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Tracklist
A1        Renegade Runaway
Acoustic Guitar – Bryan Sutton
Backing Vocals – Hillary Lindsey
Bass – Jerry Flowers (2)
Drums, Percussion – Fred Eltringham
Electric Guitar – Jay Joyce, Tom Bukovac
Keyboards – Jay Joyce, John Deaderick
Programmed By, Synth [Synth Pad] – Jay Joyce
Written-By – Carrie Underwood, Chris DeStefano, Hillary Lindsey
3:40
A2        Dirty Laundry
Acoustic Guitar – Bryan Sutton
Backing Vocals – Hillary Lindsey
Bass – Jerry Flowers (2)
Drums, Percussion – Fred Eltringham
Electric Guitar – Jay Joyce, Tom Bukovac
Keyboards – Jay Joyce, John Deaderick
Programmed By, Synth [Synth Pad] – Jay Joyce
Written-By – Ashley Gorley, Hillary Lindsey, Zach Crowell
3:25
A3        Church Bells
Acoustic Guitar – Ilya Toshinskiy*
Backing Vocals – Carrie Underwood, Perry Coleman
Bass – Michael Rhodes
Drums – Chris McHugh
Electric Guitar – Kenny Greenberg
Percussion – Eric Darken
Piano – Jimmy Nichols
Programmed By, Synthesizer – Charlie Judge*
Written-By – Brett James, Hillary Lindsey, Zach Crowell
3:15
A4        Heartbeat
Acoustic Guitar, Banjo – Patrick McGrath*
Backing Vocals – Sam Hunt (4), Zach Crowell
Bass – Jimmie Lee Sloas
Cello, Pedal Steel Guitar – Devin Malone
Dobro – Adam Ollendorff
Drums – Chris McHugh
Electric Guitar – Derek Wells, Devin Malone
Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Programmed By – Zach Crowell
Written-By – Ashley Gorley, Carrie Underwood, Zach Crowell
3:31
A5        Smoke Break
Acoustic Guitar – Forest Glen Whitehead
Backing Vocals – Chris DeStefano, Hillary Lindsey
Bass – Dave Roe, Jay Joyce
Drums, Percussion – Fred Eltringham
Electric Guitar, Programmed By, Synth [Synth Pad] – Jay Joyce
Keyboards – John Deaderick
Written-By – Carrie Underwood, Chris DeStefano, Hillary Lindsey
3:20
B1        Choctaw County Affair
Backing Vocals – The McCrary Sisters
Bass – Dave Roe
Drums, Percussion – Fred Eltringham
Electric Guitar – Jay Joyce, Rob McNelley
Harmonica – Travis Meadows
Keyboards – John Deaderick
Written-By – Jason White (5)
3:31
B2        Like I'll Never Love You Again
Acoustic Guitar – Forest Glen Whitehead
Backing Vocals – Chris DeStefano, Hillary Lindsey
Bass – Dave Roe, Jay Joyce
Drums, Percussion – Fred Eltringham
Electric Guitar, Programmed By, Synth [Synth Pad] – Jay Joyce
Keyboards – John Deaderick
Written-By – Hillary Lindsey, Liz Rose, Lori McKenna
3:37
B3        Chaser
Acoustic Guitar – Bryan Sutton
Backing Vocals – Hillary Lindsey
Bass – Jerry Flowers (2)
Drums, Percussion – Fred Eltringham
Electric Guitar – Jay Joyce, Tom Bukovac
Keyboards – Jay Joyce, John Deaderick
Programmed By, Synth [Synth Pad] – Jay Joyce
Written-By – Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey, Mike Elizondo
4:24
B4        Relapse
Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin – Patrick McGrath*
Backing Vocals – Jerry Flowers (2), Zach Crowell
Bass – Jimmie Lee Sloas
Drums – Chris McHugh
Electric Guitar – Derek Wells, Devin Malone
Keyboards, Programmed By – Zach Crowell
Written-By – Ben Caver, Brett James, Sara Haze
3:24
C1        Clock Don't Stop
Acoustic Guitar – Ilya Toshinskiy*
Backing Vocals – Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey, Perry Coleman
Bass – Jimmie Lee Sloas
Drums – Chris McHugh
Electric Guitar – Kenny Greenberg
Percussion – Eric Darken
Piano – Jimmy Nichols
Programmed By, Synthesizer – Charlie Judge*
Written-By – Blair Daly, Chris DeStefano, Hillary Lindsey
3:23
C2        The Girl You Think I Am
Accordion – Charlie Judge*
Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin – Ilya Toshinskiy*
Backing Vocals – Hillary Lindsey, Perry Coleman
Bass – Jimmie Lee Sloas
Drums – Chris McHugh
Electric Guitar – Kenny Greenberg
Percussion – Eric Darken
Piano – Jimmy Nichols
Written-By – Carrie Underwood, David Hodges, Hillary Lindsey
3:38
C3        Mexico
Acoustic Guitar – Ilya Toshinskiy*
Backing Vocals – Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey, James Moore*, Perry Coleman
Bass – Michael Rhodes
Drums – Chris McHugh
Electric Guitar – Kenny Greenberg, Tom Bukovac
Percussion – Eric Darken
Piano – Jimmy Nichols
Synthesizer – Charlie Judge*
Written-By – Derrick Adam Southerland*, Jamie Moore, Kathleen Higgins
3:28
C4        What I Never Knew I Always Wanted
Acoustic Guitar – Ilya Toshinskiy*
Backing Vocals – Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey
Bass – Michael Rhodes
Drums – Chris McHugh
Electric Guitar – Kenny Greenberg
Percussion – Eric Darken
Piano – Jimmy Nichols
Programmed By, Synthesizer – Charlie Judge*
Written-By – Brett James, Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey
3:35

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 19 Recordings Ltd.
