Quit!!

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{{Infobox album

| name = Quit!!

| type = studio

| artist = Hardy

| cover = Hardy - Quit!!.png

| alt =

| released = {{start date|2024|7|12}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = * Country

  • post-grunge{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/quit%21%21-mw0004293436|title=Quit!! Review|author-first1=Stephen Thomas|author-last1=Erlewine|website=Allmusic}}{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Mikael |title=Nashville hitmaker Hardy on love songs, trauma therapy and Post Malone |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-08-26/hardy-quit-morgan-wallen-ernest-post-malone |website=Losangelestimes |access-date=5 November 2024}}
  • nu metal

| length = 43:09

| label = * Big Loud Rock

| producer = Joey Moi

| prev_title = Hixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape

| prev_year = 2024

| next_title = Hardy (Live from Red Rocks)

| next_year = 2025

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Quit!!

| type = studio

| single1 = Quit!!

| single1date = January 12, 2024

| single2 = Rockstar

| single2date = February 9, 2024

| single3 = Psycho

| single3date = May 17, 2024

| single4 = Jim Bob

| single4date = May 31, 2024

| single5 = Six Feet Under (Caleigh's Song)

| single5date = June 7, 2024

}}

}}

Quit!! is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Hardy. It was released on July 12, 2024, through Big Loud Rock. It features guest appearances from Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Knox, Fred Durst, Hank Williams III, and David Allan Coe.

Background

Hardy recorded Quit!! with long-time collaborator and producer Joey Moi and sees the singer-songwriter further exploring his rock-influenced sound.{{cite web|url=https://countrytown.com/news/hardy-announces-new-album-quit/2_lhz87x8PM/18-05-24|title=Hardy Announces New Album Quit!!|last=Varvaris|first=Mary|website=Countrytown|date=May 18, 2024|access-date=July 7, 2024}} Alongside the announcement on May 17, 2024, the artist unveiled a cinematic set of visuals that feature him being admitted to a mental institution.{{cite web|url=https://holler.country/news/general/hardys-new-album-2024-quit-release-date-and-tracklist/|title=Hardy's new album Quit!!: Release date and tracklist|last=Mower|first=Maxim|website=Holler.|date=May 17, 2024|access-date=July 7, 2024}} The "aggressive" lead single of the same name was released on January 12.{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/hardy-quit-song-2024-tour/|title=Hardy drops aggressive new song "Quit!!", announces 2024 tour dates|last=Dukes|first=Billy|website=Loudwire|date=January 12, 2024|access-date=July 7, 2024}} The story of the title goes back "almost a decade ago" to when Hardy found a napkin with the word "quit" on it in his tip jar after a singer-songwriter show in Nashville, Tennessee.{{cite web|url=https://eu.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/01/12/hardy-quit-new-single-short-film-2024-tour-announcement/72201281007/|title=Hardy refuses to "Quit!!" with new single, short film, 2024 tour announcement|last=Dowling|first=Markus K.|website=The Tennessean|date=January 12, 2024|access-date=July 7, 2024}} The singer uses the "discouragement as fuel", documenting his journey from a struggling Nashville newcomer to becoming a commercially successful artist himself.{{cite magazine|url=https://ca.billboard.com/music/country/hardy-2024-tour-dates-announced-1235580721/|title=Hardy Announces Quit!! Tour, Reveals Becoming the Crow Short Film|last=Nicholson|first=Jessica|magazine=Billboard Canada|date=January 12, 2024|access-date=July 7, 2024}}

Track listing

All tracks are produced by Joey Moi and co-produced by Hardy, except where noted.

{{Track listing

| headline = Quit!! track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Quit!!

| writer1 = {{hlist|Michael Hardy|Jacob Durrett}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Moi|Hardy{{ref|c|[c]}}|Durrett{{ref|c|[c]}}}}

| length1 = 2:47

| title2 = Rockstar

| writer2 = {{hlist|Hardy|Durrett|Blake Pendergrass}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Moi|Hardy{{ref|c|[c]}}|Durrett{{ref|c|[c]}}}}

| length2 = 3:14

| title3 = Good Girl Phase

| note3 = featuring Chad Smith

| writer3 = {{hlist|Hardy|David Garcia|Hunter Phelps}}

| length3 = 3:24

| title4 = I Don't Miss

| writer4 = {{hlist|Hardy|Garcia|Phelps}}

| length4 = 2:33

| title5 = Psycho

| writer5 = {{hlist|Hardy|Zach Abend|Tyler Hubbard|Jaclyn Cole Miskanic}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Moi|Hardy{{ref|c|[c]}}|Abend{{ref|c|[c]}}}}

