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Play (Brad Paisley album)

Play
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Studio album by Brad Paisley
Released November 4, 2008 (2008-11-04)
Genre Country
Length 62:06
Label Arista Nashville
Producer Frank Rogers
Brad Paisley chronology
5th Gear
(2007)
Play
(2008)
Playlist: The Very Best of Brad Paisley
(2009)
Singles from Play
  1. "Start a Band"
    Released: September 15, 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (70/100)
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars
Billboard (favorable)
Blender 3/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly B-
Hartford Courant (favorable)
Los Angeles Times 3.5/4 stars
Mojo 3/5 stars
Slant 4/5 stars
Uncut 2/5 stars
USA Today 3.5/4 stars
The Village Voice (positive)

Play, also known as Play: The Guitar Album, is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released on November 4, 2008 (see 2008 in country music). Like all of his previous albums, Play was released on Arista Nashville and produced by Frank Rogers. The album is largely instrumental in nature, except for five vocal tracks. One of these tracks, "Start a Band" (a duet with Keith Urban), has been released as a single and has become Paisley's ninth consecutive Number One country hit, and his thirteenth overall. The album cover photograph was taken at Bristow Run Elementary School in Bristow, Virginia.

Play is largely an album of instrumentals, though Paisley sings five duets with other vocalists, including B.B. King, Buck Owens, and Keith Urban. King and Urban both play guitar on their respective duet tracks. Another track, "Cluster Pluck", features James Burton, Vince Gill, Albert Lee, John Jorgenson, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert and Steve Wariner. The Buck Owens duet is a song which Owens co-wrote. It is not strictly a country music record, featuring jazz guitar and a song described by Paisley as "very heavy metal." The final track, "Waitin' on a Woman", was first included on Paisley's 2005 album Time Well Wasted, and was later re-recorded as a bonus track to 2007's 5th Gear, from which it was released as a single. The version featured here includes guest vocals from Andy Griffith, and is the version used in the song's music video.


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