Debut Big Machine Records Disc To Include Standard & An Accelerated Deluxe Version, in Stores Feb 5
Country music icon Tim McGraw is revealing more details about his highly anticipated release TWO LANES OF FREEDOM. His first album for Big Machine Records will be released on Feb. 5, 2013 and is set to prove once again that on stage and on record, he remains dedicated to delivering music that is innovative, heartfelt and authentic.
“I feel like I’ve progressed in my work, and I’ve always strived to get better,” says McGraw. “On my last album, I was discovering some new sounds and new things that I wanted to do, scratching the surface of the direction I wanted to head. This album was a way to reach a little further back, to all that I’d done throughout my career, and bring both sides together—it’s a combination of that discovery, along with some rediscovery.”
On TWO LANES OF FREEDOM, the sense of nostalgia comes through on the hard-driving current single “One of Those Nights.” The reverie of that song, though, is countered by the humor and joy of “Southern Girl” or the feel-good hangover of “Mexicoma.” McGraw maintains that it was the album’s title track that really established the tone for the entire project.
“When we cut ‘Two Lanes of Freedom,’ there was such a freshness to it,” he says. “The track has this sort of Gaelic drive to it and really sets a palette for the whole record because it’s so visual—it has that summery, hazy image and I think that made the whole record open up for me.”
McGraw reaches some especially emotional depth in his performances on such songs as “Number 37405,” the lament of a singer-turned-convict. Most powerful of all might be “Book of John,” a wistful account of a family going through the journal left behind by its late patriarch. The album closes with “Highway Don’t Care,” a breezy yet complex track that features Taylor Swift (the song is featured as number 13 on the album as a nod to her) and Keith Urban.
TWO LANES OF FREEDOM TRACK LIST
1. Two Lanes of Freedom
(Jaren Johnston/Jenn Schott)
2. One Of Those Nights
(Luke Laird/Rodney Clawson/Chris Tompkins)
3. Friend Of A Friend
(Mark Irwin/Josh Kear/Andrew Dorff)
4. Southern Girl
(Jaren Johnston/Lee Miller/Rodney Clawson)
5. Truck Yeah
(Chris Janson/Danny Myrick/Preston Brust/Chris Lucas)
6. Nashville Without You
(Kyle Jacobs/Joe Leathers/Ruston Kelly)
7. Book of John
(Jon Nite/Greg Becker)
8. Mexicoma
(James Slater/Brad Warren/Brett Warren)
9. Number 37405
(Tom Douglas/Troy Jones)
10. It’s Your World
(Scott Stepakoff/Josh Osborne/Shane McAnally)
13. Highway Don’t Care (featuring Taylor Swift and Keith Urban)
(Mark Irwin/Josh Kear/Brad Warren/Brett Warren)
ACCELERATED DELUXE VERSION INCLUDES
Annie I Owe You A Dance
(James Slater/ Tom Douglas)
Tinted Windows
(Mark Irwin, Josh Kear, Andrew Dorff)
Let Me Love It Out Of You
(Rachel Thibodeau, Jason Sever, David Tolliver)
Truck Yeah LIVE
In his record-shattering career, McGraw has sold over 40 million albums and dominated the charts with 32 No. one singles. Since the release of his debut album in 1993, he has won three GRAMMY’s, 14 ACM Awards, 12 CMA Awards, and 10 AMA’s, while simultaneously maintaining a parallel career as a successful actor in such films as The Blind Side, Country Strong, and Friday Night Lights—as well as hosting Saturday Night Live, a rare honor for a singer in any genre. Nielsen-BDS recently certified McGraw as the most-played Country artist of the past 20 years (1992-2012) with more than 10 million spins detected and Mediabase recognized him as the most-played Country artist in the history of their tracking service.
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