| length5 = 3:18

| title6 = Happy Hour

| note6 = featuring Knox

| writer6 = {{hlist|Hardy|Smith Ahnquist|Nick Donley|Jacob Mitchell|Cameron Montgomery|Phelps}}

| length6 = 2:41

| title7 = Jim Bob

| writer7 = {{hlist|Hardy|Garcia|Phelps|Cody Quistad}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Moi|Hardy{{ref|c|[c]}}|Garcia{{ref|c|[c]}}|Quistad{{ref|c|[c]}}}}

| length7 = 3:41

| title8 = WHYBMWL

| writer8 = {{hlist|Hardy|Ashley Gorley|Ben Johnson|Phelps}}

| length8 = 3:13

| title9 = Time to Be Dead

| writer9 = {{hlist|Hardy|Garcia|Hillary Lindsey}}

| length9 = 3:44

| title10 = Soul4Sale

| note10 = featuring Fred Durst

| writer10 = {{hlist|Hardy|Abend|Fred Durst|Ryan Hurd|Ernest Keith Smith}}

| length10 = 3:49

| title11 = Live Forever

| note11 = featuring Hank Williams III and David Allan Coe

| writer11 = {{hlist|Hardy|Abend|Ahnquist}}

| length11 = 3:54

| title12 = Orphan

| writer12 = {{hlist|Hardy|John Byron|Garcia|Pendergrass}}

| length12 = 3:40

| title13 = Six Feet Under (Caleigh's Song)

| writer13 = Hardy

| length13 = 3:11

| total_length = 43:09

}}

Note

  • {{sup|{{note|c|[c]}}}} signifies a co-producer

Personnel

Musicians

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  • Hardy – lead vocals
  • Derek Wells – electric guitar
  • Alex Wright – keyboards (tracks 1–4, 6–8, 10)
  • Jerry Roe – drums (tracks 1, 2, 4–13)
  • Ilya Toshinskiy – acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13)
  • Jacob Durrett – bass, electric guitar (tracks 1, 2)
  • Craig Young – bass (track 1)
  • Tyler Tomlinson – electric guitar (track 2)
  • Wes Hightower – background vocals (tracks 3–13)
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (tracks 3–13)
  • Joey Moi – electric guitar (tracks 3, 5, 6, 11), programming (11)
  • Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 11), mandolin (11)
  • Chad Smith – drums (track 3)
  • David Garcia – programming (tracks 4, 7, 12)
  • Charlie Worsham – acoustic guitar (tracks 5, 9)
  • Dave Cohen – keyboards (tracks 5, 9, 12, 13)
  • Zach Abend – programming (track 5)
  • Knox – vocals (track 6)
  • Fred Durst – vocals (track 10)
  • Hank Williams III – lead vocals, electric guitar (track 11)
  • David Allan Coe – lead vocals, electric guitar (track 11)

{{div col end}}

Technical

  • Justin Shturtz – mastering
  • Joey Moi – mixing
  • Josh Ditty – engineering (tracks 1–5, 7, 9–13), editing (all tracks)
  • Ethan Mates – engineering (track 3)
  • Ryan Yount – engineering (tracks 6, 8), editing (all tracks), engineering assistance (1–5, 7, 10–13)
  • Fred Durst – engineering (track 10)
  • Eivind Nordland – editing
  • Scott Cooke – editing
  • Sean Badum – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 2, 4, 8)
  • Katelyn Prieboy – engineering assistance (tracks 3, 7, 10, 11)
  • Austin Brown – engineering assistance (track 5)
  • Joey Stanca – engineering assistance (tracks 12, 13)

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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|+ Weekly chart performance for Quit!!

! scope="col"| Chart (2024)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australian Country Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/country-albums-chart/2024-07-29|title=ARIA Top 40 Country Albums Chart|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=July 29, 2024|access-date=July 26, 2024}}

| 21

{{album chart|BillboardCanada|69|artist=Hardy|rowheader=true|access-date=July 23, 2024}}
{{album chart|UKDigital|86|date=20240719|rowheader=true|access-date=July 20, 2024}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|23|artist=Hardy|rowheader=true|access-date=July 23, 2024}}
scope="row"| US Top Rock & Alternative Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/hardy/chart-history/rkc/|title=Hardy Chart History: Top Rock & Alternative Albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 23, 2024}}

| 7

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=Year-end charts=

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|+ Year-end chart performance for Quit!!

! scope="col"| Chart (2024)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australian Country Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2024/country-albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Country Albums for 2024|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=January 14, 2025}}

| 91

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References