Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill

Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill is the third studio album by American country music artist Blake Shelton. Released in 2004 on Warner Bros. Records Nashville, it is his second album to achieve RIAA platinum certification. The album produced four singles in "When Somebody Knows You That Well", "Some Beach", "Goodbye Time" and "Nobody but Me." Like his previous album, he co-wrote two songs.

Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 26, 2004 (2004-10-26)
StudioEmerald Sound Studios and Cool Tools Audio (Nashville, Tennessee).
GenreCountry
Length34:55
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
ProducerBobby Braddock
Blake Shelton chronology
The Dreamer
(2003)
Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill
(2004)
Pure BS
(2007)
Singles from Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill
  1. "When Somebody Knows You That Well"
    Released: 2004
  2. "Some Beach"
    Released: August 2, 2004
  3. "Goodbye Time"
    Released: January 24, 2005
  4. "Nobody but Me"
    Released: August 30, 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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The album's lead-off single, "When Somebody Knows You That Well", was co-written by Harley Allen, who had also co-written Shelton's 2003 single "The Baby". "When Somebody Knows You That Well" peaked at number 37 on the Billboard charts, becoming the lowest-charting single of his career. Following this song was Shelton's third Number One hit, "Some Beach", which spent four weeks at Number One in late 2004—early 2005. After this song came a cover of Conway Twitty's 1988 hit "Goodbye Time", with which Shelton reached number 10, and finally, the number 4 "Nobody but Me".

"Cotton Pickin' Time", one of two Paul Overstreet co-writes on this album, was previously a number 34 country hit in 1989 for The Marcy Brothers from their debut album Missing You, and "What's on My Mind" was previously recorded by Gary Allan on his 2001 album Alright Guy.

"I Drink" was originally recorded by Mary Gauthier, who co-wrote the song. Gauthier released the song on her 1999 album Drag Queens in Limousines.[2]

An actual neon sign was made and photographed for the album cover. In 2014, Shelton said that he had been given the sign and had it displayed in his house.[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Some Beach"Rory Feek, Paul Overstreet3:24
2."Nobody but Me"Shawn Camp, Phillip White2:38
3."Good Old Boy, Bad Old Boyfriend"Bobby Braddock3:03
4."Love Gets in the Way"Blake Shelton, Scott Joyce3:30
5."Goodbye Time"James Dean Hicks, Roger Murrah3:23
6."Cotton Pickin' Time"Overstreet, Even Stevens3:16
7."What's on My Mind"Leslie Satcher, Jim Lauderdale3:05
8."When Somebody Knows You That Well"Jimmy Melton, Harley Allen3:41
9."On a Good Day"Shelton, Tom Shapiro, Tony Martin3:34
10."The Bartender"Allen3:16
11."I Drink"Mary Gauthier, Crit Harmon3:25
Total length:34:55

Personnel

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Compiled from liner notes.[4]

Production

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  • Bobby Braddock — producer
  • Ed Seay – engineer, mixing, additional engineer
  • Scott Kidd – assistant engineer
  • Greg Lawrence – assistant engineer
  • Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Milly Catignangi – production coordinator
  • Katya Karagadayeva – album design
  • Jim "Señor" McGuire – photography
  • Michael McCall – hair grooming
  • Libby Mitchell – stylist
  • John Dorris – management
  • Hallmark Direction – management

Chart performance

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Singles

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Year Single Peak chart
positions
US Country US
2004 "When Somebody Knows You That Well" 37
"Some Beach" 1 28
2005 "Goodbye Time" 10 73
"Nobody but Me" 4 60
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[10] Platinum 1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  2. ^ Rick Moore (May 12, 2013). "Mary Gauthier, "I Drink"". American Songwriter. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  3. ^ Blake Shelton (September 28, 2014). Blake Shelton brings back the country 'Sunshine'. USA Today (video). Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  4. ^ Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill (CD bookley). Blake Shelton. Warner Bros. Records. 2004. 48728.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  6. ^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  7. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  8. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  9. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  10. ^ "American album certifications – Blake Shelton – Blake Shelton's Barn and Grill". Recording Industry Association of America.
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