Jerrod Niemann - High Noon (2014) [Hi-Res]

„Jerrod Niemann freed the music on his second album but the music found no home. Compared to his 2010 debut, which topped Billboard's Country Albums charts on the strength of the doo wop swing of "Lover, Lover," the 2012 sophomore set sank without a hit single to its name. Some critics loved Niemann's willingness to be weird, but reviews don't sell records, so the singer decided to straighten up and fly right for 2014's High Noon.

Here, the hints of hip-hop are streamlined -- they're present in the novelty "Donkey" and a cameo by country rapper Colt Ford on the closing "She's Fine" -- and when Niemann sings "in the country/we know how to rock," he's not conjuring the ghost of Waylon Jennings or attempting to run with renowned outsider Eric Church, he's as happy and sunny as the laid-back dudes of Florida Georgia Line. Despite the cowboy stance of its title, there isn't much swagger on High Noon: it's all slick, smooth, and rather slow; so mellow that even the odes to "Day Drinkin'" and "Beach Baby" barely quicken the pulse.

Niemann acquits himself well, sounding soulful on the blues crawl of "The Real Thing," doing his best Luke Bryan on "Drink to That All Night," and navigating the adult contemporary turns of "Space" with aplomb.“ (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG)

Jerrod Niemann, acoustic guitar, background vocals
Rob McNelley, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Danny Rader, acoustic guitar, dobro, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, accordion
Ilya Toshinskiy, acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin
Jerry McPherson, electric guitar, bouzouki
Tim Teague, electric guitar
Troy Lancaster, electric guitar
Tom Bukovac, electric guitar
Adam Shoenfeld, electric guitar
Paul Franklin, steel guitar
Smith Curry, steel guitar
Phil Madeira, lap steel guitar
Jimmie Lee Sloas, ukulele, piano
Will Doughty, piano, keyboards
Blair Masters, keyboards, programming
Charlie Judge, keyboards
Chris McHugh, drums
Greg Morrow, drums
Fred Eltringham, drums
Eric Darken, percussion
Lance Miller, background vocals
Derek George, background vocals
David Tolliver, background vocals
Russell Terrell, background vocals
Brad Passons, background vocals

Tracklist:
01. Jerrod Niemann - Space (3:45)
02. Jerrod Niemann - Buzz Back Girl (3:11)
03. Jerrod Niemann - Drink to That All Night (3:45)
04. Jerrod Niemann - I Can't Give in Anymore (3:43)
05. Jerrod Niemann - We Know How to Rock (3:27)
06. Jerrod Niemann - Come On, Come On (3:20)
07. Jerrod Niemann - Lucky #7 (3:41)
08. Jerrod Niemann - Donkey (3:18)
09. Jerrod Niemann - Day Drinkin' (3:09)
10. Jerrod Niemann - The Real Thing (3:57)
11. Jerrod Niemann - Beach Baby (3:12)
12. Jerrod Niemann - Refill (2:57)
13. Jerrod Niemann - She's Fine (feat. Colt Ford) (3:25)