Description
Personnel: Blake Shelton (acoustic guitar); Miranda Lambert (vocals); Brent Mason , Brent Rowan (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Ilya Toshinsky, B. James Lowry, Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar); Tom Bukovac (electric guitar, sitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Aubrey Haynie (mandolin, fiddle); Jonathan Yudkin (mandolin); David Davidson , David Angell (violin, viola); Chip Davis, Melodie Crittenden (violin, background vocals); Monisa Phillips Angel, Kristin Wilkinson (viola, cello); Anthony LaMarchina (cello); Tim Lauer (strings, Hammond b-3 organ); Bobby Braddock (strings); Gordon Mote (piano); Craig Young , Glenn Worf (bass guitar); Chris McHugh, Greg Morrow, Shannon Forrest (drums, percussion); Eric Darken (shaker, percussion); Lisa Cochran, Wes Hightower, Russell Terrell, Perry Coleman (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Ed Seay; Justin Niebank; Ben Fowler; Brent Rowan.
Recording information: Arrowhead Ranch, Leiper's Fork, TN; Blackbird Studios, Nashville, TN; Curb Studios, Nashville, TN; Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville, TN; Loud Recording, Nashville, TN; Ocean Way Nashville; Odds On Recording, Henderson, NV; Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN; Starstruck, Nashville, TN; Studio 44, Nashville, TN.
Photographer: Russ Harrington.
Arrangers: Bobby Braddock; Tim Lauer.
The fifth album by Nashville star Blake Shelton, STARTIN' FIRES continues the singer-songwriter's winning mix of tongue-in-cheek wit (a previous album was called PURE B.S.) and heartfelt sentimentality. On STARTIN' FIRES, Shelton's sardonic humor is best heard on the album's closing track, a saucy duet with Shelton's girlfriend, country star Miranda Lambert, called "Bare Skin Rug," as well as similarly PG-13 material like "This is Gonna Take All Night" and "Country Strong." His more serious material includes the patriotic "Home Sweet Home," the wistful "I Don't Care," and a fine pair of lost-love ballads, "I'll Hold On" and "100 Miles."
- Format: CD
- Genre: Country
- Released: 2008-11-18