{"id":7115,"date":"2021-05-14T17:08:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T17:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umgnashville.com\/alan-jacksons-where-have-you-gone-first-new-album-in-six-years-available-today\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T16:13:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T16:13:08","slug":"alan-jacksons-where-have-you-gone-first-new-album-in-six-years-available-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umgnashville.com\/alan-jacksons-where-have-you-gone-first-new-album-in-six-years-available-today\/","title":{"rendered":"ALAN JACKSON\u2019S WHERE HAVE YOU GONE \u2013 FIRST NEW ALBUM IN SIX YEARS \u2013 AVAILABLE TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ALAN JACKSON\u2019S <em>WHERE HAVE YOU GONE<\/em> \u2013 FIRST NEW ALBUM IN SIX YEARS \u2013 AVAILABLE TODAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Album Features 21 Songs, 15 Written by the Award-Winning Entertainer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Country Music Icon Performs Tonight on NBC\u2019s <em>Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em>;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Upcoming Appearances Also Include PBS\u2019 <em>National Memorial Day Concert<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umgnashville.com\/files\/2023\/01\/AJ_WHYG_Cvr_10x10_HIres_WEB-1-scaled-5-compressed.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umgnashville.com\/files\/2023\/01\/AJ_WHYG_Cvr_10x10_HIres_WEB-1-300x300-2-compressed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Country superstar Alan Jackson releases his first album of all new music in six years today. <a href=\"https:\/\/strm.to\/AJWhereHaveYouGonePR\"><em>Where Have You Gone<\/em><\/a> features 21 songs \u2013 15 of them written by the <em>Songwriters Hall of Fame<\/em> member himself. It\u2019s his 16<sup>th<\/sup> studio album \u2013 the 25<sup>th<\/sup> in a career that includes two Christmas albums, two gospel albums, three Greatest Hits collections, a bluegrass album, and one boxed set. Longtime producer Keith Stegall again plays that role on <em>Where Have You Gone<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plain-spoken wordsmith sings about fatherly love, once-in-a-lifetime loss and the barn-burnin’ honky-tonk music that remains near his heart,\u201d notes <em>USA Today<\/em>. \u201c<em>Where Have You Gone<\/em>\u00a0is the quiet superstar’s rebuke to those who would forget the roots of where this music comes from,\u201d says <em>HITS<\/em> magazine, while <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> calls <em>Where Have You Gone<\/em> \u201ca sprawling 21-track compilation that finds the Country Music Hall of Fame member reflecting on the state of his beloved genre, paying tribute to his late mother, and, in some songs, simply having a honky-tonking good time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Jackson will mark today\u2019s release of <em>Where Have You Gone<\/em> with a performance of \u201cWay Down In My Whiskey\u201d from the album this evening on NBC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/the-tonight-show\/guests\/alan-jackson\/445e1178c1de5864b9a7796a37467f0795e42e6c\"><em>Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em><\/a> (11:35pm ET\/10:35pm CT). On Sunday, May 30, Jackson will appear as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/\"><em>National Memorial Day Concert<\/em><\/a> on PBS (8:00pm ET). He\u2019s currently featured on Apple Music\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/apple.co\/_EssentialsRadio\"><em>Essentials Radio<\/em><\/a>, reflecting on his life and career with host Kelleigh Bannen.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Led by the self-penned title track, <em>Where Have You Gone<\/em> is highlighted by such songs as the poignant and thoughtful \u201cThings That Matter,\u201d the heartache-filled \u201cWay Down in My Whiskey\u201d and the tender \u201cI Can Be That Something.\u201d Never one to shy away from reflecting real life in his music, \u201cYou\u2019ll Always Be My Baby\u201d and \u201cI Do\u201d were written for his daughters\u2019 weddings\u2026while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BvhJk1pRfxE\">\u201cWhere Her Heart Has Always Been\u201d<\/a> was written for his mother\u2019s funeral and includes a recording of her reading from The Bible. There\u2019s also plenty of fun to be had on barnburners like \u201cLivin\u2019 On Empty,\u201d \u201cBack\u201d and \u201cBeer:10.\u201d And, in the spirit of the album\u2019s overall sound, \u201cThat\u2019s The Way Love Goes (A Tribute to Merle Haggard)\u201d is a bonus track.