Cross Country (Breland album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Cross Country
| type = studio
| artist = Breland
| cover = Breland – Cross Country (Album).png
| alt =
| released = September 9, 2022
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 43:09
| label =
- Bad Realm
- Atlantic
| producer = {{hlist|Derek George|Di Genius|Jacob Durrett|Noby Sidez|Julian Bunetta|Kyle Fishman|Marc Scibilia|Sam Sumser|Sean Ross|Sean Small|Tom Jordan|Torin Martinez|Zachary Manno}}
| prev_title = Rage & Sorrow
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc =
{{Singles
| name = Cross Country
| type = studio
| single1 = Cross Country
| single1date = February 26, 2021
| single2 = Throw It Back
| single2date = June 4, 2021
| single3 = Praise the Lord
| single3date = March 7, 2022
| single4 = Natural
| single4date = June 14, 2022
| single5 = Told You I Could Drink
| single5date = August 5, 2022
| single6 = For What It's Worth
| single6date = October 17, 2022
}}
{{Extra album cover
| header = Alternate cover
| type = album
| cover = Breland - Cross Country The Extra Mile.png
| alt =
| caption =
}}
{{Singles
| name = Cross Country: The Extra Mile
| type = studio
| single1 = Cowboy Don't
| single1date = August 25, 2023{{cite web|url=https://themusicuniverse.com/breland-drops-crowd-favorite-cowboy-dont/|title=Breland drops crowd-favorite 'Cowboy Don't'|work=The Music Universe|last=Iahn|first=Buddy|date=August 25, 2023|access-date=October 6, 2023}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cross-country-mw0003792474|author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title=Breland - Cross Country Album Reviews|work=AllMusic|access-date=May 20, 2023}}
}}
Cross Country is the debut studio album by American musician Breland. It was released through Bad Realm Records and Atlantic Records on September 9, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.rttnews.com/3291472/breland-reveals-details-of-debut-album-cross-country.aspx|title=Breland Reveals Details Of Debut Album 'Cross Country'|work=RTTNews|access-date=September 8, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://themusicuniverse.com/breland-announces-highly-anticipated-debut-album/|title=Breland announces highly anticipated debut album|website=The Music Universe|date=14 June 2022 |access-date=September 8, 2022}} The album features guest artists Keith Urban, Mickey Guyton, Thomas Rhett, Ingrid Andress and Lady A.
An extended edition was released on September 15, 2023, to celebrate the one year anniversary of the album and features six additional tracks.{{cite web|url=https://musicrow.com/2023/09/breland-goes-the-extra-mile-with-expanded-version-of-debut-album/|title=Breland Goes 'The Extra Mile' With Expanded Version Of Debut Album|work=Music Row|last=Anderson|first=Liza|date=September 18, 2023|access-date=October 6, 2023}}
Background
The album was initially hinted for a June 2022 release.{{cite web|url=https://www.countryinsider.com/news/breland-s-debut-album-cross-country-coming-this-summer/article_f252c8c2-9ea2-11ec-b323-df7ea0ed6eb7.html|title="BRELAND's Debut Album 'Cross Country' Coming This Summer"|date=8 March 2022 |access-date=September 8, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2022/03/16/breland-lands-three-cmt-music-awards-2022-nominations-cross-country-ride-wit-me-friendship-train/7061471001/|last=Dowling|first=Marcus K.|title=My mind is racing': BRELAND says having clear mission helped land him three CMT Music Awards nominations|work=The Tennessean|date=March 16, 2022|access-date=September 8, 2022}}
Promotion
The title track and lead single "Cross Country" was released on February 26, 2021 with a music video. An updated version featuring Mickey Guyton was released three weeks later on March 19, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://etcanada.com/news/759996/breland-teams-up-with-mickey-guyton-for-new-version-of-cross-country-i-knew-i-wanted-her-to-be-a-part-of-this-song/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319212657/https://etcanada.com/news/759996/breland-teams-up-with-mickey-guyton-for-new-version-of-cross-country-i-knew-i-wanted-her-to-be-a-part-of-this-song/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 19, 2021|title=Breland Teams Up With Mickey Guyton For New Version Of 'Cross Country'|work=ET Canada|access-date=September 8, 2022}} The Mickey Guyton version appears on the album instead of the original.
