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
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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c 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. Archived from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "Will Hoge - Anchors (2017, Gatefold, Vinyl) | Discogs". Discogs. Discogs. Retrieved June 15, 2020.