Thirty Miles West is the seventeenth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on June 5, 2012, and is Jackson's first album on his own Alan's Country Records in a joint venture with EMI Nashville. The album includes the singles "Long Way to Go," "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" and "You Go Your Way."
The album's title refers to a song about a stretch of the Dixie Highway near Jackson's hometown of Newnan, Georgia. The song, "Dixie Highway," is a duet with Zac Brown.
Critical reception
Upon its release, Thirty Miles West received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 4 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Track listing
Personnel Zac Brown - duet vocals on "Dixie Highway" J.T. Corenflos - electric guitar Dan Dugmore - steel guitar, slide guitar Larry Franklin - fiddle, mandolin Greenwood Hart - percussion Alan Jackson - lead vocals John Barlow Jarvis - piano, Wurlitzer Andy Leftwich - fiddle Brent Mason - electric guitar, gut string guitar Greg Morrow - drums Gordon Mote - Hammond B-3 organ, piano, Wurlitzer Steve Patrick - trumpet John Wesley Ryles - background vocals Marty Slayton - background vocals Bobby Terry - acoustic guitar, gut string guitar Scott Vestal - banjo Glenn Worf - bass guitar
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2012) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2012) Position US Billboard 200 124 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 26
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