Shelton announced the album in October 2019, by which point the blog The Boot had revealed the track listing. The album consists of the singles (except "Savior's Shadow ") from Shelton's two previous albums, If I'm Honest Texoma Shore Bobby Bare 's "Tequila Sheila".[1]
Critical reception
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Rating it 3.5 out of 5 stars, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that "the new cuts are strong enough, and when they're paired with the hits...it amounts to a pretty solid Blake Shelton album, albeit one that feels like the holding pattern it was intended to be."[2]
Commercial performance
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Fully Loaded debuted at No. 1 on Billboard ' s Top Country Albums , which made this Shelton's seventh No. 1 on the chart. It also debuted at No. 2 on Billboard 200album-equivalent unit in the first week, 83,000 of which are in traditional album sales.[3] [4] [5]
Track listing
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Personnel
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Adapted from AllMusic [6]
Blake Shelton – lead vocalsTrace Adkins – duet vocals on "Hell Right"Gwen Stefani – duet vocals on "Nobody But You"Jessi Alexander – background vocalsBobby Bare – vocals on "Tequila Sheila"Sam Bergeson – electric guitar, keyboards
Blake Bollinger – programming, synthesizer
Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
Kara Britz – background vocals
Tom Bukovac – electric guitarPerry Coleman – background vocals
Devin Dawson – background vocalsJeneé Fleenor – fiddle
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar David Garcia – programming, background vocalsKenny Greenberg – baritone guitar , electric guitar
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin Charlie Judge – synthesizer
Troy Lancaster – electric guitar
Brent Mason – electric guitarRob McNelley – electric guitar
Michael Hardy – acoustic guitar, background vocalsGordon Mote – Hammond B-3 organ , piano, synthesizer, Wurlitzer Justin Niebank – programming
Jimmy Olander – electric guitar on "I'll Name the Dogs"Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitarBryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, mandolinIlya Toshinsky – bouzouki , 12-string guitar , acoustic guitar, resonator guitar Brett Tyler – background vocals
Derek Wells – electric guitarLonnie Wilson – drumsBrad Winters – background vocals
Nir Z . – drums, percussion , programming Certifications
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References
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^ Bobby Moore (October 23, 2019). "Blake Shelton reveals complete 'Fully Loaded: God's Country' tracklist" . The Boot . Retrieved December 29, 2019 . ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine . "Fully Loaded: God's Country review" . AllMusic . Retrieved December 29, 2019 .^ Asker, Jim (December 23, 2019). "Blake Shelton Debuts at No. 1 on Top Country Albums & Hits Hot Country Songs Top 10 With Gwen Stefani Duet" . Billboard . Retrieved December 28, 2019 . ^ Bjorke, Matt (March 10, 2020). "Top 10 Country Albums Pure Sales Chart: March 9, 2020" . RoughStock . Retrieved March 22, 2020 . ^ Bjorke, Matt (March 9, 2020). "Country Music's Most-Consumed Albums Chart: March 9, 2020" . Roughstock . Retrieved March 22, 2020 . ^ "Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved September 14, 2020 .^ "ARIA Chart Watch #556" . auspOp. December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019 .^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Canadian Albums)" . Billboard ^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard ^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Top Country Albums)" . Billboard ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2020" . Billboard . Retrieved December 4, 2020 .^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2020" . Billboard . Retrieved December 17, 2020 .^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2021" . Billboard . Retrieved December 12, 2021 .^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2022" . Billboard . Retrieved March 5, 2023 .^ "Canadian album certifications – Blake Shelton – Fully Loaded: God's Country" . Music Canada . Retrieved September 9, 2023 .^ "American album certifications – Blake Shelton – Fully Loaded: God's Country" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved August 12, 2022 .
