Macon, Georgia (album)


Macon, Georgia is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Jason Aldean. It is a double album, with the first half, Macon, released on November 12, 2021, and Georgia, the second half, released on April 22, 2022.

Content

Preceding the release of Macon was the release of the single "If I Didn't Love You", featuring Carrie Underwood. The album's full tracklist was revealed on September 27, 2021. Aldean said of the album, "Where you were raised has such a big influence on who you become, and for me it’s no different."

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic, while criticizing both sides of the album for delivering only a similar sound and vocal attack to "Burnin' It Down", praised Macon by stating "By changing gears every so often, Aldean manages to give Macon a slight hint of a pulse." Erlewine also criticized Macon for its use of five live tracks while offering only ten new tracks, and drubbed Georgia for Aldean's use of AutoTune on the track "Ain't Enough Cowboy" while relying on his old tricks for every other track. He also stated that "maybe Aldean delivers what fans want, but he has no ambition greater than ensuring that Georgia is a relatively polished piece of crowd-pleasing product."

Commercial performance

Macon debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200, earning 37,000 units, of which 19,000 were album units. It also debuted at number three on the Top Country Albums chart, as well as number one on the Independent Albums chart, making it his eighth consecutive number one on the latter chart.
Georgia also debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200, earning 26,000 album-equivalent units, including 13,000 pure album sales.

Personnel

''Macon''

Adapted from Macon liner notes.

Musicians

Technical

''Georgia''

Adapted from Georgia liner notes.

Musicians

  • Jason Aldean – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Rich Redmond – drums, percussion
  • Tully Kennedy – bass guitar, programming, background vocals
  • Kurt Allison – electric guitar, programming
  • Jack Sizemore – electric guitar and background vocals
  • Jay Jackson – steel guitar and background vocals
  • Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar, slide guitar
  • Danny Rader – acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, hi-strung guitar
  • Russ Pahl – steel guitar
  • Tony Harrell – synth, keys, B3
  • Lalo – keys, electric guitar, programming
  • Blake Bollinger – programming
  • Michael Knox – programming
  • Jacob Rice – programming
  • Chris Thompkins – programming
  • Jerry Roe – programming
  • Perry Coleman – background vocals
  • Micah Wilshire – background vocals
  • Neil Thrasher – background vocals
  • Michael Tyler – background vocals

Technical

  • Michael Knox – producer
  • Jeff Braun – mixing
  • Brandon Epps – assistant engineer, editing engineer
  • Chris Stephens – producer
  • Josh Reynolds – mixing
  • Matthew Singler – editing engineer
  • Adam Ayan – mastering
  • Shalacy Griffin – production coordinator