4x4 (Granger Smith album)

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4x4
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EP by Granger Smith
Released May 4, 2015 (2015-05-04)
Genre Country
Length 17:59
Label Pioneer Music/Wheelhouse
Producer Frank Rogers
Granger Smith
Granger Smith chronology
Dirt Road Driveway
(2013)Dirt Road Driveway2013
4x4
(2015)
Remington
(2016)Remington2016

4x4 is the second extended play by American country music artist Granger Smith. It serves as his official debut EP to mainstream radio. The album's first single, "Backroad Song", was released to digital retailers and radio on March 24, 2015. Also included on the album is a song from his comedic alter-ego "Earl Dibbles Jr.". This extended play is also a preview of Smith's upcoming debut major label album, "Remington", which is due for release on March 4, 2016.

Critical reception

The website "For the Country Record" gave the album a positive review, stating that the album is "definitely easy on the ears", and "the lead single is the perfect summer song to jam out to while cruising down your own back roads".[1]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Backroad Song"   Frank Rogers, Granger Smith 3:57
2. "Tonight"   Rogers, Smith 3:50
3. "Tailgate Town"   Rogers, Smith 5:47
4. "City Boy Stuck"   Earl Dibbles Jr., Austin Outlaw 4:25
Total length:
17:59

Personnel

  • Geoff Ashcraft- electric guitar
  • Richard Barrow- background vocals
  • Stewart Blake- background vocals
  • Mitch Connell- organ
  • Eric Darken- percussion
  • Earl Dibbles Jr.- lead vocals on "City Boy Stuck"
  • Shannon Forrest- drums
  • Kenny Greenberg- electric guitar
  • Wes Hightower- background vocals
  • Todd Howard- electric guitar, background vocals
  • Tim Lauer- keyboards
  • Jeremy Lee- background vocals
  • Frank Maglin- background vocals
  • Carl Miner- mandolin
  • Gordon Mote- piano
  • Danny Rader- banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin
  • Michael Rhodes- bass guitar
  • Frank Rogers- background vocals
  • Manny Rogers- background vocals
  • Dusty Saxton- drums, background vocals
  • Bull Shipley- background vocals
  • Granger Smith- acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion, lead vocals, background vocals
  • Heath Tiner- background vocals
  • Derek Wells- bouzouki, electric guitar
  • Jonathan Wisinski- bass guitar, background vocals

Chart performance

The album debuted on the Top Country Albums chart at No. 6, and Billboard 200 at No. 51, selling 8,700 copies for the week.[2]

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[3] 51
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 6
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[5] 4

References

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  3. "Granger Smith – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Granger Smith.
  4. "Granger Smith – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Granger Smith.
  5. "Granger Smith – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Granger Smith.

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