Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll
Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll is the debut album of American country music artist Keith Anderson. It features the singles "Pickin' Wildflowers", "XXL", "Every Time I Hear Your Name", and "Podunk", all of which charted in the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. A remixed version of the title track, featuring Steven Tyler of the rock band Aerosmith, was to have been released as the album's fourth single (following "Every Time I Hear Your Name"), but this single mix was withdrawn before it could chart, and replaced with "Podunk" as the fourth single. The album has been certified gold in the United States by the RIAA. Jeffrey Steele produced the album except for the title track, which was produced by John Rich of Big & Rich.
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Released | May 3, 2005 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Arista Nashville | |||
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Keith Anderson chronology | ||||
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Singles from Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Allmusic | [2] |
Country Standard Time | [3] |
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll" | Keith Anderson, John Rich | 4:13 |
2. | "Podunk" | Anderson, Jeffrey Steele, Tom Hambridge | 3:59 |
3. | "Wrap Around" | Anderson, Rich, Kim Williams | 3:49 |
4. | "XXL" | Anderson, Bob DiPiero | 3:44 |
5. | "Pickin' Wildflowers" | Anderson, Rich, Williams | 3:05 |
6. | "Every Time I Hear Your Name" | Anderson, Steele, Hambridge | 4:23 |
7. | "Stick It" | Anderson, Steele, Vicky McGehee | 4:16 |
8. | "Plan B" | Anderson, Craig Wiseman | 4:28 |
9. | "Lazy with Your Love" | Anderson, Joni Wilson | 4:01 |
10. | "The Clothes Don't Make the Man" | Anderson, Arlis Albritton | 4:19 |
11. | "I'll Know When I Get There" | Anderson, Steele | 4:26 |
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[4] | 71 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] | 12 |
Year-end charts
Chart (2005) | Position |
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US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] | 51 |
Chart (2006) | Position |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] | 57 |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||
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US Country | US | US Pop | |||
2004 | "Pickin' Wildflowers" | 8 | 64 | 82 |
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2005 | "XXL" | 23 | 122 | — | |
2006 | "Every Time I Hear Your Name" | 7 | 64 | 97 | |
"Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll" |
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"Podunk" | 34 | — | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Personnel
- Keith Anderson – lead vocals, background vocals, "raving mad girlfriend on cell phone on 'Stick It'"
- Brian Barnett – drums
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Chad Cromwell – drums
- Eric Darken – percussion, lap steel guitar
- Tom Hambridge – background vocals
- Tony Harrell – piano, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer, synthesizer strings
- Bob Hatter – background vocals, talk box guitar
- Mike Johnson – pedal steel guitar
- Jerry Jones – electric guitar
- Steve Mackey – bass guitar
- Chip Matthews – background vocals
- Vicky McGehee – background vocals
- Chris McHugh – drums
- Greg Morrow – drums
- Danny Myrick – background vocals
- Russ Pahl – banjo, "wonk-a-wonk guitar", pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, Jew's harp
- Ethan Pilzer – bass guitar
- Kip Raines – background vocals
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
- John Rich – background vocals
- Michael Rojas – piano, Hammond organ, keyboards
- Phillip Sanders – acoustic guitar
- Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar
- Steven Sheehan – acoustic guitar
- Jeffrey Steele – background vocals
- 3 Ring Circus Singers – background vocals
- John Willis – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, National steel guitar
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, percussion, strings
References
- "R&R :: Going For Adds :: Country". Radio & Records. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- Remz, Jeffrey B. "Keith Anderson - Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll". Country Standard Time. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- "Keith Anderson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- "Keith Anderson Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- "American album certifications – Keith Anderson – Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.