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Maddie & Tae traveled a long road to get to The Way It Feels, their second album. As they were settling in to record a sequel to their 2014 debut Start Here, their label folded, forcing the duo to shift over to UMG Nashville, a move that wasn't necessarily painful, but did keep them off the airwaves for a prolonged period of time. They reemerged in 2019 with the One Heart to Another EP, which was quickly followed by another one called Everywhere I'm Goin', recordings that helped ease them back onto the airwaves, setting the stage for the spring 2020 release of their sophomore set. The Way It Feels combines the entirety of the two 2019 EPs -- that winds up being ten of the album's 15 songs -- but that's only one reason why the album feels a bit familiar, lacking the kick that characterized a good portion of Start Here. Specifically, Maddie & Tae avoid the barbed humor and snappy beat of their breakthrough hit "Girl in a Country Song," choosing to crank up the guitars and drums for just two numbers: "Bathroom Floor" and "New Dog Old Tricks," both cuts that closed out their respective EPs. This leaves the rest of The Way It Feels to explore the soft territory separating country-pop and adult contemporary, singing tales of love won and lost while taking the occasional detour to play a bit of sunny cheer. If The Way It Feels could use a little bit more of the latter -- when "Write a Book," one of the handful of new tunes here, breezes in at the midway point, the album seems to lift into the air -- all the besotted ballads and sad songs are impeccably crafted from stem to stern. Maddie & Tae and their cast of supporting writers know how to sculpt tuneful, sincere country tunes and their harmonies aren't merely convincing, but prove a balm, sounding sweet and soulful even underneath the layers of gloss by producers Jimmy Robbins and Derek Wells. The end result may not be as grabbing as Start Here, but it is professional-grade Nashville country-pop, the kind of music that sounds richer, fuller, and better with repeated plays.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Josh Thompson, ComposerLyricist - Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - BEN FOWLER, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Phillips, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Dorn, Piano, Synthesizer, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Pahl, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Eltringham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Neibank, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Robbins, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Derek Wells, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Maddie & Tae, MainArtist - Taylor Dye, ComposerLyricist - Maddie Marlow, ComposerLyricist - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - BEN FOWLER, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JUstin Niebank, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Dorn, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Pahl, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Eltringham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Robbins, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Derek Wells, Producer, Electric Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Maddie & Tae, MainArtist - Taylor Dye, ComposerLyricist - Maddie Marlow, ComposerLyricist - Josh Kerr, ComposerLyricist - IIya Toshinskiy, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Ryan Yount, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Barnes, ComposerLyricist - BEN FOWLER, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Lucido, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Buckley Miller, StudioPersonnel, Vocal Editing - Lowell Reynolds, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Clauss, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Dorn, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Robbins, Producer - Jordan Reynolds, ComposerLyricist - Kris Donegan, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Wells, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Maddie & Tae, MainArtist - Taylor Dye, ComposerLyricist - Maddie Marlow, ComposerLyricist - Evan Hutchings, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barry Dean, ComposerLyricist - Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - BEN FOWLER, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Phillips, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Russ Pahl, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Eltringham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Neibank, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Robbins, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Derek Wells, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Maddie & Tae, MainArtist - Taylor Dye, ComposerLyricist - Maddie Marlow, ComposerLyricist - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BEN FOWLER, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Lucido, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Buckley Miller, StudioPersonnel, Vocal Editing - Lowell Reynolds, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Clauss, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Dorn, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Deric Ruttan, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Robbins, Producer - Kris Donegan, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Wells, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Forest Glen Whitehead, ComposerLyricist - Maddie & Tae, MainArtist - Taylor Dye, ComposerLyricist - Maddie Marlow, ComposerLyricist - Evan Hutchings, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - BEN FOWLER, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Phillips, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Singleton, ComposerLyricist - David Dorn, Piano, Synthesizer, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Pahl, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Eltringham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Deric Ruttan, ComposerLyricist - Justin Neibank, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Robbins, Producer - Derek Wells, Producer, Electric Guitar, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Maddie & Tae, MainArtist - Taylor Dye, ComposerLyricist - Maddie Marlow, ComposerLyricist - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - BEN FOWLER, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Phillips, StudioPersonnel, Vocal Editing - Russ Pahl, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Roe, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Neibank, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Laura Veltz, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Robbins, Producer, Vocal Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Derek Wells, Producer, Engineer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Maddie & Tae, MainArtist - Taylor Dye, ComposerLyricist - Maddie Marlow, ComposerLyricist - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - BEN FOWLER, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Phillips, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Russ Pahl, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Eltringham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Neibank, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Laura Veltz, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Robbins, Producer - Derek Wells, Producer, Electric