My Kinda Party
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Michael McCall with the Associated Press
lauded Aldean for his "fresh sound" on the album saying he "stands at the forefront of a movement combining country themes with hard-rock chords". Calling it Aldean's "strongest album to date", Matt Bjorke with Roughstock gave it a four-star rating and said that Aldean "may just be one of country music’s best at making complete albums that are 'all killer, no filler'". Giving it 3½ rating, Steve Leggett of Allmusic said that the album had "impressive sonic consistency" and "songs that fit his voice". Ken Tucker with Country Weekly
gave the album four star rating, saying "Jason Aldean has grown from album to album, deftly improving on each previous project. His latest release continues the upward momentum".
Allison Stewart with The Washington Post
gave it a mixed review saying "Party is likable but Nashville boilerplate; Every other track will sound familiar, even if it's the first time you've heard it". She called his cover of "Dirt Road Anthem", "the high point" on the album, calling it a "boundary-stretching moment". Mario Tarradell with The Dallas Morning News
gave it a 'C' rating, referring to the material as "a vast array of standard, clichéd country-rock". He also said the track "Dirt Road Anthem" the only song that "deserves another spin". Juli Thanki with The 9513 gave the release 3½, saying it "includes some of his most enjoyable and mature work to date".
Additional musicians
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
lauded Aldean for his "fresh sound" on the album saying he "stands at the forefront of a movement combining country themes with hard-rock chords". Calling it Aldean's "strongest album to date", Matt Bjorke with Roughstock gave it a four-star rating and said that Aldean "may just be one of country music’s best at making complete albums that are 'all killer, no filler'". Giving it 3½ rating, Steve Leggett of Allmusic said that the album had "impressive sonic consistency" and "songs that fit his voice". Ken Tucker with Country Weekly
Country Weekly
Country Weekly is an American tabloid style weekly magazine established in 1994. The magazine focuses on country music stars and events, and regularly features exclusive interviews with recording artists and country music news...
gave the album four star rating, saying "Jason Aldean has grown from album to album, deftly improving on each previous project. His latest release continues the upward momentum".
Allison Stewart with The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
gave it a mixed review saying "Party is likable but Nashville boilerplate; Every other track will sound familiar, even if it's the first time you've heard it". She called his cover of "Dirt Road Anthem", "the high point" on the album, calling it a "boundary-stretching moment". Mario Tarradell with The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News is the major daily newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas area, with a circulation of 264,459 subscribers, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported in September 2010...
gave it a 'C' rating, referring to the material as "a vast array of standard, clichéd country-rock". He also said the track "Dirt Road Anthem" the only song that "deserves another spin". Juli Thanki with The 9513 gave the release 3½, saying it "includes some of his most enjoyable and mature work to date".
Track listing
Personnel
Technical- Peter Coleman - Engineer, Mixing
- Mickey Jack Cones - Vocal Engineer
- Richard Dodd - Mastering
- Brandon Epps - Editing
- Shalacy Griffin - Production Assistant, Background Vocals
- Michael Knox - Producer
- Sam Martin - Assistant Engineer
- James Minchin III - Photography
- Glenn Sweitzer - Art Direction, Design
Additional musicians
- Kurt Allison - Electric Guitar
- Perry Coleman - Background Vocals
- Tony Harrell - Hammond B3, Piano, Strings, Wurlitzer
- Wes Hightower - Background Vocals
- Mike JohnsonMike Johnson (guitarist)Mike Johnson is a United States experimental rock guitarist and composer, best known as the cofounder and member of the Denver-based avant-rock group Thinking Plague...
- Lap Steel Guitar - Tully Kennedy - Bass
- Danny Rader - Banjo, Acoustic Guitar
- Rich Redmond - Drums, Percussion
- Adam Shoenfeld - Acoustic and Electric Guitar
- Neil ThrasherNeil ThrasherJoe Neil Thrasher, Jr. is an American country music singer and songwriter. Between 1995 and 1997, he and Kelly Shiver comprised the duo Thrasher Shiver, which recorded a studio album for Asylum Records in 1996 and charted two singles on the Billboard country charts in early 1997...
- Background Vocals - Lisa Torres - Background Vocals
Weekly charts
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
15 |
| US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
2 |
| US Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| US Billboard Independent Albums Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels... |
1 |
Certifications
End of year charts
| Chart (2010) | Year-end 2010 |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
123 |
| US Billboard Top Country Albums | 21 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US AC | US Adult | CAN Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
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| 2010 | "My Kinda Party My Kinda Party (song) "My Kinda Party" is a song written and originally recorded by country-southern rock singer-songwriter Brantley Gilbert from his 2009 album Modern Day Prodigal Son... " |
2 | 39 | — | — | 99 | |||
| "Don't You Wanna Stay Don't You Wanna Stay "Don't You Wanna Stay" is a song performed by American country singer Jason Aldean featuring Kelly Clarkson from Aldean's 2010 album, My Kinda Party. It was written by Andy Gibson, Paul Jenkins and Jason Sellers... " (with Kelly Clarkson) |
1 | 31 | 3 | 9 | 35 | ||||
| 2011 | "Dirt Road Anthem Dirt Road Anthem "Dirt Road Anthem" is the title of a song written by American country music artists Colt Ford and Brantley Gilbert , both of whom recorded their own versions of the song. Jason Aldean re-recorded the song for his 2010 album My Kinda Party, and released it as the third single from the album in April... " |
1 | 7 | — | — | 39 | |||
| "Tattoos on This Town Tattoos on This Town "Tattoos on This Town" is the title of a song written by Michael Dulaney, Wendell Mobley and Neil Thrasher, and recorded by American country artist Jason Aldean... "A |
2 | 40 | 59 | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
- ACurrent single.