About a Woman explained
| About a Woman |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Thomas Rhett |
| Cover: | Thomas Rhett - About a Woman.png |
| Alt: | The cover features Thomas Rhett lying down on the front top of a brown vehicle, wearing a green jacket, blue jeans, brown cowboy boots and a white cowboy hat on top of his face. The artist's name appears sideways on the left and the album title is on the top-right corner, both colored in white. |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 43:52 |
| Label: | Valory |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | 20 Number Ones |
| Prev Year: | 2023 |
About a Woman is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Thomas Rhett. It was released on August 23, 2024, through Valory.[1] The album's lead single, "Beautiful as You", was released on May 13, 2024.[2]
Content
Thomas Rhett co-wrote 13 of the 14 tracks on About a Woman, and longtime collaborators Julian Bunetta and Dan Huff executive produced the album.[3] Rhett, who first began working on the album in April 2023, noted that the title's inspiration came from his wife, Lauren, and his commitment to her.[4] He described the album's recording process as wanting "to exude joy and fun with this project—and really just make people move".[3] The album is largely described as up-tempo, with the closing track, "I Could Spend Forever Loving You", being its only ballad.[1] The track "Don't Wanna Dance" interpolates Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", one of many examples of the album's influence of "retro 80s sounds and thumping beats" over a more organic country foundation.[3] [1]
Personnel
Musicians
- Thomas Rhett – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 4, 14)
- Julian Bunetta – programming (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13), background vocals (1, 2, 8, 11), drums (1, 4, 6, 8, 10), acoustic guitar (1, 4, 10), keyboards (1, 4, 11, 14), drum programming (2), bass guitar (4, 10), percussion (4), electric guitar (10)
- Charlie Handsome – acoustic guitar, bass guitar (tracks 1, 3); drum programming, electric guitar (1); drums, programming (3)
- Ilya Toshinskiy – acoustic guitar (tracks 2, 5–14)
- John Ryan – keyboards (tracks 2, 4, 7), background vocals (2, 4), drum programming (2), drums (4, 6), acoustic guitar (4, 8), bass guitar (4, 10); percussion, programming (4); electric guitar (5, 8, 13)
- Derek Wells – electric guitar (tracks 2, 5–12, 14)
- Kris Donegan – electric guitar (tracks 2, 5–8, 10, 13)
- Charlie Judge – keyboards (2, 5–8, 10, 13)
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar (tracks 2, 5–7)
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar (tracks 2, 8, 13)
- Dann Huff – electric guitar (tracks 3, 14); banjo, mandolin (3); acoustic guitar (4)
- Whit Wright – steel guitar (3)
- John Byron – background vocals (tracks 3, 6), acoustic guitar (6)
- Joe Reeves – acoustic guitar (track 3)
- Ammo – programming (tracks 4, 7), drums (4, 11); acoustic guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion (4)
- Zai1k – background vocals (track 4)
- Mark Hill – bass guitar (tracks 5–7, 9, 11, 12, 14)
- Chris Kimmerer – drums (tracks 5, 7–9, 11)
- David Huff – programming (tracks 5, 7, 8)
- Jaxson Free – drums, programming (track 6)
- Josh Reedy – background vocals (tracks 7–13)
- Mark Trussell – background vocals, electric guitar, programming, synthesizer (track 7)
- Andrew Haas – keyboards, programming (track 8)
- Alex Wright – keyboards (tracks 9, 11, 12, 14)
- Will Bundy – background vocals, electric guitar (track 9)
- Josh Kerr – acoustic guitar, drum programming, piano, synthesizer, vocal programming (track 11)
- Jerry Roe – drums (tracks 12–14)
- Micah Tawlks – electric guitar (track 12)
- Matt Dragstrem – electric guitar, piano, programming, synthesizer (track 13)
Technical
- Nathan Dantzler – mastering
- Julian Bunetta – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 14), recording (1, 3, 4), additional engineering (1–3, 5–14)
- Jeff Gunnell – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 14), recording (3, 4), additional engineering (1–3, 5–14)
- Alex Tumay – mixing (tracks 3, 11)
- Alex Ghenea – mixing (tracks 4, 6)
- Sean Moffitt – mixing (tracks 7, 8, 13)
- Micah Tawlks – mixing (track 12)
- Charlie Handsome – recording (track 1)
- Buckley Miller – recording (tracks 2, 5–8, 10, 13)
- Drew Bollman – recording (tracks 9, 11, 12, 14)
- David Huff – editing (tracks 5, 7, 8)
- Chris Small – editing (tracks 5, 7, 8)
- Jase Keithley – additional mixing (track 7), mixing assistance (8, 13)
- Josh Reedy – additional engineering (tracks 2, 7–13)
- Harrison Tate – mastering assistance
- Nacor Zuluaga – mixing assistance (track 3)
- Kai Tsao – mixing assistance (track 3)
- Zach Kuhlman – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 5–8, 10, 13)
- Sean Badum – engineering assistance (tracks 8, 9, 11, 12, 14)
Charts
Notes and References
- Web site: Thomas Rhett Details Fearless New Album About a Woman. Josh Sharpe. BroadwayWorld. June 5, 2024. August 11, 2024.
- Web site: Country Aircheck Weekly May 6, 2024, Issue 908. May 6, 2024. Country Aircheck. August 11, 2024.
- Web site: Thomas Rhett Slates New Album, About a Woman, For August. LB Cantrell. June 5, 2024. Music Row. August 11, 2024.
- Web site: Thomas Rhett Unveils His Forthcoming Album Is About a Woman. Ali Patton. June 5, 2024. Holler. August 11, 2024.
- Web site: ARIA Top 40 Country Albums Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. September 2, 2024. August 30, 2024.