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cReal country songs are life and love and heartache, drinking and Mama and having a good time,\u201d the <em>Country Music Hall of Fame<\/em> member says. \u201cYou listen to these songs, and you realize these things are true,\u201d he adds. \u201cI just <em>love<\/em> this kind of music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>ALAN JACKSON\u2019S <em>WHERE HAVE YOU GONE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Track Listing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u201cWhere Have You Gone\u201d (Alan Jackson)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWishful Drinkin\u2019\u201d (Alan Jackson)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI Can Be That Something\u201d (Alan Jackson)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhere the Cottonwood Grows\u201d (Alan Jackson)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWay Down In My Whiskey\u201d (Alan Jackson)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThings That Matter\u201d (Robert Keith Stegall, Michael White)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLivin’ On Empty\u201d (Alan Jackson)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYou’ll Always Be My Baby (Written for Daughters\u2019 Weddings)\u201d (Alan Jackson)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhere Her Heart Has Always Been (Written for Mama\u2019s funeral with an old recording of her reading from The Bible)\u201d (Alan Jackson)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Boot\u201d (Adam Wright)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBack\u201d (Alan Jackson)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWrite It In Red\u201d (Alan Jackson)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSo Late So Soon\u201d (Scotty Emerick, Daniel Tashian, Sarah Buxton)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThis Heart Of Mine\u201d (Adam Wright)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cA Man Who Never Cries\u201d (Alan Jackson)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cChain\u201d (Alan Jackson)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI Was Tequila\u201d (Alan Jackson)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI Do (Written for Daughters’ Weddings)\u201d (Alan Jackson)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBeer:10\u201d (Alan Jackson)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Older I Get\u201d* (Hailey Whitters, Adam Wright, Sarah Turner)<br \/>\nExtra Track: \u201cThat’s The Way Love Goes\u201d (A Tribute to Merle Haggard) (Lefty Frizzell, Whitey Shafer)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Produced by Robert Keith Stegall<\/p>\n<p>*Produced by Keith Stegall<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong><u>ABOUT ALAN JACKSON:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A member of the <em>Country Music Hall of Fame<\/em> and an inductee to the <em>Songwriters Hall of Fame<\/em>, Alan Jackson\u2019s membership among music\u2019s all-time greats is part of a long line of career-defining accolades that include three <em>CMA Entertainer of the Year<\/em> honors, 30 years of membership in the <em>Grand Ole Opry<\/em>, a <em>Billboard<\/em> ranking as one of the <em>Top 10 Country Artists of All-Time<\/em>, induction to the <em>Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame<\/em>, and the <em>Heritage Award<\/em> as the most-performed country songwriter-artist of ASCAP\u2019s first 100 years.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>The man from rural Newnan, GA has sold nearly 60-million albums worldwide, ranks as one of the 10 best-selling male vocalists of all-time (rock, pop and country). He has released more than 60 singles \u2013 registering 50 Top Ten hits and 35 #1s (including 26 <em>Billboard<\/em> chart-toppers). He has earned more than 150 major music industry awards \u2013 including 19 Academy of Country Music Awards, 16 Country Music Association Awards, a pair of Grammys and ASCAP\u2019s Founders and Golden Note Awards.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Jackson is one of the most successful and respected singer-songwriters in music. He\u2019s also the man behind one of Nashville\u2019s most-popular tourist stops, <em>AJ\u2019s Good Time Bar<\/em>, a four-story honky-tonk in the heart of downtown featuring daily live music and a rooftop view of Music City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALAN JACKSON\u2019S WHERE HAVE YOU GONE \u2013 FIRST NEW ALBUM IN SIX YEARS \u2013 AVAILABLE TODAY Album Features 21 Songs, 15 Written by the Award-Winning Entertainer Country Music Icon Performs Tonight on NBC\u2019s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; Upcoming Appearances Also Include PBS\u2019 National Memorial Day Concert Country superstar Alan Jackson releases his first album […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[114,179,824],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ALAN JACKSON\u2019S WHERE HAVE YOU GONE \u2013 FIRST NEW ALBUM IN SIX YEARS \u2013 AVAILABLE TODAY - UMG Nashville<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umgnashville.com\/alan-jacksons-where-have-you-gone-first-new-album-in-six-years-available-today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ALAN JACKSON\u2019S WHERE HAVE YOU GONE \u2013 FIRST NEW ALBUM IN SIX YEARS \u2013 AVAILABLE TODAY - UMG Nashville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ALAN JACKSON\u2019S WHERE HAVE YOU GONE \u2013 FIRST NEW ALBUM IN SIX YEARS \u2013 AVAILABLE TODAY Album Features 21 Songs, 15 Written by the Award-Winning Entertainer Country Music Icon Performs Tonight on NBC\u2019s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; 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