Can't Say I Ain't Country

Can't Say I Ain't Country is the fourth studio album by American country music duo Florida Georgia Line. It was released on February 15, 2019, through the Big Machine Label Group.[2] It includes the singles "Simple" and "Talk You Out of It", as well as the tracks "Colorado"[2] and "Sittin' Pretty".[3] It was supported by a tour of the same name from May 2019.[4]

Can't Say I Ain't Country
Studio album by
Florida Georgia Line
ReleasedFebruary 15, 2019 (2019-02-15)
Genre
Length53:07
Label
Producer
Florida Georgia Line chronology
Dig Your Roots
(2016)		 Can't Say I Ain't Country
(2019)		 6-Pack
(2020)
Singles from Can't Say I Ain't Country
  1. "Simple"
    Released: June 1, 2018
  2. "Talk You Out of It"
    Released: November 5, 2018
  3. "Blessings"
    Released: September 23, 2019

Background and composition

Tyler Hubbard told Entertainment Tonight: "We've been working on that album for over a year now, so BK and I are definitely ready."[4] On the sound of the album, he remarked: "A lot of the music is just kind of a throwback -- an FGL take on kind of what we grew up on, '90s country. It's a well-rounded album. We got stuff we wrote and recorded just for the live show. We got some collaborations with Jason Derulo, Jason Aldean. So, there's a little bit of everything."

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic58/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Exclaim!7/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 58 based on 5 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[5]

Commercial performance

Can't Say I Ain't Country debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, giving the duo their fourth US top-five album.[9] It entered with 50,000 album-equivalent units, including 29,000 pure album sales.[9] The album has sold 107,000 copies in the United States as of March 2020,[10] and 644,000 units consumed in total in the United States.[11]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tyler Got Him a Tesla" (skit) (featuring Brother Jervel) 0:41
2."Can't Say I Ain't Country"
2:56
3."Simple"
  • Hubbard
  • Kelley
  • Hardy
  • Mark Holman
3:05
4."Talk You Out of It"
3:22
5."All Gas No Brakes" (skit) (featuring Brother Jervel) 0:46
6."Speed of Love"
2:33
7."Women" (featuring Jason Derulo)
3:31
8."People Are Different"
3:34
9."Told You"
3:59
10."Sack'a Puppies" (skit) (featuring Brother Jervel) 0:40
11."Y'all Boys" (featuring Hardy)
2:33
12."Small Town"
  • Hubbard
  • Kelley
  • Hardy
  • Schmidt
3:16
13."Sittin' Pretty"
  • Nick Donley
  • Hardy
  • Jake Mitchell
3:06
14."Catfish Nuggets" (skit) (featuring Brother Jervel) 0:50
15."Can't Hide Red" (featuring Jason Aldean)
  • Hubbard
  • Kelley
  • Rob Hatch
  • James McNair
  • Ben Stennis
3:02
16."Colorado"
  • Drew Green
  • Hardy
  • Phelps
2:57
17."Like You Never Had It"
2:58
18."Swerve"
  • Hubbard
  • Kelley
  • Garcia
  • Miller
3:21
19."Blessings"
3:16
Total length:53:07

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.[12]

Florida Georgia Line
  • Tyler Hubbard – vocals
  • Brian Kelley – vocals

Additional personnel
  • Jason Aldean – duet vocals on "Can't Hide Red"
  • Dave Cohen – keyboards, piano, programming
  • Jason Derulo – duet vocals on "Women"
  • Paul Franklin – steel guitar
  • Jesse Frasure – programming
  • David Garcia – programming
  • Hardy – electric guitar, programming, duet vocals on "Y'all Boys"
  • Mark Holman – programming
  • Byron House – upright bass
  • Rob Ickes – dobro
  • Brother Jervel – featured vocals on "Tyler Got Him a Tesla", "All Gas No Brakes", "Sack'a Puppies", and "Catfish Nuggets"
  • Rob McNelley – electric guitar
  • Joey Moi – bass guitar, electric guitar, programming
  • Russ Pahl – steel guitar
  • Jerry Roe – drums, percussion
  • Justin Schipper – steel guitar
  • Jordan Schmidt – programming
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
  • Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, mandolin
  • Ilya Toshinsky – banjo, dobro, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
  • Alysa Vanderheym – programming
  • Derek Wells – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Nir Z. – drums, percussion

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[25] Platinum 80,000‡
United States (RIAA)[26] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References
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  6. Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "Can't Say I Ain't Country - Florida Georgia Line". AllMusic. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  7. Ashley, Mario (February 14, 2019). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  8. Bertstein, Jonathan (February 13, 2019). "Florida Georgia Line Sound Awfully Defensive on 'Can't Say I Ain't Country'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  9. Caulfield, Keith (February 24, 2018). "Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
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