Turn It Up (Josh Thompson album)

Turn It Up
Studio album by Josh Thompson
Released	April 1, 2014
Genre	Country, bro-country
Length	31:21
Label	Show Dog-Universal Music
Producer	Mark Wright Cliff Audretch III
Josh Thompson chronology
Way Out Here (2010) Turn It Up (2014) Change: The Lost Record, Vol. 1 (2015)
Singles from Turn It Up
"Cold Beer with Your Name on It" Released: August 12, 2013 "Wanted Me Gone" Released: April 28, 2014

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Turn It Up is the second studio album by American country music artist Josh Thompson. It was released on April 1, 2014 via Show Dog-Universal Music.^[2][3] The album includes the single "Cold Beer with Your Name on It".^[4][5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Down for a Get Down"	Cliff Audretch III, Kendell Marvel, Josh Thompson	2:30
2.	"Turn It Up"	Casey Beathard, Marvel, Thompson	3:15
3.	"Cold Beer with Your Name on It"	Brent Anderson, Clint Daniels	3:21
4.	"Wanted Me Gone"	Thompson, Brad Warren, Brett Warren	3:11
5.	"Hillbilly Limo"	Jaren Johnston, Thompson	2:47
6.	"A Little Memory"	Marvel, John Ozier, Thompson	3:06
7.	"Drink Drink Drink"	Wes Hightower, Phil O'Donnell, Thompson	2:58
8.	"Left This Town"	Jeff Middleton, Thompson	3:12
9.	"Firebird"	Brent Cobb, Brandon Kinney, Thompson	3:11
10.	"Hank Crankin' People"	Marvel, Justin Moore, O'Donnell, Thompson	3:50
Total length:			31:21

Personnel

• Richard Bennett - acoustic guitar
• Perry Coleman - background vocals
• Shannon Forrest - drums, drum programming
• Tania Hancheroff - background vocals
• Wes Hightower - background vocals
• Justin Levenson - percussion
• Mac McAnally - acoustic guitar, mandola
• Rob McNelley - electric guitar
• Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
• Jimmie Lee Sloas - bass guitar
• Bobby Terry - acoustic guitar
• Josh Thompson - lead vocals
• Jimmy Wallace - Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano, Wurlitzer
• Glenn Worf - bass guitar

Chart performance

The album debuted at No. 36 on the Billboard 200 and No. 7 on the Top Country Albums chart, with 9,000 copies sold in its first week in the US.^[6] The album has sold 25,000 copies in the US as of July 2014.^[7]

Album

Chart (2014)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[8]	36
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9]	7

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country [10]	US Country Airplay [11]	CAN [12]
2013	"Cold Beer with Your Name on It"	32	27	88
2014	"Wanted Me Gone"	—	44	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Turn It Up – Josh Thompson". AllMusic. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
2. Wyland, Sarah (February 6, 2014). "Josh Thompson to Release Turn It Up on April 1". Great American Country. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
3. Ragusa, Tammy (February 5, 2014). "Josh Thompson Promises to "Turn It Up"". Country Weekly. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
4. Horton, Carrie (February 6, 2014). "Josh Thompson Announces New Album, ‘Turn It Up’". Taste of Country. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
5. Allers, Hannahlee (February 6, 2014). "Josh Thompson Reveals Cover Art, Track Listing and Release Date for New Album". The Boot. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
6. Alanna Conaway (April 9, 2014). "Country Album Chart News: The Week of April 9, 2014: Where It All Began for Dan+Shay and Nickel Creek's A Dotted Line Debut". Roughstock.
7. Matt Bjorke (July 23, 2014). "Country Album Sales Report: July 23, 2014". Roughstock.
8. "Josh Thompson – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Josh Thompson.
9. "Josh Thompson – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Josh Thompson.
10. "Josh Thompson Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
11. "Josh Thompson Album & Song Chart History - Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
12. "Josh Thompson Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 7, 2014.