Tangled Up (Thomas Rhett album) explained
| Tangled Up |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Thomas Rhett |
| Cover: | TangledUp.jpg |
| Recorded: | 2015 |
| Studio: | Starstruck Studios, Major Bob Studios and Sub-Level 03 (Nashville, Tennessee); Atlantic Studios (Hollywood, California); Elysian Sound (Los Angeles, California) |
| Genre: | Country, Pop |
| Length: | 44:21 |
| Label: | Valory |
| Prev Title: | It Goes Like This |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | Life Changes |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
Tangled Up is the second studio album by American country music singer Thomas Rhett. It was released on September 25, 2015, via Valory Music Group.[1] [2] [3] The album's lead single "Crash and Burn", was released to radio on April 27, 2015. The album's second single, "Die a Happy Man" was released to country radio on September 28, 2015, but was available for download as a pre-order for the album on September 18, 2015.
Reception
Critical
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic thought that the Thomas Rhett's second album feels like an album "where the singer/songwriter comes into his own" and rated the album 4 stars out of 5. He thought that Rhett "displays an omnivorous cultural appetite" in the album where Rhett might be "dropping passing allusions to Guns N' Roses and Third Eye Blind" to using disco beat. He judged Rhett to be "a true pop artist, harnessing the trends of his time and turning them into music that's hard to resist." Billboard also picked up on the disco influence, noting that songs in the album, such as "Tangled", "sound as Saturday Night Fever’d as anything recorded by a male country star in decades", but wondered whether "country radio will fully embrace their Nashville disco or ignore it."[4]
Commercial
Tangled Up debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 6 and Top Country Albums at No. 3, with 76,000 units sold, 63,000 of which are pure album sales.[5] It reached No. 2 on the Top Country Albums chart in its fourth week.[6] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on September 20, 2016. The album has sold over 598,900 copies in the US as of September 2017.[7]
Personnel
Musicians
- Thomas Rhett – lead vocals
- Charlie Judge – keyboards
- Matt Stanfield – keyboards
- Jesse Frasure – programming
- Joe London – keyboards, programming, electric guitar, bass
- Chris DeStefano – keyboards, acoustic piano, programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, steel guitar, bass, drums, backing vocals
- Charlie Puth – keyboards (12), backing vocals (12)
- Dann Huff – electric guitar
- Rob McNelley – electric guitar
- Chris Stapleton – electric guitar, backing vocals
- Derek Wells – electric guitar
- Danny Rader – acoustic guitar
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Teddy Geiger – bass
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass
- Chris Kimmerer – drums
- Byron "Mr. Talkbox" Chambers – talk box
- Sean Douglas – backing vocals
- Russell Terrell – backing vocals
- Jordin Sparks – vocals (11)
- LunchMoney Lewis – vocals (12)
- Danielle Bradbury – vocals (17)
- Tori Kelly – vocals (18)
Technical and design
- Jesse Frasure – recording (1-10)
- Steve Marcantonio – recording (1-10)
- Chris DeStefano – recording (11, 13)
- Joe London – recording (12)
- Shawn Daugherty – recording assistant (1-10)
- Seth Morton – recording assistant (1-10), additional recording (4, 5, 9, 10)
- Russell Terrell – additional recording (1, 2, 4-10)
- Justin Niebank – mixing at Blackbird Studio (Nashville, Tennessee) and Hound's Ear Studio (Franklin, Tennessee)
- Drew Bollman – mix assistant
- David Huff – digital editing
- Sean Neff – digital editing
- Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
- Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
- Laurel Kittleson – production coordinator
- Alicia Matthews – production coordinator
- Becky Reiser – art direction, graphic design
- Sandi Spika Borchetta – art direction
- Abbey Lanigan – graphic design
- John Shearer – cover photography
- Joseph Llanes – additional photography
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Notes and References
- News: Dukes. Billy. Thomas Rhett, ‘Tangled Up’: Everything You Need to Know. August 8, 2015. Taste of Country. June 30, 2015.
- News: Parton. Chris. Thomas Rhett Previews Progressive New Album 'Tangled Up'. August 8, 2015. Rolling Stone. August 3, 2015.
- News: Thompson. Gayle. Thomas Rhett Shares Track Listing, More Details of ‘Tangled Up’. August 8, 2015. The Boot. August 4, 2015.
- Web site: Country Stars Thomas Rhett and Brett Eldredge Catch Disco Fever on New Records: Album Review. September 21, 2015 . Billboard .
- News: Fetty Wap Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart. Keith Caulfield . October 4, 2015. Billboard .
- Web site: Country Album Chart Report: October 27, 2015 . Matt . Bjorke. Roughstock. October 27, 2015 . October 28, 2015.
- News: TOP 10 Country Album Sales Chart: September 25, 2017 . Matt . Bjorke . September 27, 2017 . Roughstock .
- Web site: ARIA Albums: Parkway Drive 'Ire' Is Australia's No 1 Album. Noise11. Ryan. Gavin. October 3, 2015. October 3, 2015.
- Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2015. Billboard. February 12, 2021.
- Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2015. Billboard. February 12, 2021.
- Web site: Top Canadian Albums – Year-End 2016. Billboard. December 25, 2020.
- Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2016. Billboard. December 9, 2016.
- Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2016. Billboard. January 27, 2018.
- Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2017. Billboard. December 12, 2017.
- Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2017. Billboard. December 15, 2017.
- Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2018. Billboard. July 14, 2020.
- Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2018. Billboard. July 14, 2020.
- Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2019. Billboard. July 14, 2020.
- Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2020. Billboard. December 10, 2020.
- Web site: Decade-End Charts: Billboard 200. Billboard. November 28, 2019.
- Web site: Decade-End Charts: Top Country Albums. Billboard. December 1, 2020.
