When Jake Owen sings about “Keepin’ It Country” on his third album, Barefoot Blue Jean Night, he does it to a muscled beat supported by pumped-up guitars, the kind of arena country that’s long been disparaged as not being real country.
Owen doesn’t much care about such distinctions, not if the thumping beats and glistening surface of Barefoot Blue Jean Night are any indication.
He may sing about double-wide trailers, old dirt roads, and moonshine but his heart is in the suburbs, not the backwoods; he sings ballads for the workaday week and party anthems for the weekend.
Owen is a likable enough presence but he can’t sell the cold calculations of these transparent good times; when he gets to the bridge on the otherwise nimble “Nobody Feelin’ No Pain,” he launches a bit of patter that would have sounded canned on the second night of a tour and certainly sounds no livelier when preserved on record.
But spontaneity isn’t his game -- satisfying expectations is -- and Barefoot Blue Jean Night offers plenty of crisply tailored singalongs and slow dances for city folks who wish they somehow lived in the country.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anywhere with YouBen Hayslip, David Lee Murphy, Jimmy Yeary | Jake Owen | Play | 03:30 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Keepin' It CountryRodney Clawson, Chris Tompkins | Jake Owen | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Wide AwakeBrett Eldredge, David Lee Murphy, Rivers Rutherford | Jake Owen | Play | 03:02 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Barefoot Blue Jean NightDylan Altman, Eric Paslay, Terry Sawchuck | Jake Owen | Play | 02:49 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | HeavenChris Dubois, Ashley Gorley, Matt Jenkins | Jake Owen | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Apple Pie MoonshineRodney Clawson, Chad Kroeger, Chris Tompkins, Craig Wiseman | Jake Owen | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | The Journey of Your LifeRonnie Bowman, Troy Jones | Jake Owen | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Alone with YouCatt Gravitt, John Thomas "J. T." Harding, Shane McAnally | Jake Owen | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Settin' the World on FireDerek George, Chuck Jones, Kip Moore | Jake Owen | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Nobody Feelin' No PainBrett James, Lee Murphy | Jake Owen | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | The One That Got AwayDallas Davidson, Jake Owen, Jimmy Ritchy | Jake Owen | Play | 03:14 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 38 mins | 88 MB | |||||
| 0 mins | 0 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chuck Ainlay | Engineer, Mixing |
| 2 | Dylan Altman | Composer |
| 3 | Tracy Baskette-Fleaner | Art Direction, Design |
| 4 | Ronnie Bowman | Composer |
| 5 | Tony Brown | Producer |
| 6 | David Bryant | Assistant |
| 7 | Tom Bukovac | Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) |
| 8 | Sarah Buxton | Vocals (Background) |
| 9 | Rodney Clawson | Composer, Producer |
| 10 | Tammie Harris Cleek | Imaging, Photo Production |
| 11 | Perry Coleman | Vocals (Background) |
| 12 | Scott Cooke | Digital Editing |
| 13 | Jim Cooley | Assistant, Engineer |
| 14 | Chad Cromwell | Drums, Percussion |
| 15 | Dallas Davidson | Composer |
| 16 | Chris Dubois | Composer |
| 17 | Glen Duncan | Banjo, Dobro |
| 18 | Brett Eldredge | Composer |
| 19 | Seth Englund | Production Assistant |
| 20 | Kyle Everson | Programming |
| 21 | Judy Forde-Blair | Creative Producer, Liner Notes |
| 22 | Shannon Forrest | Drums |
| 23 | Amy Garges | Production Assistant |
| 24 | Derek George | Composer |
| 25 | Ryan Gore | Engineer |
| 26 | Ashley Gorley | Composer |
| 27 | Catt Gravitt | Composer |
| 28 | Kenny Greenberg | Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) |
| 29 | John Thomas "J. T." Harding | Composer |
| 30 | Ben Hayslip | Composer |
| 31 | Kelly Henderson | Grooming |
| 32 | Wes Hightower | Vocals (Background) |
| 33 | Brett James | Composer |
| 34 | John Jarvis | Hammond B3, Keyboards, Piano, Wurlitzer |
| 35 | Mark Anthony Jeffries | Photography |
| 36 | Matt Jenkins | Composer |
| 37 | Chuck Jones | Composer |
| 38 | Troy Jones | Composer |
| 39 | Charles Judge | Hammond B3, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer |
| 40 | Jennifer Kemp | Stylist |
| 41 | Chad Kroeger | Composer |
| 42 | Brent Mason | Guitar (Electric) |
| 43 | Shane McAnally | Composer |
| 44 | Jerry McPherson | Guitar (Electric) |
| 45 | Joey Moi | Mixing, Producer, Programming |
| 46 | Kip Moore | Composer |
| 47 | David Lee Murphy | Composer |
| 48 | Lee Murphy | Composer |
| 49 | Steve Nathan | Hammond B3, Piano |
| 50 | Jake Owen | Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Primary Artist |
| 51 | Eric Paslay | Composer |
| 52 | Michael Rhodes | Bass |
| 53 | Jimmy Ritchy | Composer |
| 54 | Rivers Rutherford | Composer |
| 55 | Terry Sawchuck | Composer |
| 56 | Brandon Schexnayder | Assistant |
| 57 | Adam Shoenfeld | Guitar (Electric) |
| 58 | Jimmie Lee Sloas | Bass |
| 59 | Chris Tompkins | Composer, Programming |
| 60 | Ilya Toshinsky | Banjo, Dobro, Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 61 | Hank Williams | Mastering |
| 62 | Brad Winters | Assistant |
| 63 | Craig Wiseman | Composer |
| 64 | Jimmy Yeary | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |