The project is the country star’s eighth album
Luke Bryan is set to release his eighth studio album, Mind Of A Country Boy, on September 27th via UMG Nashville. The 14-track album was produced by powerhouse father and son, Jeff and Jody Stevens. To celebrate the announcement Bryan is releasing “Closing Time In California” which is perfectly timed with his Mind Of A Country Boy Tour concerts in San Diego and Los Angeles, California this week.
Four years have passed since Bryan’s last album, and his aptly titled Mind Of A Country Boy is the culmination of a life and career spent studying songs and country music, living the hunting, fishing, and loving everyday lifestyle of its fans, and prioritizing his family. The project delivers playful familiarity, sophisticated growth, and a well-rounded collection of songs from a man who has lived what he sings. And after 17 years in the business, he could rest on his previous success, but he’s leaning in even more.
“I’ve been able to take my time and really compile songs for this album,” Bryan says in a press statement. “If it’s a song that I cut two or three years ago, and I still love it, and it still sounds fresh, then I feel like it’ll stand the test of time.”
“I think this album, as I’ve tried to do with all my albums, just has a little bit of everything. I do some things different vocally on this one that I’ve not done before. It’s about each song having its place and having its meaning. It’s trying not to be overly redundant with songs. I think that’s why I’ve been blessed to have a long career and what I feel like this album’s going to do.”
And bringing the music to his fans on tour is his favorite thing to do. Over his career, Bryan has established a legacy of highly successful concert events like Spring Break concerts that gathered more than 200,000 fans on Florida beaches, to his 15 years of Farm Tour and the Mexico destination concert experience Crash My Playa that will celebrate its tenth anniversary when it returns next January. Not to mention the more than 14 million fans who have flocked to his headline tours.
1. Mind Of A Country Boy (Luke Bryan, Ben Hayslip, Dallas Davidson, Rhett Akins)
2. Love You, Miss You, Mean It (Ben Hayslip, Jacob Rice, Jordan Minton, Rhett Akins)
3. Country Song Came On (Ryan Beaver, Dan Alley, Neil Medley)
4. Pair Of Boots (Bobby Pinson, Taylor Phillips, Tofer Brown, Jaxon Free)
5. But I Got A Beer In My Hand (Chase McGill, Matt Dragstrem, Geoff Warburton)
6. Kansas (Chase McGill, Hillary Lindsey, Matt Dragstrem)
7. Country On (Mark Nesler, David Frasier, Mitch Oglesby, Styles Haury)
8. Fish On The Wall (Dallas Davidson, Chris Tompkins, Ben Johnson)
9. She’s Still Got It (Rodney Clawson, Heather Morgan, Will Bundy, Jim McCormick)
10. Closing Time In California (John Byron, Mark Holman, Hillary Lindsey, Chase McGill)
11. For The Kids (Luke Bryan, Justin Ebach, Brad Tursi)
12. Southern and Slow (Matt Dragstrem, Josh Thompson, Chase McGill)
13. I’m On A Tractor (Neil Thrasher, Lee Thomas Miller)
14. Jesus ‘Bout My Kids (Jeff Hyde, Tucker Beathard, Ben Stennis, Brad Rempel)
