Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going

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| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/where-ive-been-isnt-where-im-going-mw0004269257|title=Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going – Shaboozey|last=Monger|first=Timothy|work=AllMusic|access-date=July 13, 2024}}

| rev2 = Holler

| rev2score = 9/10{{cite web|url=https://holler.country/reviews/shaboozey-where-i-ve-been-isn-t-where-i-m-going/|title=Shaboozey – Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going|website=Holler|last=Canter|first=Soda|date=June 1, 2024|access-date=June 6, 2024}}

| rev3 = Pitchfork

| rev3score = 7.7/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/shaboozey-where-ive-been-isnt-where-im-going/|title=Shaboozey: Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going Album Review|website=Pitchfork|last=Haver Currin|first=Grayson|date=June 5, 2024|access-date=June 6, 2024}}

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Grayson Haver Currin of Pitchfork wrote that the album "does not feel like a mere receptacle for one of the year's most unlikely hits", calling it "remarkably assured" and "a sophisticated self-help journey that only occasionally masquerades as a good time. He has spent a long while trying to find some space where the sounds of hip-hop and country could overlap, where the defiant swagger, nostalgic circumspection, and quivering heartbreak of both genres could fuse together". David Browne of Rolling Stone felt that Shaboozey "comes across like someone raised on country who also appreciates hip hop. In doing so, he's effectively changed the game", describing it as "a full-on barrage of post-genre possibilities".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/shaboozey-where-ive-been-isnt-where-im-going-review-1235031053/|title=Shaboozey is Honoring Country Tradition and Moving It Forward|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Browne|first=David|date=June 1, 2024|access-date=June 6, 2024}}

Billboard{{'}}s Kyle Denis commented that "at a tight 12 tracks, there's no real filler on Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going. Shaboozey assembled his strongest hooks and smartest arrangements to craft a record that embraces both country music tradition and modernity".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/shaboozey-where-ive-been-isnt-where-im-going-album-review-1235700659/|title=Shaboozey Subverts Westward Expansion Trope on Terrific Third LP, Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going (Critic's Take)|magazine=Billboard|last=Denis|first=Kyle|date=June 4, 2024|access-date=June 6, 2024}} A staff review from Taste of Country opined that the album "deals with subjects such as heartbreak, depression and even suicide. While the project does feature some more light-hearted tracks, Shaboozey chooses to let us all in on his journey of authenticity and humility".{{cite web|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/shaboozey-where-ive-been-isnt-where-im-going-album-review-analysis/|title=Shaboozey's Album Is So Much Deeper Than Just Getting 'Tipsy'|website=Taste of Country|author=Jess|date=May 31, 2024|access-date=June 6, 2024}} Holler{{'}}s Soda Canter said that "Shaboozey oozes with ignitable star power as he expertly mixes his hip hop, country and Americana musical influences along with his past experience as a filmmaker", calling it a "creatively diverse cocktail".

Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 and at number two on the US Top Country Albums chart week dated June 15, 2024, earning 50,000 album-equivalent units.{{cite magazine|url=http://bulletins.billboard.com/country/country_update_2024_0610.pdf|title=Billboard Country Update|magazine=Billboard|date=June 10, 2024|access-date=June 11, 2024}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Horses & Hellcats

| writer1 = {{hlist|Collins Chibueze|Dave Cohen|Gowa Gibbs|Sean Cook|Nevin Sastry}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Cohen|Sastry|Cook}}

| length1 = 2:37

| title2 = A Bar Song (Tipsy)

| writer2 = {{hlist|Chibueze|Cook|Jerrell Jones|Joe Kent|Sastry|Mark Williams}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Sastry|Cook}}

| length2 = 2:51

| title3 = Last of My Kind

| note3 = featuring Paul Cauthen

| writer3 = {{hlist|Chibueze|Paul Cauthen|Cook|McKay Stevens}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Stevens|Sastry|Cook}}

