Magnolia (Randy Houser album)

Magnolia is the fifth studio album by American country music singer Randy Houser. It was released on January 11, 2019 via Broken Bow Records' Stoney Creek imprint. The album includes the single "What Whiskey Does", a duet with Hillary Lindsey.

Content

Magnolia was originally slated for release on November 2, 2018, but Houser chose to postpone the album's release. The lead single, "What Whiskey Does", features Hillary Lindsey.

Houser produced the album with singer-songwriter Keith Gattis. Of its content, he told Taste of Country that "When writing for this new project, I knew the production had to lean on songs and melodies, not a bunch of tricks and loops. That was the catalyst for the album. So, for the past two years we’ve been focused on trying to find a unique sound and trying to best serve the songs."

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 11 on Billboards Country Albums chart. It has sold 12,000 copies in the United States as of January 2022.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.

Musicians and Vocals

• Randy Houser – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Rami Jaffee – keyboards, Hammond B3 organ
• John Henry Trinko – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ, toy piano, accordion
• Keith Gattis – programming, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, electric guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass, percussion, harmonica, backing vocals
• Dan Baird – electric guitar
• Audley Freed – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• John Osborne – electric guitar, backing vocals
• Randy Kohrs – dobro
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
• Robby Turner – pedal steel guitar
• Lee Hendricks – bass
• Billy Mercer – bass
• Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
• Fred Eltringham – drums, percussion
• Kevin Murphy – drums
• Craig Wright – drums
• David Henry – strings
• Jessi Alexander – backing vocals
• Lucie Silvas – backing vocals (2)
• Hillary Lindsey – backing vocals (3)
• Gale Mayes – backing vocals
• T. J. Osborne – backing vocals

Production and Technical

• Randy Houser – producer
• Keith Gattis – producer, engineer
• Leo Roriz – engineer, additional recording, digital editing
• Kevin Szymanski – recording, mixing, digital editing
• Charlie Brocco – additional recording
• Justin Niebank – additional mixing
• Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
• Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator

Visuals

• David Bromley – illustrations
• Tatiana Houser – photography
• Glenn Sweitzer – package design
• Ray Pederson – signwriting

Charts

References