Like Red on a Rose

{{Infobox album

| name = Like Red on a Rose

| type = studio

| artist = Alan Jackson

| cover = Aj-lroar.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 26, 2006

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Country, soft rock

| length = 49:23

| label = Arista Nashville

| producer = Alison Krauss

| prev_title = Precious Memories

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = Live at Texas Stadium

| next_year = 2007

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Like Red on a Rose

| type = Studio

| single1 = Like Red on a Rose

| single1date = July 24, 2006

| single2 = A Woman's Love

| single2date = January 8, 2007

}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = (83/100){{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/like-red-on-a-rose/alan-jackson/critic-reviews|title=Like Red on a Rose by Alan Jackson|work=metacritic.com|access-date=March 23, 2017}}

| rev1 = About.com

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://countrymusic.about.com/od/cdreviewsal/fr/LikeRedOnARose.htm|title=Album Review: Alan Jackson - Precious Memories|work=about.com|access-date=March 23, 2017}}

| rev2 = AllMusic

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r855793}}

| rev3 = Country Weekly

| rev3Score = (average){{cite web|url=http://www.countryweekly.com/reviews/red-rose-alan-jackson|title=Nash Country Daily|work=countryweekly.com|access-date=March 23, 2017}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4Score = A−{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1537726,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325195748/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1537726,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 25, 2007|title=Like Red on a Rose|date=September 22, 2006|work=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=March 23, 2017}}

| rev5 = The Music Box

| rev5Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.musicbox-online.com/reviews-2007/alanjackson-likeredonarose.html#axzz2Rbq5lRFE|title=Alan Jackson - Like Red on a Rose (Album Review)|first=John|last=Metzger|work=musicbox-online.com|access-date=March 23, 2017}}

| rev6 = No Depression

| rev6Score = (mixed)[http://archives.nodepression.com/2006/11/alan-jackson-like-red-on-a-rose/ No Depression review] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706052943/http://archives.nodepression.com/2006/11/alan-jackson-like-red-on-a-rose/ |date=July 6, 2010 }}

| rev7 = People

| rev7Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20060639,00.html|title=Picks and Pans Review: Alan Jackson – Vol. 66 No. 14|date=October 2, 2006|work=people.com|access-date=March 23, 2017}}

| rev8 = PopMatters

| rev8Score = {{Rating|6|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/alan-jackson-like-red-on-a-rose/|title=Alan Jackson: Like Red on a Rose|work=popmatters.com|access-date=March 23, 2017}}

| rev9 = Slant

| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/alan-jackson-like-red-on-a-rose|title=Alan Jackson Like Red on a Rose - Album Review - Slant Magazine|work=slantmagazine.com|access-date=March 23, 2017}}

| rev10 = Stylus Magazine

| rev10Score = A−[http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/alan-jackson/like-red-on-a-rose.htm Stylus Magazine review] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509192541/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/alan-jackson/like-red-on-a-rose.htm |date=May 9, 2012 }}

| rev11 = The Village Voice

| rev11Score = (favorable){{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-09-19/music/country-scamp-gets-indirect-and-uncanny/|title=Country Scamp Gets Indirect and Uncanny|first=Edd|last=Hurt|date=September 19, 2006|work=villagevoice.com|access-date=March 23, 2017}}

| rev12 = Yahoo! Music

| rev12Score = (favorable){{cite web|url=http://voices.yahoo.com/review-like-red-rose-alan-jackson-173015.html |title=Yahoo |work=yahoo.com |access-date=March 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729013032/http://voices.yahoo.com/review-like-red-rose-alan-jackson-173015.html |archive-date=July 29, 2014 }}

}}

Like Red on a Rose is the fourteenth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on September 26, 2006. The album produced two singles, the title track and "A Woman's Love", which respectively reached numbers 15 and 5 on the Hot Country Songs charts.

This album was produced by singer Alison Krauss, who also selected the songs. "A Woman's Love", a re-recording of a song previously included on Jackson's 1998 High Mileage album, was the only song written by Jackson. It is Jackson's only album to date to not involve producer Keith Stegall, and exchanges his normal country sound for a soft rock/adult contemporary sound.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| total_length = 49:23

| collapsed =

| title1 = Anywhere on Earth You Are

| writer1 = Tim Krekel, Danny O'Keefe

| length1 = 4:13

| title2 = Good Imitation of the Blues

| writer2 = Patrick Brayer

| length2 = 3:23

| title3 = Like Red on a Rose

| writer3 = Robert Lee Castleman, Melanie Castleman

| length3 = 3:32

| title4 = Nobody Said That It Would Be Easy

| writer4 = R. Castleman, M. Castleman

| length4 = 3:44

| title5 = Don't Change on Me

| writer5 = Jimmy Holiday, Eddie Reeves

| length5 = 3:26

| title6 = The Firefly's Song

| writer6 = R. Castleman

| length6 = 3:56

| title7 = Wait a Minute

| writer7 = Herb Pedersen

| length7 = 4:22

| title8 = Had It Not Been You

| writer8 = Sidney Cox

| length8 = 4:01

| title9 = A Woman's Love

| writer9 = Alan Jackson

| length9 = 4:13

| title10 = Don't Ask Why

| writer10 = Roy Freeland, Bill LaBounty

| length10 = 3:01

| title11 = As Lovely As You

| writer11 = John Pennell

| length11 = 4:05

| title12 = Where Do I Go From Here (A Trucker's Song)

| writer12 = R. Castleman, Stephen Foster

| length12 = 4:02

| title13 = Bluebird

| writer13 = Leon Russell

| length13 = 3:25

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Like Red on a Rose |others=Alan Jackson |year=2006 |type=CD booklet |publisher=Arista Nashville |id=82876}}

