| Pure BS | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Blake Shelton |
| Cover: | Purebs.jpg |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 40:32 |
| Label: | Warner Bros. Nashville |
| Producer: | |
| Prev Title: | Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill |
| Prev Year: | 2004 |
| Next Title: | Startin' Fires |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
Pure BS is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Blake Shelton, released in 2007 on Warner Bros. Records Nashville. It produced the singles "Don't Make Me" and "The More I Drink". The album was re-released in 2008 with three bonus tracks, one of which — a cover of Michael Bublé's "Home" — was released as a single, becoming Shelton's fourth Number One country hit. Of the eleven tracks, Shelton co-wrote three. The album has been certified Gold by RIAA.
Unlike Shelton's first three albums, which were all produced by Bobby Braddock, Pure BS features three different producers: Braddock, as well as Brent Rowan and Paul Worley.
The album's first single was "Don't Make Me", which peaked at number 12 on the Billboard country charts in 2007. Following this was the David Lee Murphy co-write "The More I Drink" which peaked at number 19. Pure BS was re-released in May 2008 as Pure BS Deluxe Edition. This re-issue included his cover of Michael Bublé's hit single "Home" and two additional tracks which Shelton wrote.[1] The cover featured backing vocals from Miranda Lambert, whom Shelton would later marry. It was issued as a single in early 2008, and in July it became Shelton's fourth Number One single on the country charts.
"She Don't Love Me" was previously recorded by Trent Willmon on his self-titled debut album, and before that by Billy Ray Cyrus as "She Don't Love Me (She Don't Hate Me)" on his 2003 album Time Flies. It Ain't Easy Being Me" was originally recorded by the co-writer, Chris Knight on his 1998 self-titled debut album, and also covered by John Anderson on his 2001 album, Nobody's Got It All. "I Don't Care" was later reissued on Shelton's 2008 album, Startin' Fires.
Pure BS was recorded while Shelton was going through a divorce from his first wife. Shelton has said that this experience colored the tone of the album, explaining, "I was dealing with a broken heart and having my world turned upside-down and drinking way too much, and I just put all that on the record and gave it to the fans to see what they thought about that period of my life."[2]
| Chart (2007) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] | 52 | |
| Chart (2008) | Position | |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] | 36 |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | ||
| 2006 | "Don't Make Me" | 12 | 79 |
| 2007 | "The More I Drink" | 19 | 102 |
| 2008 | "Home" | 1 | 41 |