For Recreational Use Only Blake Shelton

• 1 Stay Country or Die Tryin' 03:41
• 2 Texas 02:50
• 3 Hangin' On (feat. Gwen Stefani) 03:26
• 4 Strangers 03:21
• 5 Let Him In Anyway 03:17
• 6 Heaven Sweet Home (feat. Craig Morgan) 03:41
• 7 Life's Been Comin' Too Fast 03:10
• 8 Don't Mississippi 03:07
• 9 All of My Love 03:39
• 10 Cold Can 03:06
• 11 The Keys 02:51
• 12 Years (feat. John Anderson) 03:48
• Total Runtime 39:57

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Country-Star Blake Shelton veröffentlicht sein 13. Studio-Album am 9. Mai – bei BMG. Unter dem Titel „For Recreational Use Only“ ist es das erste Album, das Shelton bei seiner neuen Label-Heimat, der BBR Music Group, veröffentlicht. Die zu BMG gehörende BBR Music Group ist eines der erfolgreichsten Country-Labels der USA.

Die erste Singleauskopplung des Albums, „Texas“, ist bereits in die Top Ten der US-Country-Charts eingestiegen und wird sowohl von Fans als auch von den Medien gefeiert. Kurz darauf erschienen die Ballade „Let Him In Anyway“ – eine ideale Einstimmung auf das Album. „‚Let Him in Anyway‘ ist einer der emotionalsten Songs, die ich jemals aufgenommen habe“, sagt Shelton selbst. Sein bislang letztes Album hatte der Künstler vor drei Jahren veröffentlicht – für ihn eine ungewöhnlich lange Pause: „Es ist eine Weile her, dass wir ein neues Album veröffentlicht haben. Ich möchte allen Songwritern und Musikern danken, die dabei geholfen haben, das Album zum Leben zu erwecken. Ich habe lange an der Musik gearbeitet und freue mich, sie endlich mit allen Fans zu teilen“, so Shelton weiter.

„For Recreational Use Only“ enthält zwölf neue Songs über die Höhen und Tiefen des Lebens. Wie es in einer Mitteilung der BBR Music Group heißt, vereinen die Stücke auf dem Album „authentisch erzählte Geschichten, raue Emotionen und unvergessliche Melodien“. Als Gastmusiker haben die US-amerikanische Sängerin und Schauspielerin Gwen Stefani, Country-Legende John Anderson und Sheltons langjähriger Freund Craig Morgan an dem Album mitgewirkt. Aktuell tourt Blake Shelton noch mit seiner ausverkauften „Friends & Heroes“-Tour durch die Vereinigten Staaten, bevor dann im Mai sein neues Album erscheint.

Mit insgesamt fünf seiner bislang 12 Alben hat es der Musikstar bis ganz an die Spitze der Country-Charts geschafft – und zweimal sogar auf Platz eins der regulären US-Charts.

Blake Shelton

Blake Shelton
Oklahoma native Blake Shelton moved to Nashville in 1994, two weeks after his high school graduation, to launch a songwriting career that would eventually make him one of the leading males in contemporary country music. Back home, he'd received statewide attention by touring the bar circuit and winning the Denbo Diamond Award, the top award for young Oklahoma entertainers. In Nashville, Shelton was able to maintain that momentum by selling songs to several publishing houses, including Naomi Martin Music, Warner/Chappell Music, and Jerry Crutchfield Music. He also landed a solo contract with Giant Records. Favoring a traditional style of country music that included sentimental ballads as well as blue-collar rock songs, he made a splash in 2001 with the chart-topping single 'Austin,' which spent five weeks at number one. 'All Over Me' and 'Ol' Red' followed in 2002, pushing Shelton's accompanying debut album — the self-titled Blake Shelton, released by Warner Bros. after the dissolution of Giant Records — to gold status.

With Shelton's songs still enjoying airtime on country radio, he returned to the studio to work on a second album. The Dreamer appeared in February 2003, hot on the heels of another number one single titled 'The Baby.' A third album, Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill, was released in 2004, along with an accompanying DVD featuring several of his music videos. Three years later, Shelton scored his fourth consecutive gold album with Pure BS, which featured a guest appearance by girlfriend (and fellow country singer) Miranda Lambert.

Lambert and Shelton attracted more and more media attention as their relationship progressed. Lambert made another appearance on his next album, 2008's Startin' Fires, and sang about their relationship on her own release, Revolution. Shelton eventually proposed in 2010, issuing a pair of well-received EPs — Hillbilly Bone and All About Tonight — that same year. The EPs yielded three number one hits, followed in 2011 by another chart-topper, 'Honey Bee,' which doubled as the lead single from his sixth album, Red River Blue. Shelton married Lambert that spring, several weeks after joining the judging panel of NBC's prime-time singing competition The Voice.

The Voice was a smash hit, elevating Shelton's profile and assisting the sales of Red River Blue. Two seasons of the competition arrived in 2012 and that year, Shelton also released Cheers It's Christmas, a seasonal album containing duets with Reba McEntire, Michael Bublé, Kelly Clarkson, and Lambert, as well as her band Pistol Annies.

Shelton delivered Based on a True Story... — his first full-fledged album recorded since the success of The Voice — in March of 2013, preceded by the single 'Sure Be Cool If You Did' which topped the Billboard country charts.

Dieses Album enthält kein Booklet