| Haywire | ||||
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| Studio album by Josh Turner | ||||
| Released | February 9, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 39:58 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | Frank Rogers | |||
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Haywire is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Josh Turner. It was released on February 9, 2010 via MCA Nashville and debuted at #5 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and #2 on the Top Country Albums, selling 85,000 copies.[1] The album's lead-off single, "Why Don't We Just Dance," was a Number One hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. As with his previous three studio albums, Turner worked with producer Frank Rogers.
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After the release of "Why Don't We Just Dance" in August, Turner's website announced that the the album would be released on November 10th, but on October 2nd, online magazine Country Standard Time reported that the release of Haywire was delayed until February 9, 2010.[2]
On January 12th, 2010, Billboard published an album preview of Haywire, where Turner talked about the new album. Regarding its content, Turner told Billboard that the album "goes a little deeper about love and relationships" than previous records.[3]
Eight days later, The 9513 released an interview with Turner. When asked why he decided to name his new CD Haywire, Turner responded that the title track "felt pretty relevant as to the world right now and my life, too." When asked about following the theme of Haywire in terms of songs, he said, "If I had to sum it up, it would be energy, a lot of positive energy. It’s an album that’s full of songs that will make people dance. There’s a lot of passion there. Vocally, I stepped out of my box more; I let ‘er rip and you can hear that on a lot of different songs, whether it be a ballad or an uptempo."[4]
The album's first single is "Why Don't We Just Dance." Written by Jim Beavers, Darrell Brown and Jonathan Singleton, it was released to radio on August 12, 2009, and became his third Number One hit in February 2010. Following it on the album is "I Wouldn't Be a Man," which was originally a Top Ten hit for Don Williams in 1987,[5] and was also a minor chart hit nine years later by Billy Dean.
The deluxe edition includes live recordings of Turner's previous singles "Long Black Train" and "Your Man," two other bonus songs, and the music video for "Why Don't We Just Dance."[3][6]
Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly magazine gave the album four stars out of five, saying that it followed in the formula set by Turner's previous three albums, adding that its song selection "complements Josh's booming, polished bass voice better than those on albums past" despite also saying that the album "takes few new risks."[7]. Juli Thanki of country music blog The 9513 also gave the album a positive review, with critic Juli Thanki praising Turner as "the finest male voice on country radio," but commenting that the album lacked any "exceptional songs." Thanki gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five.[5]
Thom Jurek of Allmusic commended the production, which he described as "reined in sonically with more acoustic instrumentation, less compression, and vocals placed properly in their relation to the instrumental mix" but thought that "the song choices that make this set sound so flat," giving it two-and-a-half stars out of five.[8] Slant Magazine critic Jonathan Keefe reviewed the album's material unfavorably, referring to the material as "a stuffy, aesthetically conservative set of songs at odds with Turner's stated intentions of loosening up a bit," though he noted that Turner's vocal performances attempt to bring "some life and personality" to the songs and rated the set with three stars out of five.[9]
Haywire debuted at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums and #5 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 85,337 copies in its first week of release.[10] It also debuted at #10 on the Canadian Top Country Albums and #76 on the Canadian Albums Chart. As of March 2010, the album had sold a total of 176,303 copies.[11]
| Charts (2010) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[12] | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard 200[13] | 5 |
| Canadian Top Country Albums | 10 |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 76 |
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