Can't Say I Ain't Country is the fourth studio album by American country music duo Florida Georgia Line. It was released on February 15, 2019, through the Big Machine Label Group.[2] It includes the singles "Simple" and "Talk You Out of It", as well as the tracks "Colorado"[2] and "Sittin' Pretty".[3] It was supported by a tour of the same name from May 2019.[4]
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| Released | February 15, 2019 | |||
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| Length | 53:07 | |||
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Background and composition
Tyler Hubbard told Entertainment Tonight: "We've been working on that album for over a year now, so BK and I are definitely ready."[4] On the sound of the album, he remarked: "A lot of the music is just kind of a throwback -- an FGL take on kind of what we grew up on, '90s country. It's a well-rounded album. We got stuff we wrote and recorded just for the live show. We got some collaborations with Jason Derulo, Jason Aldean. So, there's a little bit of everything."
Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 58/100[5] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Exclaim! | 7/10[7] |
| Rolling Stone |  [8] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 58 based on 5 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[5]
Commercial performance
Can't Say I Ain't Country debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, giving the duo their fourth US top-five album.[9] It entered with 50,000 album-equivalent units, including 29,000 pure album sales.[9] The album has sold 107,000 copies in the United States as of March 2020,[10] and 644,000 units consumed in total in the United States.[11]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tyler Got Him a Tesla" (skit) (featuring Brother Jervel) | 0:41 | |
| 2. | "Can't Say I Ain't Country" |
| 2:56 |
| 3. | "Simple" |
| 3:05 |
| 4. | "Talk You Out of It" |
| 3:22 |
| 5. | "All Gas No Brakes" (skit) (featuring Brother Jervel) | 0:46 | |
| 6. | "Speed of Love" |
| 2:33 |
| 7. | "Women" (featuring Jason Derulo) |
| 3:31 |
| 8. | "People Are Different" |
| 3:34 |
| 9. | "Told You" |
| 3:59 |
| 10. | "Sack'a Puppies" (skit) (featuring Brother Jervel) | 0:40 | |
| 11. | "Y'all Boys" (featuring Hardy) |
| 2:33 |
| 12. | "Small Town" |
| 3:16 |
| 13. | "Sittin' Pretty" |
| 3:06 |
| 14. | "Catfish Nuggets" (skit) (featuring Brother Jervel) | 0:50 | |
| 15. | "Can't Hide Red" (featuring Jason Aldean) |
| 3:02 |
| 16. | "Colorado" |
| 2:57 |
| 17. | "Like You Never Had It" |
| 2:58 |
| 18. | "Swerve" |
| 3:21 |
| 19. | "Blessings" |
| 3:16 |
| Total length: | 53:07 | ||
Personnel
Florida Georgia Line
- Tyler Hubbard – vocals
- Brian Kelley – vocals
Additional personnel
- Jason Aldean – duet vocals on "Can't Hide Red"
- Dave Cohen – keyboards, piano, programming
- Jason Derulo – duet vocals on "Women"
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Jesse Frasure – programming
- David Garcia – programming
- Hardy – electric guitar, programming, duet vocals on "Y'all Boys"
- Mark Holman – programming
- Byron House – upright bass
- Rob Ickes – dobro
- Brother Jervel – featured vocals on "Tyler Got Him a Tesla", "All Gas No Brakes", "Sack'a Puppies", and "Catfish Nuggets"
- Rob McNelley – electric guitar
- Joey Moi – bass guitar, electric guitar, programming
- Russ Pahl – steel guitar
- Jerry Roe – drums, percussion
- Justin Schipper – steel guitar
- Jordan Schmidt – programming
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Ilya Toshinsky – banjo, dobro, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
- Alysa Vanderheym – programming
- Derek Wells – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Nir Z. – drums, percussion
Charts
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[25] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[26] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||