Startin' Fires
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| Studio album by Blake Shelton | ||||
| Released | November 18, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 43:44 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
| Producer |
Scott Hendricks Brent Rowan Bobby Braddock |
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| Singles from Startin' Fires | ||||
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| Allmusic |    |
| Entertainment Weekly | B- |
| Roughstock | (positive) |
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Startin' Fires is the fifth studio album released from American country music singer Blake Shelton. The album was released on November 18, 2008 (see 2008 in country music) on Warner Bros. Nashville. Its lead-off single, "She Wouldn't Be Gone", is Shelton's fourteenth Top 40 country hit and on the chart week of February 7, 2009 became his fifth Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. "I'll Just Hold On" is the album's second single. For Starting Fires, Shelton co-wrote two tracks.
The first single, "She Wouldn't Be Gone", debuted at number 52 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of August 23, 2008. It reached a peak of Number One on the chart week of February 7, 2009. "I'll Just Hold On" was released in February 2009 as the second single, which debuted at number 60 and peaked at number 8.
Scott Hendricks produced all but two tracks on the album. "This Is Gonna Take All Night" was produced by Brent Rowan, and "I Don't Care" (which carried over from his previous album, 2007's Pure BS) was produced by Bobby Braddock. Shelton co-wrote the track "Bare Skin Rug" with his future wife, Miranda Lambert, who also sings duet vocals on it.
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