=Musicians=

Ron Block – acoustic guitar, twin electric guitars on "A Woman's Love"
Jim Cox – Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer
Jerry Douglas – lap steel guitar, Dobro
Alan Jackson – lead vocals
Alison Krauss – strings
Viktor Krauss – bass guitar, upright bass
Howard Levy – harmonica
Michael McDonald – clavinet, Fender Rhodes
Joey Miskulin – accordion
Gordon Mote – piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ
The Nashville String Machine – strings on "A Woman's Love" and "Had It Not Been You"
Bernard Purdie – drums
Kenny Vaughan – electric guitar

=Backing vocalists=

Sam Bush
Sidney Cox
Suzanne Cox
Dave Denman
Alison Krauss
Richard Sterban
Dan Tyminski
Cheryl White
Lee Ann Womack

=Technical=

Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor
Alison Krauss – producer
Michael Omartian – string arranger and conductor
Gary Paczosa – Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer
Brandon Bell – Recording Engineer
Joey Crawford – Assistant Recording Engineer
Greg Lawrence – Assistant Recording Engineer
Terry Christian – Recording Engineer (for String Session)
Doug Sax – Mastering Engineer
Sangwook Nam – Mastering Engineer

Charts and certifications

Like Red on a Rose debuted at No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums selling 86,000 copies, becoming his ninth No. 1 country album. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in January 2007.

=Weekly charts=

Chart (2006) !Peak position
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{{album chart\|Australia\|41\|artist=Alan Jackson\|album=Like Red On A Rose\|accessdate=November 21, 2020}}
{{album chart\|BillboardCanada\|8\|artist=Alan Jackson\|accessdate=November 21, 2020}}
{{album chart\|Norway\|11\|artist=Alan Jackson\|album=Like Red On A Rose\|accessdate=November 21, 2020}}
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|4\|artist=Alan Jackson\|accessdate=November 21, 2020}}
{{album chart\|BillboardCountry\|1\|artist=Alan Jackson\|accessdate=November 21, 2020}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable"

Chart (2006)

!Position

US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006|work=Billboard|access-date=November 21, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|157

US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006|work=Billboard|access-date=November 21, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|32

class="wikitable sortable"

Chart (2007)

!Position

US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007|work=Billboard|access-date=November 21, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|158

US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2007|work=Billboard|access-date=November 21, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|28

=Singles=

class="wikitable"
style="width:auto;" rowspan="2"\| Year ! style="width:auto;" rowspan="2"\| Single ! colspan="3"\| Chart Positions
style="width:45px;"\| US Country ! style="width:45px;"\| US ! style="width:45px;"\| US Pop
2006 \| "Like Red on a Rose" \| style="text-align:center;"\| 15 \| style="text-align:center;"\| 80 \| style="text-align:center;"\| 99
2007 \| "A Woman's Love" \| style="text-align:center;"\| 5 \| style="text-align:center;"\| 73 \| style="text-align:center;"\| —

class="wikitable"

style="width:auto;" rowspan="2"| Year

! style="width:auto;" rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="3"| Chart Positions

style="width:45px;"| US Country

! style="width:45px;"| US

! style="width:45px;"| US Pop

2006

| "Like Red on a Rose"

| style="text-align:center;"| 15

| style="text-align:center;"| 80

| style="text-align:center;"| 99

2007

| "A Woman's Love"

| style="text-align:center;"| 5

| style="text-align:center;"| 73

| style="text-align:center;"| —

=Sales and certifications=

class="wikitable"
Region !Provider !Certification !Sales/Shipments
United States \| style="text-align:center;"\|RIAA \|Gold{{cite web\|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=3&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=alan%20jackson&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25 \|title=Gold & Platinum - February 16, 2010 \|publisher=RIAA \|access-date=February 16, 2010}} \|841,000{{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/5740721/justin-timberlakes-the-2020-experience-12-more-two-albumone-year\|title=Justin Timberlake's 'The 20/20 Experience' & 12 More Two-Album/One-Year Releases\|publisher=Billboard\|first=Brad\|last=Wete\|date=October 1, 2013\|access-date=June 4, 2020}}

class="wikitable"

Region

!Provider

!Certification

!Sales/Shipments

United States

| style="text-align:center;"|RIAA

|Gold{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=3&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=alan%20jackson&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |title=Gold & Platinum - February 16, 2010 |publisher=RIAA |access-date=February 16, 2010}}

|841,000{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/5740721/justin-timberlakes-the-2020-experience-12-more-two-albumone-year|title=Justin Timberlake's 'The 20/20 Experience' & 12 More Two-Album/One-Year Releases|publisher=Billboard|first=Brad|last=Wete|date=October 1, 2013|access-date=June 4, 2020}}

References

External links

{{Metacritic album}}

Category:2006 albums

Category:Alan Jackson albums

Category:Arista Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Alison Krauss