Play (Brad Paisley album)

Infobox Album | Name = Play
Type = studio
Artist = Brad Paisley


Released = start date|2008|11|04
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = Arista Nashville
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "5th Gear" (2007)
This album = "Play"
(2008)
Next album = |

"Play" is the seventh studio album by country singer Brad Paisley. It will be released on November 4, 2008.cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1592574/brad-paisley-gets-ready-for-election-day-play.jhtml |title=Brad Paisley Gets Ready for Election Day "Play" |accessdate=2008-08-12 |format= |work=CMT ] The album will feature appearances by Vince Gill, Keith Urban, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert, Steve Wariner and B. B. King.cite web |url=http://www.theboot.com/2008/07/18/brad-paisley-is-at-play-with-new-album/ |title=Brad Paisley is at 'Play' With New Album |accessdate=2008-07-24 |format= |work=The Boot ] It also features a collaboration between Paisley and the late Buck Owens on a song co-written by Owens.cite web |url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,3034,GAC_26063_5847748,00.html |title=Next Brad Paisley CD Features Buck |accessdate=2008-07-24 |format= |work=Great American Country ]

"Play" will be largely an album of instrumentals, though Paisley will sing on a few songs.cite web |url=http://www.theboot.com/2008/07/18/brad-paisley-is-at-play-with-new-album/ |title=Brad Paisley is at 'Play' With New Album |accessdate=2008-07-24 |format= |work=The Boot ] It will not be strictly a country music record, featuring jazz guitar and a song described by Paisley as "very heavy metal."cite web |url=http://www.charlotte.com/443/story/716733.html |title=He can pick it, and he can pick 'em |accessdate=2008-07-24 |format= |work=The Charlotte Observer ]

The album leaked on file sharing sites on October 7, 2008.

The album's lead-off single, "Start a Band" (a duet with Keith Urban), debuted at #31 on the country charts dated for September 27, 2008. This is the highest chart debut of Paisley's career.

Track listing

cite web |url=http://www.countryondemand.com/news/2008/07/brad-paisleys-play-in-stores.shtml |title=Brad Paisley's "Play" In Stores This September |accessdate=2008-07-24 |format= |work=Country On-Demand ]
#"Huckleberry Jam"
#"Turf's Up"
#"Start a Band"
#*featuring Keith Urban
#"Kim"
#"Departure"
#"Come On In"
#*featuring Buck Owens
#"Playing with Fire"
#"Kentucky Jelly"
#"More Than Just This Song"
#*featuring Steve Wariner
#"Les Is More"
#"Pre-Cluster Cluster Pluck Prequel"
#"Cluster Pluck"
#"Cliffs of Rock City"
#"Let the Good Times Roll"
#*featuring B. B. King
#"What a Friend We Have in Jesus"

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