"Throw It Back" featuring Keith Urban was released on June 4, 2021, and serves as the second single from the album. Breland and Urban previously collaborated on "Out the Cage" from Urban's 2020 album ''The Speed of Now Part 1.
"Praise the Lord" was released as the third single on March 7, 2022 and features Thomas Rhett. It debuted at number 100 on the Billboard 200.
The album's fourth single, "Natural" was released on June 14, 2022.
Breland released "Told You I Could Drink" featuring Lady A on August 5, 2022 as the album's fifth single.
"For What It's Worth" and its music video was released on the same day as the album on September 9, 2022, and was Breland's first single to impact country radio on October 17, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/country/future-releases|title=Future Releases for Country Radio Stations|publisher=All Access|access-date=September 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914041746/https://www.allaccess.com/country/future-releases|archive-date=September 14, 2022}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Cross Country track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 43:09
| title1 = Here for It
| note1 = featuring Ingrid Andress
| writer1 = {{hlist|Daniel Breland|Ingrid Andress|Marc Scibilia|Derrick Southerland}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Sam Sumser|Sean Small|Scibilia}}
| length1 = 3:03
| title2 = County Line
| writer2 = {{hlist|Breland|Kye Fleming|Dennis Morgan|Ashley Gorley|Sam Hunt|Small|Ernest Smith|Sumser}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Small|Sumser}}
| length2 = 3:31
| title3 = Praise the Lord
| note3 = featuring Thomas Rhett
| writer3 = {{hlist|Breland|Julian Bunetta|David Garcia|Jacob Durrett|Jessie Jo Dillon|Kyle Fishman|Michael Hardy|Rocky Block|Thomas Rhett}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Bunetta|Fishman|Durrett}}
| length3 = 2:40
| title4 = Natural
| writer4 = {{hlist|Breland|Sumser|Small|Cameron Bartolini|Robert Lange|Shania Twain}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Sumser|Small}}
| length4 = 2:42
| title5 = Told You I Could Drink
| note5 = featuring Lady A
| writer5 =
{{hlist|Breland|Zachary Manno|Charles Kelley}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Sumser|Small|Manno}}
| length5 = 3:56
| title6 = For What It's Worth
| writer6 = {{hlist|Breland|Block|Durrett|Greylan James}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Sumser|Small|Durrett}}
| length6 = 2:55
| title7 = Happy Song
| writer7 = {{hlist|Breland|Ryan Hurd|Small|Sumser}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Small|Sumser}}
| length7 = 3:17
| title8 = Growing Pains
| writer8 = {{hlist|Bianca Atterberry|Breland|Stephen McGregor|Small|Sumser|Akil Kents}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Di Genius|Small|Sumser}}
| length8 = 2:41
| title9 = Throw It Back
| note9 = featuring Keith Urban
| writer9 = {{hlist|Breland|Keith Urban|Sumser|Small}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Sumser|Small}}
| length9 = 3:07
| title10 = Thick
| writer10 = {{hlist|Breland|Jonathan Yip|Ray Romulus|Jeremy Reeves|Ray Charles McCollough II|Sean Douglas}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Sean Ross|Sumser|Small|Torin Martinez}}
| length10 = 2:26
| title11 = Cross Country
| note11 = featuring Mickey Guyton
| writer11 = {{hlist|Breland|Sumser|Small|Will Gittens|Mickey Guyton}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Summer|Small}}
| length11 = 3:24
| title12 = Good for You
| writer12 = {{hlist|Breland|Tyler Braden|Small|Sumser}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|Small|Sumser}}
| length12 = 3:02
| title13 = Don't Look at Me
| writer13 = {{hlist|Derek George|Breland|Sumser|Small}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|George|Small|Sumser}}
