Anchors (Will Hoge album)

Anchors is the tenth studio album by country music musician Will Hoge released on August 11, 2017.

Anchors
Studio album by
Will Hoge
ReleasedAugust 11, 2017
Genre
Length38:45
LabelThirty Tigers
ProducerWill Hoge
Will Hoge chronology
Small Town Dreams
(2015)		 Anchors
(2017)		 My American Dream
(2018)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Background

After touring for his previous album, Small Town Dreams, Hoge disbanded his group and started to write songs at home and toured solo. After a period of depression, Hoge saw his children get together in the family garage and perform songs. Hoge said, "I watched from the bedroom window and it was like a portal back to the time when you’re not thinking about touring companies or LLCs or insurance for employees...I was 16 or 17 when I got my first guitar and wanted to write songs and wanted to do this professionally. Seeing them really over the next couple of days helped me re-center what I wanted to do and I wrote that song, ’17.'"[2]

Reception

The album has been met with positive reception. Writing for AllMusic, Thom Jurek called the album "honest" and Hoge a "master storyteller".[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Will Hoge, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."The Reckoning"3:43
2."This Grand Charade"3:43
3."Little Bit of Rust (feat. Sheryl Crow)" (Hoge, James LeBlanc)3:47
4."Cold Night in Santa Fe"3:22
5."Baby's Eyes" (Brendan Benson, Hoge)2:29
6."(This Ain't) An Original Sin"3:19
7."Through Missing You" (Benson, Hoge, Jon Randall)3:16
8."Anchors"3:55
9."Angels Wings" (Hoge, Adam Hood)4:00
10."17"4:04
11."Young as We Will Ever Be" (Dylan Altman, Hoge)3:07
Total length:38:45

Personnel

Adapted from LP liner notes[3]

  • Will Hoge – writer, producer
  • Ray Kennedy – mixing, additional engineer
  • David Axelrod – engineer
  • Zaq Reynolds – assistant engineer
  • Andrew Mendelson – mastering engineer

References
  1. Jurek, Thom. "AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek". AllMusic. AllMusic, Netaktion LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. Tingle, Lauren. "A Conversation with the Unsinkable Will Hoge". CMT News. Country Music Television, Inc. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  3. "Will Hoge - Anchors (2017, Gatefold, Vinyl) | Discogs". Discogs. Discogs. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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