Mud on the Tires

Mud on the Tires
Studio album by Brad Paisley
Released	July 22, 2003
Recorded	The Castle - Franklin, TN
Genre	Country
Length	60:53
Label	Arista Nashville
Producer	Frank Rogers
Brad Paisley chronology
Part II (2001) Mud on the Tires (2003) Time Well Wasted (2005)
Singles from Mud on the Tires
"Celebrity" Released: March 17, 2003 "Little Moments" Released: September 15, 2003 "Whiskey Lullaby" Released: March 29, 2004 "Mud on the Tires" Released: September 6, 2004

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[2]
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Mud on the Tires is the third album by American country music artist Brad Paisley. Released in 2003 on Arista Nashville, it produced four hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts: the Top Five hits "Celebrity", "Little Moments" and "Whiskey Lullaby", as well as the Number One title track. The album itself has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA, while "Whiskey Lullaby" and the title-track have been certified as gold singles.

Content

The album produced four singles for Paisley. First was "Celebrity", which peaked at number 3 on the country charts. Following it were the number 2 "Little Moments", and then the number 3 "Whiskey Lullaby" in 2004. This latter song, a duet with Alison Krauss, was her first Top 40 country hit since her guest vocal on Kenny Rogers' Number One hit "Buy Me a Rose" in 2000. "Whiskey Lullaby" was later covered by Jon Randall, who co-wrote it, on his 2005 album Walking Among the Living. The title track was the fourth and final release from this album. In February 2005, this song became Paisley's fourth Number One hit.

"Is It Raining at Your House" is a cover of a song originally recorded by Vern Gosdin on his 1988 album Chiseled in Stone. Gosdin's rendition was a number 10 country hit that year. "Spaghetti Western Swing" is a narrative skit featuring Redd Volkaert. The final track is a hidden track called "Kung Pao", another skit featuring Bill Anderson, George Jones and "Little" Jimmy Dickens.

"The Cigar Song" is based on an urban legend about a man who purchases expensive cigars and takes out insurance on them, then smokes them and asks for the insurance money after claiming that they were lost in a "series of small fires".^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mud on the Tires"	Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois	3:28
2.	"Celebrity"	Paisley	3:43
3.	"Ain't Nothin' Like"	Don Sampson, Wynn Varble	3:35
4.	"Little Moments"	Paisley, DuBois	3:39
5.	"That's Love" (featuring Dan Aykroyd and James Belushi on background vocals)	Paisley, DuBois, Kelley Lovelace	4:43
6.	"Somebody Knows You Now"	Paisley	3:42
7.	"Famous People"	DuBois, Chris Wallin	4:10
8.	"Hold Me in Your Arms (And Let Me Fall)"	Paisley, DuBois, Lovelace	4:24
9.	"Whiskey Lullaby" (duet with Alison Krauss)	Bill Anderson, Jon Randall	4:19
10.	"The Best Thing That I Had Goin'"	Jerry Salley, Chris Stapleton	4:08
11.	"The Cigar Song"	Paisley	3:37
12.	"Make a Mistake"	Paisley	1:33
13.	"Make a Mistake with Me" (instrumental)	Paisley	3:15
14.	"Is It Raining at Your House"	Hank Cochran, Dean Dillon, Vern Gosdin	4:01
15.	"Spaghetti Western Swing" (narrative featuring Redd Volkaert & Kung Pao Buckaroos)	Paisley, Kevin Grantt, Rogers	4:32
16.	"Farther Along"	traditional, arr. by Paisley	5:23
17.	"Kung Pao" (hidden track featuring the Kung Pao Buckaroos (Bill Anderson, George Jones and Little Jimmy Dickens))		1:00

Personnel

Musicians

• Ron Block - banjo
• Jim "Moose" Brown - B3 organ on "Famous People"
• Randel Currie - steel guitar, pedabro on "Ain't Nothin Like"
• Eric Darken - percussion
• Jerry Douglas - Dobro
• Kevin "Swine" Grantt - bass guitar, upright bass, fretless bass
• Randy "Tiny" Hardison - drums on "Famous People"
• Bernie Herms - piano, B3 organ on "Somebody Knows You Now"
• Gary Hokker - rhythm guitar, Tic tac bass
• Alison Krauss - viola on "Whiskey Lullaby"
• Kenny Lewis - bass guitar
• Gordon J. Mote - B3 organ on "The Cigar Song" and "Little Moments"
• Brad Paisley - lead vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, 6 string bass, baritone guitar, mandolin, go-bro
• Don Sampson - finger snaps & whistle on "Ain't Nothin' Like"
• Ben Sesar - drums
• Redd Volkaert - electric guitar on "Spaghetti Western Swing"
• Justin Williamson - fiddle

Background Vocalists

• Dan Aykroyd on "That's Love"
• James Belushi on "That's Love"
• Neal Cappellino
• Vince Gill on "Farther Along"
• Wes Hightower
• Kenny Lewis
• Valerie Pringle
• Frank Rogers
• Steve Short
• Dan Tyminski
• Brian David Wills

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	8

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US
2003	"Celebrity"	3	31
	"Little Moments"	2	35
2004	"Whiskey Lullaby" (with Alison Krauss)	3	41
	"Mud on the Tires"	1	30

Certifications

Region	Certification
United States (RIAA)[4]	2× Platinum

References

1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Mud on the Tires review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r649049. Retrieved July 17, 2011. 
2. ^ Willman, Chris. "Mud on the Tires review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,474113,00.html. Retrieved July 17, 2011. 
3. ^ Mikkelson, Barb; David P. Mikkelson. "Cigarson". Snopes.com. http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp. Retrieved 2008-03-02. 
4. ^ "American album certifications – Brad Paisley – Mud on the Tires". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Mud+on+the+Tires%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

Preceded by Red Dirt Road by Brooks & Dunn

Top Country Albums number-one album August 9 - August 22, 2003

Succeeded by What the World Needs Now is Love by Wynonna