Born Here Live Here Die Here
Born Here Live Here Die Here is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Luke Bryan. It was released on August 7, 2020 by Capitol Records Nashville. The album includes the singles "Knockin' Boots", "What She Wants Tonight", "One Margarita", and "Down to One". A deluxe edition with six extra songs, including the album's fifth single "Waves" and its sixth single, "Up", was released on April 9, 2021.
The album debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 and number one on the US Top Country Albums charts, earning 65,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.
Background
"Knockin' Boots" was released on April 8, 2019 as the debut single from Bryan's seventh studio album. "What She Wants Tonight" was released on October 24, 2019 as the second single. In January 2020 during an Instagram Live video, Bryan announced the name of the album would be Born Here Live Here Die Here. In February 2020, Bryan released the title track, the album's track listing and announced it would be released on April 24, 2020. On March 13, 2020, "One Margarita" was released, and it would later be sent to country radio on April 13, 2020, after Capitol Nashville and Bryan postponed the album's release to August 7, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 12, 2020, Bryan released the track "Build Me a Daddy" along with a music video for the song.Commercial performance
Born Here Live Here Die Here debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 65,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. This became Bryan's eleventh US top-ten album. The album also debuted at number one on the US Top Country Albums chart, becoming Bryan's ninth number one album on this chart.Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.Musicians
- Luke Bryan – vocals
- David Dorn – keyboards
- Jody Stevens – programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, bass
- Charlie Judge – keyboards, Hammond B3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
- Kyle Fishman – programming
- Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar
- Rob McNelley – electric guitar
- John Willis – acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Ilya Toshinskiy – acoustic guitar, banjo
- J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar
- Derek Wells – electric guitar
- Jake Mitchell – electric guitar
- Justin Ostrander – electric guitar
- Eddy Dunlap – pedal steel guitar, dobro
- Mark Hill – bass
- Greg Morrow – drums
- Evan Hutchings – drums, percussion
- Kirk "Jellyroll" Johnson – harmonica
- Perry Coleman – backing vocals
- Matt Rogers – backing vocals
- Chancie Neal – backing vocals
- Brian Wright – A&R
- Jeff Stevens – producer
- Jody Stevens – producer
- Derek Bason – recording, mixing
- Chris Small – recording assistant, digital editing, mix assistant
- Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering
- Scott Johnson – production coordinator
- Sarah Marie Burke – A&R production
- Karen Naff – art direction
- Wendy Stamberger – art direction, design
- Jim Wright – photography
- Kera Jackson – art production
- Lee Moore – wardrobe stylist
- Paula Turner – grooming
- Kerri Edwards with KPentertainment and Red Light Management – management
Charts
Year-end charts
| Chart | Position |
| US Billboard 200 | 139 |
| US Top Country Albums | 9 |
| Chart | Position |
| US Top Country Albums | 52 |