Guitar, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Maddie & Tae, MainArtist - Taylor Dye, ComposerLyricist - Maddie Marlow, ComposerLyricist - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Kerr, ComposerLyricist - IIya Toshinskiy, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - BEN FOWLER, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Phillips, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Russ Paul, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Nite, ComposerLyricist - Justin Neibank, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Robbins, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Derek Wells, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Maddie & Tae, MainArtist - Taylor Dye, ComposerLyricist - Maddie Marlow, ComposerLyricist - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - BEN FOWLER, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Phillips, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Singleton, ComposerLyricist - David Dorn, Synthesizer, Wurlitzer Electric Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Pahl, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Roe, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Deric Ruttan, ComposerLyricist - Justin Neibank, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Robbins, Producer - Derek Wells, Producer, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Maddie & Tae, MainArtist - Taylor Dye, ComposerLyricist - Maddie Marlow, ComposerLyricist - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - BEN FOWLER, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Phillips, StudioPersonnel, Vocal Editing - David Dorn, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Pahl, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Roe, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ben West, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Justin Neibank, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Robbins, Producer, Vocal Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Derek Wells, Producer, Engineer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Maddie & Tae, MainArtist - Taylor Dye, ComposerLyricist - Maddie Marlow, ComposerLyricist - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - BEN FOWLER, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Phillips, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Dorn, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Pahl, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Eltringham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dierks Bentley, Vocals, Background Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Neibank, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Robbins, Producer - Derek Wells, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Maddie & Tae, MainArtist - Taylor Dye, ComposerLyricist - Maddie Marlow, ComposerLyricist - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Kerr, ComposerLyricist - IIya Toshinskiy, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - BEN FOWLER, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Phillips, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Dorn, Piano, Synthesizer, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Pahl, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Eltringham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Nite, ComposerLyricist - Justin Neibank, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Ebach, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Robbins, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Wells, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Maddie & Tae, MainArtist - Taylor Dye, ComposerLyricist - Maddie Marlow, ComposerLyricist - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - BEN FOWLER, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Phillips, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Dorn, Piano, Synthesizer, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Pahl, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Eltringham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Neibank, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Robbins, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Hambrick, ComposerLyricist - Derek Wells, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Maddie & Tae, MainArtist - Taylor Dye, ComposerLyricist - Maddie Marlow, ComposerLyricist - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - BEN FOWLER, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Phillips, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Dorn, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Pahl, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Frasure, ComposerLyricist - Fred Eltringham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Neibank, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Laura Veltz, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Robbins, Producer - Derek Wells, Producer, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Hammond B3, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Maddie & Tae, MainArtist - Emily Weisband, ComposerLyricist - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Maddie & Tae traveled a long road to get to The Way It Feels, their second album. As they were settling in to record a sequel to their 2014 debut Start Here, their label folded, forcing the duo to shift over to UMG Nashville, a move that wasn't necessarily painful, but did keep them off the airwaves for a prolonged period of time. They reemerged in 2019 with the One Heart to Another EP, which was quickly followed by another one called Everywhere I'm Goin', recordings that helped ease them back onto the airwaves, setting the stage for the spring 2020 release of their sophomore set. The Way It Feels combines the entirety of the two 2019 EPs -- that winds up being ten of the album's 15 songs -- but that's only one reason why the album feels a bit familiar, lacking the kick that characterized a good portion of Start Here. Specifically, Maddie & Tae avoid the barbed humor and snappy beat of their breakthrough hit "Girl in a Country Song," choosing to crank up the guitars and drums for just two numbers: "Bathroom Floor" and "New Dog Old Tricks," both cuts that closed out their respective EPs. This leaves the rest of The Way It Feels to explore the soft territory separating country-pop and adult contemporary, singing tales of love won and lost while taking the occasional detour to play a bit of sunny cheer. If The Way It Feels could use a little bit more of the latter -- when "Write a Book," one of the handful of new tunes here, breezes in at the midway point, the album seems to lift into the air -- all the besotted ballads and sad songs are impeccably crafted from stem to stern. Maddie & Tae and their cast of supporting writers know how to sculpt tuneful, sincere country tunes and their harmonies aren't merely convincing, but prove a balm, sounding sweet and soulful even underneath the layers of gloss by producers Jimmy Robbins and Derek Wells. The end result may not be as grabbing as Start Here, but it is professional-grade Nashville country-pop, the kind of music that sounds richer, fuller, and better with repeated plays.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:52
- Main artists: Maddie & Tae
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mercury Nashville
- Genre: Blues/country/folk Country
© 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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