Magnolia (Randy Houser album) explained

Magnolia
Type:	studio
Artist:	Randy Houser
Cover:	Houser magnolia.jpg
Genre:	Country
Length:	47:42
Label:	Stoney Creek
Prev Title:	Fired Up
Prev Year:	2016
Next Title:	Note to Self
Next Year:	2022

Magnolia is the fifth studio album by American country music singer Randy Houser. It was released on January 11, 2019 via Broken Bow Records' Stoney Creek imprint. The album includes the single "What Whiskey Does", a duet with Hillary Lindsey.

Content

Magnolia was originally slated for release on November 2, 2018, but Houser chose to postpone the album's release. The lead single, "What Whiskey Does", features Hillary Lindsey.^[1]

Houser produced the album with singer-songwriter Keith Gattis. Of its content, he told Taste of Country that "When writing for this new project, I knew the production had to lean on songs and melodies, not a bunch of tricks and loops. That was the catalyst for the album. So, for the past two years we’ve been focused on trying to find a unique sound and trying to best serve the songs."^[2]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 11 on Billboards Country Albums chart. It has sold 12,000 copies in the United States as of January 2022.^[3]

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.^[4]

Musicians

• Jessi Alexander – background vocals
• Dan Baird – electric guitar
• Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
• Fred Eltringham – drums, percussion
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
• Audley Freed – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Keith Gattis – banjo, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, mandolin, percussion, programming, background vocals
• Lee Hendricks – bass guitar
• David Henry – strings
• Randy Houser – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
• Rami Jaffee – Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards
• Randy Kohrs – Dobro
• Hillary Lindsey – background vocals on "What Whiskey Does"
• Gale Mayes – background vocals
• Billy Mercer – bass guitar
• Kevin Murphy – drums
• John Osborne – electric guitar, background vocals
• T. J. Osborne – background vocals
• Lucie Silvas – background vocals on "Our Hearts"
• John Henry Trinko – accordion, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ, piano, toy piano, Wurlitzer
• Robby Turner – pedal steel guitar
• Craig Wright – drums

Technical

• Charlie Brocco – engineering
• Keith Gattis – production, engineering
• Randy Houser – production
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Justin Niebank – mixing
• Leo Roriz – engineering, digital editing
• Kevin Szymanski – mixing, engineering, digital editing

Visuals

• David Bromley – illustrations
• Tatiana Houser – photography
• Glenn Sweitzer – design, package design

Notes and References

1. Web site: Randy Houser's 'Magnolia' Album Gets Pushed Back . Taste of Country . October 30, 2018 . January 7, 2019 . Billy Dukes.
2. Web site: Randy Houser's Upcoming Album, 'Magnolia,' Marks a New Era for the Singer . Taste of Country . August 26, 2018 . January 7, 2019 . Cillea Houghton.
3. News: Top 10 Country Albums Chart: April 15, 2019 . Matt . Bjorke . April 15, 2019 . Roughstock . July 21, 2019 .
4. Magnolia . Randy Houser . 2019 . CD booklet . Stoney Creek Records . 538429082.
5. Web site: ARIA Chart Watch #508. auspOp. January 19, 2019. January 19, 2019.