Licensed To – Sony Music Nashville
Copyright © – Sony Music Entertainment
Distributed By – Sony Music Entertainment
A&R [Assistance] – Kirsten Wines (tracks: A3, B3-C1)
Coordinator [Production] – Kenley Flynn (tracks: A4, B4), Mike "Frog" Griffith (tracks: A3, C1 to C4)
Creative Director, Design – Scott McDaniel
Design [Package] – Grace Boto
Edited By [Digital] – Chris Small (tracks: A3, C1 to C4), Derek Bason (tracks: A3, C1 to C4), Zach Crowell (tracks: A4, B4)
Engineer [2nd Assistant] – Caleb VanBuskirk (tracks: A1, A2, A5 to B3)
Engineer [Additional] – Adam Chagnon (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4), Andrew Schubert (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4), Zach Crowell (tracks: A4, B4)
Engineer [Assistant] – Paul Cossette (tracks: A1, A2, A5 to B3)
Management – Ann Edelblute
Mastered By – Adam Ayan
Mixed By – Chris Lord-Alge (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4), Derek Bason (tracks: A3, C1 to C4)
Mixed By [Assistant] – Chris Small (tracks: A3, C1 to C4), Keith Armstrong (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4), Nik Karpen (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4)
Photography By – Randee St. Nicholas
Producer – Jay Joyce (tracks: A1, A2, A5 to B3), Mark Bright (tracks: A3, C1 to C4), Zach Crowell (tracks: A4, B4)
Producer [Assistant] – Melissa Spillman (tracks: A1, A2, A5 to B3)
Recorded By – Derek Bason (tracks: A3, C1 to C4), Jason Hall (tracks: A1, A2, A5 to B3), Nick Autry (tracks: A4, B4)
Recorded By [Assistant] – Chris Small (tracks: A3, C1 to C4), Kam Luchterhand (tracks: A4, B4)
Limited edition etched art double LP. Gatefold sleeve.
Side D is described as "Etched Collector Art".

"Something in the Water," the new single tacked onto Carrie Underwood's 2014 compilation Greatest Hits: Decade #1, was an operatic blowout on par with her 2012 smash "Blown Away" -- something grand and melodramatic, suggesting Vegas as much as it suggested inspirational music. Storyteller, her fifth album and first since her career recap, certainly contains cinematic elements -- Underwood has been proud to be a diva ever since she prowled the stages of American Idol a decade prior -- but the title isn't a feint; she spends a good chunk of the album reiterating, singing about heartbreak, hair triggers, red wine, dirty laundry, and smoke breaks, the mundane details that turn life so joyous and tragic. Subtlety isn't Underwood's strong suit so the songs tend to be a bit on the nose, whether she's pledging devotion to her newborn son on the sweet closer "What I Never Knew I Always Wanted" or streamlining Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billy Joe" via the stomping "Choctaw County Affair," but that directness is key to her appeal: there are no greys in Carrie's music, only blazing primary colors. Appropriately enough, Storyteller gleams with steely assurance, perhaps the toughest and boldest record yet but one that hardly soft-pedals her softer side. Carrie isn't an unapologetic spitfire like her "Something Bad" duet partner Miranda Lambert. She is, as she says in her album title, a Storyteller, and there's an unmistakable distance between her theatrics and the subjects of her tunes; she isn't living these songs, she's performing them. Like a skilled actor, Underwood chooses her roles wisely -- she's comfortable swaggering through the leadoff pair of "Renegade Runaway" and "Dirty Laundry," while she eases into the comforting melancholy of "The Girl You Think I Am" -- and she knows how to deliver the essence of each song, modulating her performances not only so they match the grand productions of Jay Joyce, Mark Bright, and Zach Crowell but so they always are the focal point. That's no small feat and Storyteller is no small album: it demands attention and it deserves it, too. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: COUNTRY
• Format Type: 2xLP
• Released: 12/04/2015