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5th Gear (album)

Field	Value
name	5th Gear
type	studio
artist	Brad Paisley
cover	5thgearbradpaisley.jpg
released
recorded	2006–2007
studio	*The Castle (Franklin, Tennessee)
<ref name	liner
genre	Country
length	67:48
label	Arista Nashville
producer	Frank Rogers
prev_title	Brad Paisley Christmas
prev_year	2006
next_title	Play
next_year	2008
misc	{{Singles
name	5th Gear
type	studio
single1	Ticks
single1date	March 12, 2007
single2	Online
single2date	July 2, 2007
single3	Letter to Me
single3date	October 22, 2007
single4	I'm Still a Guy
single4date	March 3, 2008
single5	Waitin' on a Woman
single5date	June 9, 2008

Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee)
Blackbird (Nashville, Tennessee)
East Iris (Nashville, Tennessee)

5th Gear is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released June 19, 2007, by Arista Nashville and debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of about 197,000 copies. On April 9, 2008, 5th Gear was certified platinum by the RIAA.

The album's first four singles — "Ticks", "Online", "Letter to Me", and "I'm Still a Guy" — all reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. In June 2008, a re-recording of "Waitin' on a Woman", a song which Paisley originally recorded for his 2005 album Time Well Wasted, was added as a bonus track to this album. This re-edited version was released in June 2008 as the album's fifth single. For the chart week of September 20, 2008, the song has become his twelfth number-one single and his eighth straight number-one hit. When pre-ordered through iTunes, another bonus track, "You Love Me So Good", was included.

In 2009, NPR picked the album as one of "The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings." "Oh Love" received a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals nomination.

Blaine Larsen later released a rendition of "It Did" in 2009.

Track listing

"Mr. Policeman" incorporates the chorus of "In the Jailhouse Now" (written by Jimmie Rodgers) at its end, with new lyrics to fit the rest of the song.

Personnel

Credits from the album's liner notes. There are only limited credits for tracks 17–18 ("Outtake 1" and "Outtake 2"), and the original booklet/liner notes do not include credits for "Waitin' on a Woman" because it was not included on the original release.

Brad Paisley – lead vocals (1–12, 14–15), electric guitar (1–12, 14, 16), acoustic guitar (1–6, 8–12, 15), voice (17)
Wes Hightower – backing vocals (1–12, 14–15)
Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (3)
Carrie Underwood – backing vocals (3), lead vocals (10)
Gary Hooker – electric guitar (1, 5–6, 11), baritone guitar (2), 12-string guitar (2)
Kevin "Swine" Grantt – electric bass (1–12, 14, 16), upright bass (2, 15)
Kenny Lewis – additional bass guitar (16)
Gordon Mote – acoustic piano (1, 5, 7–9, 11–12, 14), clavinet (2), keyboards (5), music box (5)
Tim Lauer – keyboards (3, 10, 16)
Jim "Moose" Brown – Hammond B-3 organ (3), Wurlitzer organ or Wurlitzer piano (4), acoustic piano (10, 15)
Ben Sesar – drums (1–12, 14–16)
Eric Darken – percussion (1–12, 14–16)
Randle Currie – steel guitar (1–9, 11–12, 14, 16)
Ron Block – banjo (2, 4)
Kendall Marcy – banjo (8, 16)
Bryan Sutton – mandolin (4, 6), banjo (6), acoustic guitar (7, 14)
Mike Johnson – dobro (6, 10, 15)
Justin Williamson – fiddle (1, 3–6, 8–9, 11–12, 14, 16), mandolin (2)
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle (7, 10, 14), mandolin (10, 15)
Tom Baldrica – tuba (3)
Little Jimmy Dickens – voice (13, 14, 17, 18)

Brentwood High School Band on "Online"

Chris Brooks, Jay Dawson, and Kristin Wilkinson – arrangements
Kristin Wilkinson – coordinator
Randy Box – conductor
Chris Brooks – drums
Jay Dawson – mellophone
Sam Levine – saxophone
Roy Agee – trombone
Mike Haynes – trumpet
Joe Murphy – tuba

The Kung Pao Buckaroos on track 13 ("Previously") and The New Kung Pao Buckaroos on track 14 ("Bigger Fish to Fry")

Little Jimmy Dickens (13–14)
Bill Anderson (13–14)
George Jones (13)
Dolly Parton (13)
Vince Gill (14)

;Production and technical staff

Frank Rogers - producer
Chris DuBois - executive producer
Richard Barrow - recording/engineer (basic tracks and overdubs)
Brian David Willis - recording/engineer (basic tracks and overdubs), digital editing
Steve Short - assistant engineer (basic tracks and overdubs)
Neal Cappellino - recording/engineer (overdubs only)
Jason Lehning - recording/engineer (overdubs only)
Steve Marcantonio - recording/engineer (overdubs only)
Mark Petaccia - assistant engineer (overdubs only)
Seth Morton - assistant engineer (overdubs only)
Matt Coles - assistant engineer (overdubs only)
Brady Barnett - digital editing
Tyler Moles - digital editing
Justin Niebank - mixing engineer
Drew Bollman - assistant mixing engineer
Hank Williams - mastering
MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
Phillip Stein - "production assistance"
Astrid May - art direction
David McClister - photography
Brad Paisley - cover and packaging design
Katherine Stratton - design
Judy Forde-Blair - album liner notes, "creative production"
Jim Catino - A&R "direction"
The Castle (Franklin, TN), The Sound Kitchen (Franklin, TN), Blackbird Studios (Nashville, TN) - recording studios
Blackbird Studios (Nashville, TN), East Iris Studios (Nashville, TN), The Castle (Franklin, TN) - mixing locations/studios

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2007)	Peak
position	Australian Albums (ARIA)
66

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)	Position	US Billboard 200	US Top Country Albums (Billboard)
68
14

Chart (2008)	Position	US Billboard 200	US Top Country Albums (Billboard)
80
17

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions	US Country	US	US
Pop	CAN
2007	"Ticks"	1	40	48	33
"Online"	1	39	89	50
"Letter to Me"	1	40	81	51
2008	"I'm Still a Guy"	1	33	66	54
"Waitin' on a Woman"	1	44	—	59
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

References

[[Brad Paisley]]. (2007). "5th Gear".
"About.com review".
[{{AllMusic
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/mq9x/ BBC Music review]
[http://www.countryweekly.com/reviews/5th-gear Country Weekly review]
"Entertainment Weekly review".
[http://thephoenix.com/boston/music/42488-brad-paisley-5th-gear/ The Phoenix review]
[http://www.pluggedin.com/music/albums/2007/BradPaisley-5thGear.aspx Plugged In review]
[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=brad+paisley Robert Christgau Consumer Guide]
"Rolling Stone review".
[http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/brad-paisley-5th-gear Slant review]
Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1051279/bon-jovi-scores-first-no-1-album-since-1988 "Bon Jovi Scores First No. 1 Album Since 1988"], Billboard.com, June 27, 2007.
[https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ RIAA - Gold & Platinum]
(November 16, 2009). "The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings". NPR.
(December 6, 2007). "The Complete List of Grammy Nominees". [[The New York Times]].
[http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=9864173 Walmart.com: 5th Gear, Brad Paisley]
{{cite Ryan
"Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007".
"Top Country Albums – Year-End 2007".
"Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2008".
"Top Country Albums – Year-End 2008".

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