Private Radio

Private Radio is the debut album by American actor and singer-songwriter Billy Bob Thornton. His first foray into recorded music following a successful movie career up to the time of the album's release, it was a traditional country music album released by Lost Highway Records in September 2001.
The song "Angelina" is a song written for his then-wife Angelina Jolie.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Billy Bob Thornton and Marty Stuart; except where indicated

"Dark and Mad"
"Forever"
"Angelina"
"Starlight Lounge"
"Walk of Shame"
"Smoking in Bed"
"Your Blue Shadow"
"That Mountain"
"He Was a Friend of Mine"
"Private Radio"
"Beauty at the Back Door"
"Lost Highway"

Personnel

Billy Bob Thornton – vocals; drums on "Your Blue Shadow"
Marty Stuart – guitar, mandolin; bass on "Your Blue Shadow"
Brad Davis – guitar
Steve Armold – bass
Barry Beckett – organ
Jim Cox – piano
Gregg Stocki – drums, percussion
Billy Bob Thornton, Brad Davis, Dennis Locorriere, Marty Stuart – backing vocals

with:

Randy Scruggs – guitar, bass, co-production on "Angelina"
Holly Lander – vocals on "Starlight Lounge"
Larry Paxton – bass on "Starlight Lounge"
Hank Singer – fiddle on "Lost Highway"
Don Helms – pedal steel on "Lost Highway"

Reception

A review at All Music stated, "Still, this is a pretty good record all the same, better than most Americana records of the late '90s, thanks in no small part to a terrific stretch of songs mid-record, and a good cover of Hank Williams' "Lost Highway."" PopMatters assessed the album in a similar manner: ". Is it country? Is it pop? Is it blues? Clearly drawing his influences from all of these genres, Billy Bob Thornton has made a record that makes us think a little bit about the differences that make the world interesting. Appropriately, “Lost Highway” is the record’s last track. It’s time for the storyteller to leave the Starlight Lounge and hit the road again, in search of new people and experiences for new songs."