The Road and the Radio

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(57/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[2]
Allmusic[3]
BBC Music(unfavorable)[4]
Billboard(positive)[1]
Blender[1]
Chicago Tribune[5]
E! OnlineB−[1]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Rolling Stone[1]
Stylus MagazineC−[7]

The Road and the Radio is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Kenny Chesney, released on November 8, 2005. The album peaked at #1 on the Top Country Albums and Billboard 200 charts.

Content

The album produced five singles between 2005 and 2007 with the songs "Who You'd Be Today", "Living in Fast Forward", "Summertime", "You Save Me", and "Beer in Mexico". All singles made it to the Top 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. "Living in Fast Forward", "Summertime", and "Beer in Mexico" all reached number one. "Who You'd Be Today" peaked at number 2, and "You Save Me" went to number 3.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Road and the Radio"Kenny Chesney, Casey Beathard5:11
2."Living in Fast Forward"David Lee Murphy, Rivers Rutherford3:34
3."Who You'd Be Today"Bill Luther, Aimee Mayo4:16
4."You Save Me"Brett James, Troy Verges3:58
5."Summertime"Craig Wiseman, Steve McEwan3:26
6."In a Small Town"Jon McElroy, Cory Mayo4:15
7."Beer in Mexico"Chesney4:36
8."Freedom"Tom Douglas, Luther4:41
9."Tequila Loves Me"McElroy, Arnie Roman4:09
10."Somebody Take Me Home"Radney Foster, Randy Rogers3:35
11."Like Me"Troy Jones5:15
Total length:40:43
Target Stores bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)"Elliot Lurie 
13."In This Boat Alone"Chesney 
14."Flip Flop Summer"Chesney 
15."Old Bird Dog"Rhett Akins, Luther 

Personnel

Compiled in liner notes[8]

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2005) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 1

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country US US
Pop
2005 "Who You'd Be Today" 2 37 61 * US: Gold[9]
2006 "Living in Fast Forward" 1 48 —
"Summertime" 1 34 51 * US: Platinum[10]
"You Save Me" 3 41 75 * US: Gold[11]
2007 "Beer in Mexico" 1 61 — * US: Gold[12]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Certifications

Region Certification
United States (RIAA)[13] 3× Platinum

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Critic Reviews for The Road And The Radio". Metacritic. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  2. ^ Webb, Jennifer. "Kenny Chesney - The Road and the Radio". About.com. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Road and the Radio - Kenny Chesney". Allmusic. Retrieved July 16, 2011.
  4. ^ Keogh, Sue. "Review of Kenny Chesney - The Road and the Radio". BBC Music. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  5. ^ Lewis, Randy (December 16, 2005). "Kenny Chesney 'THE ROAD AND THE RADIO'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  6. ^ Lewis, Randy (November 9, 2005). "After the storm, Chesney sings". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  7. ^ Easton, Anthony (November 16, 2005). "Kenny Chesney - The Road and the Radio - Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  8. ^ The Road and the Radio (Media notes). Kenny Chesney. BNA Records. 2005. BNA82876-72960-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ "American single certifications – Kenny Chesney – Who You%27d Be Today". Recording Industry Association of America.
  10. ^ "American single certifications – Kenny Chesney – Summertime". Recording Industry Association of America.
  11. ^ "American single certifications – Kenny Chesney – You Save Me". Recording Industry Association of America.
  12. ^ "American single certifications – Kenny Chesney – Beer in Mexico". Recording Industry Association of America.
  13. ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – The Road and the Radio". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

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