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.
Contents
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 Billboard's Country Albums chart. It has sold 12,000 copies in the United States as of January 2022.
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