ALAN JACKSON TO RELEASE ANGELS AND ALCOHOL JULY 17
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ALAN JACKSON TO RELEASE ANGELS AND ALCOHOL JULY 17
13 July 2015 (Toronto, ON) – Country superstar
Alan Jackson will release his first studio album in three years,
Angels and Alcohol, on July 17 via Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company.
Angels and Alcohol includes seven self-penned songs including the title track and the album’s first single
“Jim and Jack and Hank” which was released last week to country radio.
Angels and Alcohol is available for preorder by clicking
HERE.
The new album was produced by long-time Jackson collaborator and friend Keith Stegall, who has produced 22 out of 23 Jackson albums over the past 25 years.
Angels and Alcohol, Jackson’s 15th studio album, comes 25 years after his debut landmark album
Here In The Real World. Over his varied career, Jackson has also issued two Christmas albums, two gospel albums, three Greatest Hits collections and a Bluegrass album which included standards and eight original songs written by Jackson.
The multi-platinum selling Grammy winner will perform on the
Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on 15 July and will celebrate album release day with a performance on
Today live from Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.
Fans also presently have the opportunity to stream Angels and Alcohol in its entirety on NPR First Listen.
Angels and Alcohol Track Listing:
1) “You Can Always Come Home”
(Alan Jackson)
2) “You Never Know”
(Alan Jackson)
3) “Angels and Alcohol”
(Alan Jackson)
4) “Gone Before You Met Me”
(Michael White, Michael Heeney)
5) “The One You’re Waiting On”
(Adam Wright, Shannon Wright)
6) “Jim and Jack and Hank”
(Alan Jackson)
7) “I Leave A Light On”
(Alan Jackson)
8) “Flaws”
(Alan Jackson)
9) “When God Paints”
(Troy Jones, Greg Becker)
10) “Mexico, Tequila and Me”
(Alan Jackson)
About Alan Jackson
The man from rural Newnan, GA, who claims he is just a “singer of simple songs,” has sold nearly 60 million albums worldwide and ranks as one of the 10 best-selling vocalists of all-time in all genres. He has released more than 60 singles—registering 50 Top Ten hits and thirty-five #1s (including 26
Billboard #1s). He has earned more than 150 music industry awards—including 18 Academy of Country Music Awards, 16 Country Music Association Awards, a pair of Grammys and ASCAP’s Founders and Golden Note Awards. Jackson received the first-ever ASCAP Heritage Award in 2014 having earned the title of most performed country music songwriter-artist of ASCAP’s first 100 years. He is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry.
Alan Jackson is one of the most successful and respected singer-songwriters in music. He is in the elite company of Paul McCartney and John Lennon among songwriters who’ve written more than 20 songs that they’ve recorded and taken to the top of the charts. Jackson is one of the best-selling artists since the inception of SoundScan, ranking alongside the likes of Eminem and Metallica.
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About Alan Jackson
The man from rural Newnan, GA, who claims he is just a “singer of simple songs,” has sold nearly 60 million albums worldwide and ranks as one of the 10 best-selling vocalists of all-time in all genres. He has released more than 60 singles—registering 50 Top Ten hits and thirty-five #1s (including 26 Billboard #1s). He has earned more than 150 music industry awards—including 18 Academy of Country Music Awards, 16 Country Music Association Awards, a pair of Grammys and ASCAP’s Founders and Golden Note Awards. Jackson received the first-ever ASCAP Heritage Award in 2014 having earned the title of most performed country music songwriter-artist of ASCAP’s first 100 years. He is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry.
Alan Jackson is one of the most successful and respected singer-songwriters in music. He is in the elite company of Paul McCartney and John Lennon among songwriters who’ve written more than 20 songs that they’ve recorded and taken to the top of the charts. Jackson is one of the best-selling artists since the inception of SoundScan, ranking alongside the likes of Eminem and Metallica.