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Kip Moore scored three big bro country hits in the two years surrounding 2012 –- "Somethin' 'Bout a Truck" was the 2011 breakthrough, followed by "Beer Money" in 2012 and "Hey Pretty Girl" in 2013 -- but he struggled on the journey to his second album, delivering two singles that, in his words, "stiffed," leading him to scrap an entire LP and write a new record, presumably one that's more commercial. Wild Ones, delivered three years after Up All Night, is that official second record and, as the neon-speckled album cover indicates, it's an album indebted to the '80s and not the hybrid of Hall & Oates and Paul Young suggested by the art, either. Moore plays up his middle-America bona fides, eager to conjure some of the spirit of fellow Springsteen fan Eric Church, but where Church prefers beefy guitars, Moore favors open-road anthems, songs that feel masculine but retain a vulnerable core. Such an emphasis on ballads and deliberate midtempo rockers gives Wild Ones a soft, even hazy touch when compared to the glossy snap of Up All Night, a shift that neatly punctures whatever lingering bro country affections remain in Moore's music. Instead of living for tomorrow's parties, he's rhapsodizing about good times once had in a style that funnels prime Bon Jovi through John Mellencamp. If Kip's songs aren't as hook-heavy or as sticky as his idols, it is nevertheless admirable that he's completely revamped his sound so he doesn't feel like anybody else in contemporary country -- not his bro country peers, not Church, not a red dirt refugee or macho rocker. He's effectively evoked the feel and aesthetic of mid-'80s heartland rock, and if that doesn't necessarily make him a wild one, it does make him a rebel of sorts.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Brett James, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris DeStefano, Producer, Mixer, Banjo, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Hank Williams, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kip Moore, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brett James, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Brophy, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Lauer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Justin Weaver, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Williams, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Brignardello, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Tom Bukovac, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob McNelley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Scotty Sanders, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Kip Moore, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Manuel Medina, ComposerLyricist - Lee Hendricks, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Dave Cohen, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Bubel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - IIya Toshinskiy, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Schmarx, Editor, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brett James, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Brophy, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Troy Verges, ComposerLyricist - Tim Lauer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Blair Daly, ComposerLyricist - Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Justin Weaver, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Williams, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Brignardello, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Tom Bukovac, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob McNelley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Scotty Sanders, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Kip Moore, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lee Hendricks, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Dave Cohen, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Bubel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - IIya Toshinskiy, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Schmarx, Editor, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brett James, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Brophy, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Lauer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Justin Weaver, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Williams, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Brignardello, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Tom Bukovac, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob McNelley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Scotty Sanders, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Kip Moore, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Westin Davis, ComposerLyricist - Lee Hendricks, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Dave Cohen, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Bubel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Dick, ComposerLyricist - IIya Toshinskiy, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Schmarx, Editor, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brett James, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Brophy, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Lauer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Justin Weaver, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Williams, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Brignardello, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Tom Bukovac, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob McNelley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Scotty Sanders, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Kip Moore, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dan Couch, ComposerLyricist - Westin Davis, ComposerLyricist - Lee Hendricks, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Dave Cohen, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Bubel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - IIya Toshinskiy, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Schmarx, Editor, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brett James, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frasier, ComposerLyricist - Nick Brophy, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Lauer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Justin Weaver, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hank Williams, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Brignardello, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Tom Bukovac, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob McNelley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Scotty Sanders, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Kip Moore, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Westin Davis, ComposerLyricist - Lee Hendricks, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Dave Cohen, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Bubel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - IIya Toshinskiy, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Schmarx, Editor, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brett James, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Brophy, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Troy Verges, ComposerLyricist - Tim Lauer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Blair Daly, ComposerLyricist - Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Justin Weaver, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Williams, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Brignardello, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Tom Bukovac, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob McNelley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Scotty Sanders, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Kip Moore, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lee Hendricks, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Dave Cohen, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Bubel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - IIya Toshinskiy, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Schmarx, Editor, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brett James, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Brophy, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Lauer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Justin Weaver, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Williams, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Brignardello, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Tom Bukovac, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob McNelley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Scotty Sanders, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Kip Moore, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dan Couch, ComposerLyricist - Lee Hendricks, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Adam Browder, ComposerLyricist - Dave Cohen, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Bubel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Erich Wigdahl, ComposerLyricist - IIya Toshinskiy, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Schmarx, Editor, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brett James, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rodney Clawson, ComposerLyricist - Chris DeStefano, Producer, Mixer, Banjo, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Hank Williams, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kip Moore, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brett James, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Brophy, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Lauer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Weaver, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rob McNelley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Kip Moore, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Westin Davis, ComposerLyricist - Matt Bubel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Schmarx, Editor, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brett James, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Brophy, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Lauer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Justin Weaver, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Williams, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Brignardello, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Tom Bukovac, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob McNelley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Scotty Sanders, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Kip Moore, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dan Couch, ComposerLyricist - Lee Hendricks, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Dave Cohen, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Bubel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Dick, ComposerLyricist - IIya Toshinskiy, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Schmarx, Editor, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brett James, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Brophy, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Troy Verges, ComposerLyricist - Tim Lauer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Blair Daly, ComposerLyricist - Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Justin Weaver, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Williams, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Brignardello, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Tom Bukovac, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob McNelley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Scotty Sanders, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Kip Moore, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lee Hendricks, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Dave Cohen, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Bubel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - IIya Toshinskiy, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Schmarx, Editor, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brett James, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Brophy, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Lauer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ross Copperman, ComposerLyricist - Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Justin Weaver, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Williams, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Brignardello, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Tom Bukovac, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob McNelley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Scotty Sanders, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kip Moore, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lee Hendricks, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Dave Cohen, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Bubel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Dylan, ComposerLyricist - IIya Toshinskiy, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Schmarx, Editor, Asst. Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Kip Moore scored three big bro country hits in the two years surrounding 2012 –- "Somethin' 'Bout a Truck" was the 2011 breakthrough, followed by "Beer Money" in 2012 and "Hey Pretty Girl" in 2013 -- but he struggled on the journey to his second album, delivering two singles that, in his words, "stiffed," leading him to scrap an entire LP and write a new record, presumably one that's more commercial. Wild Ones, delivered three years after Up All Night, is that official second record and, as the neon-speckled album cover indicates, it's an album indebted to the '80s and not the hybrid of Hall & Oates and Paul Young suggested by the art, either. Moore plays up his middle-America bona fides, eager to conjure some of the spirit of fellow Springsteen fan Eric Church, but where Church prefers beefy guitars, Moore favors open-road anthems, songs that feel masculine but retain a vulnerable core. Such an emphasis on ballads and deliberate midtempo rockers gives Wild Ones a soft, even hazy touch when compared to the glossy snap of Up All Night, a shift that neatly punctures whatever lingering bro country affections remain in Moore's music. Instead of living for tomorrow's parties, he's rhapsodizing about good times once had in a style that funnels prime Bon Jovi through John Mellencamp. If Kip's songs aren't as hook-heavy or as sticky as his idols, it is nevertheless admirable that he's completely revamped his sound so he doesn't feel like anybody else in contemporary country -- not his bro country peers, not Church, not a red dirt refugee or macho rocker. He's effectively evoked the feel and aesthetic of mid-'80s heartland rock, and if that doesn't necessarily make him a wild one, it does make him a rebel of sorts.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:07
- Main artists: Kip Moore
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: MCA Nashville
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2015 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2015 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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