The Boys Are Back (The Oak Ridge Boys album)
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| Studio album by The Oak Ridge Boys | ||||
| Released | May 19, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Spring Hill Music Group | |||
| Producer | Duane Allen, Dave Cobb | |||
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The Boys Are Back is the thirtieth studio album of country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in 2009 under the Spring Hill Music Group label. The album marked the group's return to secular country music after releasing gospel albums since 1992. The track "Seven Nation Army," a cover of The White Stripes's 2003 song from their album Elephant, was released as the album's first single.
The track "Beautiful Bluebird" was written and previously recorded by country rock musical artist Neil Young for his 1985 album Old Ways, but was not included and instead featured on his 2007 album Chrome Dreams II. The track "Boom Boom" was written and recorded by John Lee Hooker on his 1962 album Burnin' . The song is listed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
After signing with Spring Hill Music Group in 2001, the group returned to its roots from the 1940s, releasing gospel material. But just as the group focused on country-pop in the late 1970s, the Oak Ridge Boys "recreated" themselves before the album's release, according to band member and producer Duane Allen.
Shooter Jennings, the son of the late country music legend Waylon Jennings, asked the Oak Ridge Boys to collaborate with him on his 2007 album The Wolf. Jennings introduced the group to record producer Dave Cobb, and invited them to a performance. After being surprised by the reaction of the youth-dominated crowd to the tune of "Elvira", Cobb took the band to a studio where they experimented with different sounds.
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