1, 3, 7, 8), baritone guitar (1, 4), Dobro (2, 7), classical guitar (7), acoustic guitar (8, 9), Jew's harp (2), mandolin (5), hand claps (8)
• David Roe - bass guitar (all tracks), hand claps (8)
• Mike Rojas - piano (1, 3, 4, 6), accordion (2), Hammond B-3 organ (3, 5, 6), clavinet (4), synthesizer (5), Wurlitzer electric piano (7)
• Sturgill Simpson - background vocals (2), hand claps (8)
• Bobby Wood - Wurlitzer electric piano (3, 8), piano (7, 8), Hammond B-3 organ (8), harmonium (9)

Technical

• Daniel Bacigalupi - assistant
• David R. Ferguson - producer, engineer, mixing
• Pete Lyman - mastering
• Señora May - photography
• Colonel Tony Moore - illustration
• Sturgill Simpson - producer
• Sean Sullivan - engineer
• Jimbo Valentine - album layout

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tyler Childers Announces New Album Produced by Sturgill Simpson. Pitchfork. Bloom. Madison. May 16, 2019. August 2, 2019.
2. Web site: Everything We Know About Tyler Childers' 'Country Squire' Album. Liptak. Carena. The Boot. July 29, 2019. August 2, 2019.
3. Tyler Childers Previews New Album 'Country Squire' With Yearning 'House Fire'. Rolling Stone. Moss. Marissa. May 16, 2019. August 2, 2019.
4. Web site: Country Squire by Tyler Childers. Metacritic .
5. Tyler Childers Earns First Top Country Albums No. 1 With 'Country Squire'. August 13, 2019 . Jim . Asker . Billboard.
6. Web site: Top 10 Country Albums Pure Sales Chart: March 9, 2020 . RoughStock. Matt . Bjorke . March 10, 2020 . March 22, 2020 .
7. Web site: Tyler Childers: Country Squire. 2021-06-04. Pitchfork. en.
8. Web site: 2020-11-23. Tyler Childers. 2021-06-04. GRAMMY.com. en.
9. Web site: 2020-05-19. 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards. 2021-06-04. GRAMMY.com. en.
10. Country Squire . Tyler Childers . 2019 . CD insert . Hickman Holler/RCA . 19075-96034-2 .
11. Web site: ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums. Australian Recording Industry Association. August 12, 2019. August 10, 2019.
12. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2019. Billboard. July 12, 2020.
13. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2023. Billboard. November 22, 2023.