| length13 = 3:18
| title14 = Alone at the Ranch
| writer14 = {{hlist|Breland|Tom Jordan|Mitch Thompson}}
| extra14 = Tom Jordan
| length14 = 3:07
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Extended edition{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/cross-country-the-extra-mile/1706409926|title=Cross Country: The Extra Mile by BRELAND on iTunes|work=Apple Music|access-date=October 6, 2023}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1= Cowboy Don't
| writer1 = {{hlist|Breland|Manno|Haley Mae Campbell}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Sumser|Small|Manno}}
| length1 = 2:42
| title2= Thirsty
| writer2 = {{hlist|Breland|Sebastian Garcia|Autumn Buysse|Jared Griffin}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Sumser|Small|Noby Sidez}}
| length2= 2:13
| title3= Anniversary
| writer3 = {{hlist|Breland|Sumser|Small|Hunt|Gorley}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Sumser|Small}}
| length3 = 2:43
| title4 = Cracks
| writer4 = {{hlist|Breland|Marc Sciblia|Derek Southerland|Jon Green}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Sumser|Small|Sciblia}}
| length4 = 3:39
| title5 = Guilty Pleasure
| note5 = featuring Brittney Spencer
| writer5 = {{hlist|Breland|Eric Arjes|Sasha Sloan}}
| extra5= {{hlist|Sumser|Small|Arjes}}
| length5 = 3:12
| title6 = The Extra Mile
| writer6 = {{hlist|Breland|Sam Sumser|Sean Small|Caitlyn Smith}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Sumser|Small}}
| length6 = 3:23
| title21 = My Truck
| writer21 = {{hlist|Breland|Troy Taylor|Kalvin Austin|Devon Barton|Edrick Miles|Tatiana Zeigler}}
| extra21 = {{hlist|Taylor|Kal V}}
| length21 = 2:38
| title22 = Cross Country
| writer22 = {{hlist|Breland|Sumser|Small|Gittens}}
| extra22 = {{hlist|Sumser|Small}}
| length22 = 3:26
| title23 = For What It's Worth
| note23 = featuring Alana Springsteen
| writer23 = {{hlist|Breland|Block|Durrett|James|Springsteen|Liz Rose}}
| extra23 = {{hlist|Sumser|Small|Durrett}}
| length23 = 2:56
| title24 = My Truck (Remix)
| note24 = featuring Sam Hunt
| writer24 = {{hlist|Breland|Taylor|Hunt|Austin|Barton|Miles|Zeigler}}
| extra24 = {{hlist|Taylor|Kal V}}
| length24 = 2:39
}}
Sample credits
- "County Line" contains an interpolation of "Nobody", performed by Sylvia.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/breland-king-of-collabs-invents-the-sound-of-cross-country/2022/09/13/1d9370a0-3380-11ed-a0d6-415299bfebd5_story.html|last=Hall|first=Kristin M. |title=BRELAND, king of collabs, invents the sound of cross country|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 13, 2022|access-date=September 14, 2022}}
- "Natural" contains an interpolation of "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!", performed by Shania Twain.
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for Cross Country ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Peak |
scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite tweet|user=billboardcharts|number=1571947351261978625|title=Debuts on this week's #Billboard200 (2/2)|date=September 19, 2022|access-date=September 20, 2022}}
| 143 |
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scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-albums/2022-09-24/|title=Top Country Albums: Week of September 24, 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 20, 2022}}
| 15 |
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Cross Country}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Breland|title=Cross Country|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2022|certyear=2023|access-date=October 22, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
Release history
References
{{Reflist}}{{Breland (musician)}}
Category:Breland (musician) albums