| length3 = 3:21

| title4 = Anabelle

| writer4 = {{hlist|Chibueze|Cook|Mason Sacks|Sastry}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Sacks|Sastry|Cook}}

| length4 = 3:06

| title5 = East of the Massanutten

| writer5 = {{hlist|Chibueze|Cook|John Mark Nelson|Sastry|Stevens}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Nelson|Stevens|Cook}}

| length5 = 3:57

| title6 = Highway

| writer6 = {{hlist|Chibueze|Cook|Stevens}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Stevens|Cook}}

| length6 = 2:42

| title7 = Let It Burn

| writer7 = {{hlist|Chibueze|Cook|Sastry|Diederik van Elsas|Parrish Warrington}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Sastry|Cook}}

| length7 = 3:26

| title8 = My Fault

| note8 = featuring Noah Cyrus

| writer8 = {{hlist|Chibueze|Bailey Bryan|Cook|Noah Cyrus|PJ Harding|Sastry|Doug Walters}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Sastry|Cook}}

| length8 = 3:56

| title9 = Vegas

| writer9 = {{hlist|Chibueze|Sastry}}

| extra9 = Sastry

| length9 = 3:01

| title10 = Drink Don't Need No Mix

| note10 = with BigXthaPlug

| writer10 = {{hlist|Chibueze|Cook|Xavier Landum|Sastry|Stevens}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Stevens|Sastry|Cook}}

| length10 = 2:13

| title11 = Steal Her from Me

| writer11 = {{hlist|Chibueze|Ben Burgess|Cohen|Cook|Sastry}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Cohen|Sastry|Cook}}

| length11 = 3:33

| title12 = Finally Over

| writer12 = {{hlist|Chibueze|Cook|Tony Esterly|Sastry}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Sastry|Cook}}

| length12 = 3:09

| total_length = 37:52

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{{track listing

| headline = Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going: The Complete Edition deluxe edition track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title13 = Amen

| note13 = with Jelly Roll

| writer13 = {{hlist|Chibueze|Sastry|Cook|Jackson Foote|Jason DeFord|Jordan Gray|Kevin Powers|Seth Ennis}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Danny Majic|Sastry|Cook}}

| length13 = 3:17

| title14 = Hail Mary

| note14 = with Sierra Ferrell

| writer14 = {{hlist|Chibueze|Amy Allen|Sierra Ferrell|}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Julian Bunetta|Sastry|Cook}}

| length14 = 2:44

| title15 = Fire and Gasoline

| writer15 = {{hlist|Brett Hite|Spencer Jordan|Zach Seabaugh}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|Clark|Sastry|Cook}}

| length15 =3:12

| title16 = Blink Twice

| note16 = with Myles Smith

| writer16 = {{hlist|Chibueze|Myles Smith|Sam Westhoff|Barrett Conner}}

| extra16 = {{hlist|Haffway|Sastry|Cook}}

| length16 = 2:36

| title17 = Good News

| writer17 = {{hlist|Chibueze|Cook|Sastry|Jake Torrey|Michael Pollack|Sam Roman}}

| extra17 = {{hlist|Sastry|Cook}}

| length17 = 3:19

| title18 = Chrome

| note18 = bonus

| writer18 = {{hlist|Chibueze|Christopher Mardini|Gabriel Jacoby}}

| extra18 = {{hlist|Powers Pleasant|Sastry|Cook}}

| length18 = 2:25

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• Shaboozey – vocals
• Colin Leonard – mastering (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 8–12)
• Dave Huffman – mastering (track 4)
• Chris Athens – mastering (track 7)
• Raul Lopez – mixing (tracks 1–8, 10–12)
• Ryan Dulude – mixing (track 9)
• Skyler Gibbons – engineering
• Stef Moro – engineering (track 4)
• Sean Cook – recording (tracks 1–3, 5–8, 10–12); acoustic guitar, electric guitar (2)
• Nevin Sastry – recording (tracks 4, 9)
• Trey Pearce – recording (track 8)
• Lily Honigberg – fiddle (tracks 2, 12)

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