Tailgates & Tanlines
Tailgates & Tanlines is the third studio album by American country music artist Luke Bryan. It was released on August 9, 2011, by Capitol Nashville. Bryan co-wrote eight of the album's thirteen tracks, including its first single, "Country Girl." American Songwriter called Tailgates & Tanlines "a soundtrack for fun and sun, along with an instantaneous cure for the summertime blues." The song "Too Damn Young" was originally recorded by Julie Roberts on her 2006 album Men & Mascara.
Commercial performance
Tailgates & Tanlines debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart and number one on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 145,295 copies in its first week. It was Luke Bryan best-selling album until it was surpassed by Crash My Party in April 2015. As of April 2017, the album has sold 2,570,700 copies in the US. On September 5, 2017, the album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling over four million copies in the United States.In Canada, the album debuted at number six on the Canadian Albums Chart. The album was certified by Music Canada for sales of over 80,000 copies in Canada.
Track listing
Personnel
- Mark Bright – keyboards
- Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
- Luke Bryan – lead vocals
- J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Clare Dunn – background vocals
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
- Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
- Steve Hinson – pedal steel guitar
- Rob Ickes – dobro
- Jeff King – electric guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Georgia Middleman – background vocals
- Greg Morrow – drums
- Mike Rojas – organ, piano
- Ashton Shepherd – background vocals on "Tailgate Blues"
- Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Joe Spivey – fiddle, mandolin
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Rachel Thibodeau – background vocals
- Ilya Toshinsky – banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin
- John Willis – acoustic guitar
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
| Chart | Position |
| US Billboard 200 | 6 |
| US Billboard Country Albums | 2 |
| Chart | Position |
| US Billboard 200 | 33 |
| US Top Country Albums | 8 |
| Chart | Position |
| US Top Country Albums | 61 |