The Nashville Sound

The Nashville Sound
Studio album by
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
ReleasedJune 16, 2017
StudioRCA Studio A (Nashville, Tennessee)[1]
GenreAmericana, alternative country
Length40:17
LabelSoutheastern
ProducerDave Cobb
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit chronology
Something More Than Free
(2015) 		The Nashville Sound
(2017) 		Reunions
(2020)

The Nashville Sound is the sixth studio album by Jason Isbell, and the third credited to "Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit" (the first since Here We Rest in 2011). It was released on June 16, 2017.[2][3] The album was produced by Dave Cobb, who had produced Isbell's previous two albums: Southeastern (2013) and Something More Than Free (2015). At the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, the album won the award for Best Americana Album, and the song "If We Were Vampires" won the award for Best American Roots Song.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.9/10[4]
Metacritic82/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
American Songwriter[7]
The A.V. ClubB+[8]
The Independent[9]
Mojo[10]
Pitchfork6.3/10[11]
Record Collector[12]
Rolling Stone[13]
Uncut9/10[14]
ViceA[15]

The album earned Isbell his first CMA Award nomination, which was for Album of the Year at the 2017 ceremony. It won Best Americana Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, and International Album of the Year at the 2018 UK Americana Awards. Additionally, "If We Were Vampires" won the Grammy for Best American Roots Song.[16]

Accolades

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Publication Year Accolade Rank Ref.
Rolling Stone
2017
 50 Best Albums of 2017
21
[17]
Stereogum
2017
 The 50 Best Albums of 2017
49
[18]
Uncut
2017
 Albums of the Year
72
[19]
Exclaim!
2017
 Top 10 Folk and Country Albums of 2017
4
[20]

Commercial performance

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In the United States, the album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 with 54,000 album-equivalent units, of which 51,000 were pure album sales.[21] It is Isbell's highest placement on that chart, besting Something More Than Free, which peaked at number 6 in 2015.[21] As of December 2018, the album had sold 152,500 copies in the U.S.[22]

The single "If We Were Vampires" peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Triple A Airplay chart.[23]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Jason Isbell, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Last of My Kind"4:22
2."Cumberland Gap"3:24
3."Tupelo"4:01
4."White Man's World"3:56
5."If We Were Vampires"3:35
6."Anxiety" (Isbell, Amanda Shires)6:57
7."Molotov"3:46
8."Chaos and Clothes"3:34
9."Hope the High Road"3:03
10."Something to Love"3:39

Personnel

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Credits adapted from AllMusic.[24]

The 400 Unit

  • Jason Isbell – lead vocals, harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Derry Deborja – keyboard, Therevox, photography
  • Chad Gamble – drums
  • Jimbo Hart – bass
  • Amanda Shires – harmony vocals, fiddle, photography
  • Sadler Vaden – electric guitar

Production and design

Charts

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References

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  4. ^ "The Nashville Sound by Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "Reviews and Tracks for The Nashville Sound by Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit". Metacritic. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  6. ^ Deming, Mark. "The Nashville Sound – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit / Jason Isbell". AllMusic. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
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