Dying Star (album)

Dying Star
Dying Star
Studio album by Ruston Kelly
Released	September 7, 2018
Studio	Sonic Ranch
Genre	Folk rock, alternative country, indie folk
Length	53:17
Label	Rounder Records
Producer	Ruston Kelly; Jarrad Kritzstein;
Ruston Kelly chronology
Singles from Dying Star
	"Jericho"; Released: June 22, 2018; "Mockingbird"; Released: July 16, 2018; "Faceplant"; Released: August 13, 2018; "Son of a Highway Daughter"; Released: October 22, 2018;

Dying Star is the debut studio album by American Country Music singer and songwriter Ruston Kelly, released on September 7, 2018 through Rounder Records. The album was recorded at the Sonic Ranch in El Paso, Texas, and produced by Kelly and Jarrad Kritzstein.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cover My Tracks"	Ruston Kelly, Jarrad Kritzstein	3:27
2.	"Mockingbird"	Kelly	4:38
3.	"Son of a Highway Daughter"	Kelly	3:37
4.	"Paratrooper's Battlecry"	Kelly	4:00
5.	"Faceplant"	Kelly, Kritzstein, Brendan Benson	3:43
6.	"Blackout"	Kelly, Kritzstein, Joy Williams	4:26
7.	"Big Brown Bus"	Kelly, Kritzstein, Rick Brantley	4:56
8.	"Mercury"	Kelly	3:19
9.	"Anchors"	Kelly, Kritzstein	4:10
10.	"Just for the Record"	Kelly, Kritzstein, Lucie Silvas	3:42
11.	"Trying to Let Her"	Kelly, Kyle Jacobs, Joe Leathers	3:28
12.	"Jericho"	Kelly, Williams, Natalie Hemby	2:53
13.	"Dying Star"	Kelly, Rollie Gaalswyk, Caitlyn Smith	5:26
14.	"Brightly Burst into the Air"	Kelly	1:32
Total length:			53:17

Eli Beaird – bass
Greg Calibi – mastering
Ian Fitchuk – drums, organ, percussion, piano
Charles Godfrey – engineer
Matthew Glasbey – assistant
Jon Green – background vocals
Natalie Hemby – background vocals
Ruston Kelly – engineer, acoustic guitar, harmonica, producer, vocals, xylophone
Tim Kelly – pedal steel
Jarrad Kritzstein – engineer, Fender Rhodes, electric guitar, producer, background vocals
Kacey Musgraves – background vocals
Mario Ramirez – assistant
Kyle Ryan – banjo
Andrew Scheps – mixing
Abby Sevigny – background vocals
Nick Steinhardt – art direction, design
Joy Williams – background vocals
Kate York – background vocals

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