Album

Emotional Traffic

Tim McGraw

2012 · Folk, World, & Country

Emotional Traffic by Tim McGraw

Emotional Traffic is a Folk album by Tim McGraw, originally released in 2012. On Gatefold: 3 pressings tracked.

About

Tim McGraw is evolving before our eyes and ears, transforming from an earnest chronicler of small-town sentiments to a versatile pop balladeer with angst to spare. His most adult contemporary album yet, <i>Emotional Traffic</i> features “Halo,” an anguished portrait of a disintegrating marriage, with chiming guitars and an anthemic chorus that's nearly Coldplay–esque. McGraw returns to his signature new-traditional twang with a cover of Dee Ervin’s “One Part, Two Part” (sung as a duet with wife Faith Hill). Anyone familiar with Buddy & Julie Miller’s version of the tune will find this rendition a little more rocking and bluesy. Another standout duet (this time with Ne-Yo) perfectly blends a quiet storm–flavored slow jam with a country-pop ballad. An effortlessly natural performer, McGraw is still one of country's top dogs whose vistas expand with every release.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Halo4:57
  2. 2Right Back Atcha Babe4:51
  3. 3One Part, Two Part3:31
  4. 4I Will Not Fall Down4:35
  5. 5The One3:52
  6. 6Better Than I Used to Be3:21
  7. 7Touchdown Jesus4:04
  8. 8The One That Got Away4:44
  9. 9Felt Good On My Lips4:37
  10. 10Hey Now4:15
  11. 11Only Human3:52
  12. 12Die By My Own Hand5:07

Sound DNA

  • Folk

Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Tracking Studios: Blackbird; Ocean Way; Dark Horse Studio
Overdub/Editing Studio: Essential Sound Studios
Ne-Yo vocals recorded at Germano Studios, New York
Mixed at Essential Sound Studios
Faith Hill appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
Ne-Yo appears courtesy of Island Def Jam Music Group and Compound Entertainment

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Abraham Laboriel Jr.DRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION
  • Angie AparoBACKING VOCALS
  • Billy MasonDRUMS
  • Bob MinnerACOUSTIC GUITAR
  • Brad WarrenBACKING VOCALS
  • Brett WarrenBACKING VOCALS
  • Bryan SuttonACOUSTIC GUITAR
  • Byron GallimoreELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS TWELVE-STRING GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR
  • Dan DugmoreACOUSTIC GUITAR STEEL GUITAR
  • Darran SmithELECTRIC GUITAR
  • David DunkleyCONGAS, PERCUSSION
  • David LevitaELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
  • Dean BrownMANDOLIN
  • Denny HemingsonELECTRIC GUITAR
  • Faith HillBACKING VOCALS
  • Greg BarnhillBACKING VOCALS
  • Jamie MuhoberacPIANO, SYNTH PIANO, SYNTH, ELECTRIC PIANO SYNTH
  • Jay JoyceELECTRIC GUITAR

3 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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