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Tailgates & Tanlines
Country · 2011 · 13 tracks · 47m

Tailgates & Tanlines

Luke Bryan

Sun-drenched country pop that defined the bro-country era. Rhythmic verses meet massive, radio-ready choruses built for truck speakers and summer nights.

August 9, 2011 · Hump Head Records

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A high-energy celebration of rural youth and summer nights tempered by moments of small-town nostalgia.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 47m
01
Country Girl (Shake It for Me)
3:46
02
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
3:23
03
Drunk on You
3:34
04
Too Damn Young
3:36
05
I Don’t Want This Night to End
3:40
06
You Don’t Know Jack
3:16
07
Harvest Time
3:27
08
I Know You’re Gonna Be There
3:37
09
Muckalee Creek Water
3:56
10
Tailgate Blues
3:43
11
Been There, Done That
4:29
12
Faded Away
3:48
13
I Knew You That Way
3:32
Moments Worth Listening For
The rhythmic, almost percussive vocal delivery in the verses of Country Girl that shifts into a massive guitar-driven hook.
The atmospheric, minor-key acoustic opening of Muckalee Creek Water providing a rare moment of swampy tension.
That soaring, high-register vocal stretch in the final chorus of I Don't Want This Night to End.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Tailgates & Tanlines sound next to the rest of Luke Bryan's catalogue?

Party Celebration+1.2σ

The writing leans notably further into party celebration than the rest of the catalogue.

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