Startin' Fires
| 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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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B-[2] |
| Roughstock | (positive)[3] |
| About.com | [4] |
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.
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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.[5] Shelton co-wrote the track "Bare Skin Rug" with his future wife, Miranda Lambert, who also sings duet vocals on it.[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Green" | George Teren, Craig Wiseman | 3:00 |
| 2. | "Good at Startin' Fires" | Sherrié Austin, Will Rambeaux, John Stephan | 3:02 |
| 3. | "She Wouldn't Be Gone" | Jennifer Adan, Cory Batten | 3:36 |
| 4. | "I'll Just Hold On" | Ben Hayslip, Troy Olsen, Bryant Simpson | 4:00 |
| 5. | "100 Miles" | Chris Stapleton, Wiseman | 3:29 |
| 6. | "Never Lovin' You" | Kendall Marvel, Stapleton | 4:39 |
| 7. | "Country Strong" | Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, Hayslip | 3:14 |
| 8. | "Home Sweet Home" | Akins, Davidson, Hayslip | 3:55 |
| 9. | "This Is Gonna Take All Night" | Chris DuBois, Ashley Gorley | 3:17 |
| 10. | "Here I Am" | Blake Shelton, Dean Dillon | 3:52 |
| 11. | "I Don't Care" | Casey Beathard, Dillon | 3:53 |
| 12. | "Bare Skin Rug" (duet with Miranda Lambert) | Shelton, Lambert | 3:47 |
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43:44 | ||
Personnel
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- David Angell – violin
- Monisa Angell – viola
- Bobby Braddock – string arrangements, strings
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar, sitar
- Lisa Cochran – background vocals
- Perry Coleman – background vocals
- Melodie Crittenden – background vocals
- Eric Darken – percussion, shaker
- David Davidson – violin
- Chip Davis – background vocals
- Shannon Forrest – drums, percussion
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin
- Wes Hightower – background vocals
- Mike Johnson – pedal steel guitar
- Miranda Lambert – vocals on "Bare Skin Rug"
- Tim Lauer – Hammond B-3 organ, string arrangements, strings
- B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
- Chris McHugh – drums, percussion
- Anthony LaMarchina – cello
- Brent Mason – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Greg Morrow – drums, percussion
- Gordon Mote – Hammond B-3 organ, piano
- Brent Rowan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Blake Shelton – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar
- Kristin Wilkinson – viola
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
- Craig Young – bass guitar
- Jonathan Yudkin – mandolin
Chart performance
Album
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Top Country Albums | 7 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 34 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US Country | US | CAN | ||
| 2008 | "She Wouldn't Be Gone" | 1 | 43 | 70 |
| 2009 | "I'll Just Hold On" | 8 | 76 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Release history
| Region | Date |
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| United States | November 18, 2008 |
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