Shock'n Y'all
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{{Infobox album
| name = Shock'n Y'all
| type = studio
| artist = Toby Keith
| cover = Shocknyall.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 4, 2003
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 50:21
| label = DreamWorks Records
| producer = James Stroud
Toby Keith
| prev_title = 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Toby Keith
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Greatest Hits 2
| next_year = 2004
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Shock'n Y'all
| type = studio
| single1 = I Love This Bar
| single1date = August 18, 2003
| single2 = American Soldier
| single2date = November 24, 2003
| single3 = Whiskey Girl
| single3date = March 22, 2004
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| MC = (71/100) [http://www.metacritic.com/music/shockn-yall/toby-keith/critic-reviews Critic reviews at Metacritic]
| rev1 = 411Mania
| rev2 = About.com
| rev3 = Allmusic
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r666010}}
| rev4 = Blender
| rev5 = E! Online
| rev6 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev6Score = B {{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,538100,00.html|title=Shock'n Y'all Review|last=Havighurst|first=Craig|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 14, 2003|access-date=October 25, 2008|archive-date=April 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425171208/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,538100,00.html|url-status=dead}}
| rev7 = Los Angeles Times
| rev7Score = {{Rating|2.5|4}} [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-02-ca-rack2-story.html Los Angeles Times review]
| rev8 = People
| rev8Score = {{Rating|2|4}} [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20148667,00.html People review]
| rev9 = Plugged In (publication)
| rev10 = Rolling Stone
| rev10Score = {{Rating|2|5}} {{cite magazine |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tobykeith/albums/album/300598/review/5942813/shockn_yall |title=Rolling Stone review |magazine=Rolling Stone |accessdate=August 7, 2007 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002021856/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tobykeith/albums/album/300598/review/5942813/shockn_yall |archivedate=October 2, 2007 }}
| rev11 = The Village Voice
| rev11Score = (positive) [https://archive.today/20130412031754/http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-12-02/music/music/1/ The Village Voice review]
}}
Shock'n Y'all is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released on November 4, 2003 by DreamWorks Records. The album features 10 studio tracks and the 2 live "Bus Songs". The album has been certified 4× Platinum in the U.S. for shipments in excess of 4 million units.
"I Love This Bar", "American Soldier" and "Whiskey Girl" were the three tracks from the album to be released as singles, and all reached Number One on the Hot Country Songs charts. "I Love This Bar" has inspired a chain of restaurants that Keith has launched under the name Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill.
Keith wrote or co-wrote 11 of the 12 songs with his frequent collaborator Scotty Emerick, who also sings backup vocals on the live tracks.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = I Love This Bar
| writer1 = {{hlist|Toby Keith|Scotty Emerick}}
| length1 = 5:35
| title2 = Whiskey Girl
| writer2 = {{hlist|Keith|Emerick}}
| length2 = 3:59
| title3 = American Soldier
| writer3 = {{hlist|Keith|Chuck Cannon}}
| length3 = 4:23
| title4 = If I Was Jesus
| writer4 = {{hlist|Cannon|Phil Madeira}}
| length4 = 3:44
| title5 = Time for Me to Ride
| writer5 = {{hlist|Keith|Cannon}}
| length5 = 5:22
| title6 = Sweet
| writer6 = {{hlist|Keith|Emerick|Cannon}}
| length6 = 3:06
| title7 = Don't Leave, I Think I Love You
| writer7 = {{hlist|Keith|Ronnie Dunn}}
| length7 = 3:46
| title8 = Nights I Can't Remember, Friends I'll Never Forget
| writer8 = {{hlist|Keith|Emerick}}
| length8 = 4:00
| title9 = Baddest Boots
| writer9 = Keith
| length9 = 4:23
| title10 = The Critic
| writer10 = Keith
| length10 = 4:02
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Bonus tracks
| title11 = The Taliban Song
| note11 = duet with Scotty Emerick (uncredited)
| writer11 = {{hlist|Keith|Emerick}}
| length11 = 3:58A
| title12 = Weed with Willie
| note12 = duet with Scotty Emerick (uncredited)
| writer12 = {{hlist|Keith|Emerick}}
| length12 = 4:03A
}}
;Notes
- ALive tracks.
Personnel
Adapted from liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Shock'n Y'all |others=Toby Keith |year=2003 |type=CD booklet |publisher=DreamWorks Records |id=0044-50435-2}}
- Mike Brignardello - bass guitar on "Baddest Boots"
- Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar on "Baddest Boots"
- Scotty Emerick - acoustic guitar
- Shannon Forrest - drums
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
- Kenny Greenberg - electric guitar on "Baddest Boots"
- Wes Hightower - background vocals
- Clayton Ivey - keyboards, piano
- Toby Keith - lead vocals
- Julian King - percussion, trumpet, background vocals
- Jerry McPherson - electric guitar
- Phil Madeira - Dobro on "If I Was Jesus"
- Brent Mason - electric guitar
- Steve Nathan - keyboards, piano
- John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
- James Stroud - percussion, background vocals
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Toby Keith|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 5, 2020}} |
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Toby Keith|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 5, 2020}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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scope="col"| Chart (2004)
! scope="col"| Position |
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scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2004/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2004|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=November 5, 2020}}
| 7 |
scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2004/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2004|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=November 5, 2020}}
| 1 |
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scope="col"| Chart (2005)
! scope="col"| Position |
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scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2005/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=November 5, 2020}}
| 33 |
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Toby Keith|title=Shock'n Y'all|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=2003|certyear=2005|accessdate=April 30, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Toby Keith|title=Shock'n Y'all|type=album|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=2003|certyear=2004|accessdate=April 30, 2025}}
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References
External links
- {{Metacritic album}}
{{Toby Keith}}
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Category:DreamWorks Records albums