Billy Ray Cyrus has a nice habit of telling us what an album is all about through its title.
He found himself Home at Last in 2007, went Back to Tennessee in 2009, and now in 2011, he’s declaring I’m American and offering proof via seven new patriotic songs, plus a cover of his early “Some Gave All” with assistance by Darryl Worley, Jamey Johnson, and Craig Morgan.
For Cyrus, sounding American means sounding like a ruminative, mumbling Bruce Springsteen, so Billy Ray muscularly strums his guitar while rhapsodizing about the downtrodden working class.
It may ape the Boss, but I’m American is relaxed in a way Home at Last never was; Cyrus may be baldly imitating Springsteen, but there’s sincerity here, both in what Billy Ray is singing and how he’s singing about it, which makes this piece of heartland patriotism considerably more engaging than his last few attempts to make country-pop that appeals to everybody.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We Fought HardRoss Copperman, Heather Morgan | Billy Ray Cyrus | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Keep the Light OnBill Brandt, Walter Brandt, Keith Volpone | Billy Ray Cyrus | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | I'm AmericanBilly Ray Cyrus, Dave Henning, Dahniel Knight, Samantha Maloney, James Miller | Billy Ray Cyrus | Play | 04:31 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Old Army HatWalt Aldridge, Bill Anderson | Billy Ray Cyrus | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | NineteenTom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson | Billy Ray Cyrus | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Some Gave AllBilly Ray Cyrus, Cindy Cyrus | Billy Ray Cyrus | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Runaway Lights | Amy Ray, Billy Ray Cyrus | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Stripes & Stars | Billy Ray Cyrus, Amy Grant | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 32 mins | 74 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walt Aldridge | Composer |
| 2 | Bill Anderson | Composer |
| 3 | Robert Bailey, Jr. | Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Bucky Baxter | Guitar (Steel) |
| 5 | Wyatt Beard | Vocals (Background) |
| 6 | Bill Brandt | Composer |
| 7 | Walter Brandt | Composer |
| 8 | Pat Buchanan | Guitar (Electric) |
| 9 | Buddy Cannon | Producer, Vocals (Background) |
| 10 | Melonie Cannon | Vocals (Background) |
| 11 | Butch Carr | Engineer, Synthesizer |
| 12 | Tony Castle | Engineer |
| 13 | Jameson Clark | Composer |
| 14 | Ross Copperman | Composer |
| 15 | J.T. Corenflos | Guitar (Electric) |
| 16 | Billy Ray Cyrus | Composer, Primary Artist, Vocals (Background) |
| 17 | Cindy Cyrus | Composer |
| 18 | Chip Davis | Vocals (Background) |
| 19 | Andy Dodd | Composer |
| 20 | Kenny Greenberg | Guitar (Electric) |
| 21 | Tom Hambridge | Composer |
| 22 | Dave Henning | Composer |
| 23 | Wes Hightower | Vocals (Background) |
| 24 | Mark Irwin | Composer |
| 25 | Josh Kear | Composer |
| 26 | Dahniel Knight | Composer |
| 27 | Paul Leim | Drums |
| 28 | Samantha Maloney | Composer |
| 29 | Brian Malouf | A&R, Mixing |
| 30 | Gale Mayes-West | Vocals (Background) |
| 31 | Randy McCormick | Hammond B3, Piano, Synthesizer |
| 32 | Andrew Mendelson | Mastering |
| 33 | James Miller | Composer |
| 34 | Heather Morgan | Composer |
| 35 | Seth Morton | Assistant Engineer |
| 36 | Gary Nicholson | Composer |
| 37 | Larry Paxton | Bass |
| 38 | Gary Prim | Hammond B3, Piano |
| 39 | Angie Primm | Vocals (Background) |
| 40 | Mickey Raphael | Harmonica |
| 41 | Deanie Richardson | Fiddle |
| 42 | Mike Rooney | Assistant Engineer |
| 43 | Shannon Scott | Production Coordination |
| 44 | Canaan Smith | Composer |
| 45 | Ben Terry | Assistant Engineer |
| 46 | Scott Vestal | Banjo |
| 47 | Keith Volpone | Composer |
| 48 | John Willis | Banjo, Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 49 | Nathan Yarborough | Assistant Engineer |
| 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. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |