• Source: Set This Circus Down

      • Set This Circus Down is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released on April 24, 2001 by Curb Records. The album produced four singles, all of which reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.


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      The first single from his album is "Grown Men Don't Cry" released in March 2001 and was written by Tom Douglas and Steve Seskin. "Angry All the Time", the second single, was originally recorded by its writer, Bruce Robison, on his 1996 self-titled album. "The Cowboy in Me" is the third single, and it reached Number One one week after McGraw's duet with Jo Dee Messina, "Bring On the Rain". "Unbroken" became the album's final single in May 2002. "Things Change" is a studio recording of a song which McGraw had previously recorded as a live version, which reached #34 on the country charts in 2000 from unsolicited airplay. Another track from this album is "Telluride". Despite reaching #52, it wasn't officially released as a single. It also appears on Josh Gracin's 2008 album We Weren't Crazy, from which it was released as a single in December 2008. "Angel Boy" was made into a music video, which got some airplay on CMT, but was not released as a single either.


      Reception




      = Commercial performance

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      The album reached Number One on the Top Country Albums chart. It additionally peaked at No.2 on the Billboard 200 while breaking the Top 20 in Canada and peaking at No.95 in Australia. The album has since been certified 3× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of three million copies in the United States, as well as single platinum for sales in Canada.


      = Critical response

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      About.com gave a "favorable" review and said it would not "disappoint those used to the excellent song selection of Tim's previous releases." Thom Jurek from Allmusic gave it 4 out of 5 stars and noted that Tim "masterfully and consistently flows from one sound style to the next[, yet] his familiar country-pop sound remains evident throughout, especially on the title track, a song about a fast-paced couple yearning to kick back and relax in the country (no one said the themes would be original)." While Billboard magazine, and Rolling Stone all gave it positive and favorable reviews, David Brown from Entertainment Weekly gave it a B grade and said "From the eclectic songs he and his coproducers have chosen to the simple fact that his face doesn't appear on the cover for the first time, Set This Circus Down presents itself as an Important Statement, McGraw's career defining work[, though] McGraw doesn't write any of his material" when saying that the album "feels conceptual, almost autobiographical." John "weathered old reviewer" Hanson from Sputnikmusic gave it a 2.5 average after saying "Set This Circus Down, in [his] eyes his best album, shows the time where he was at both the least level of cheese, but had not yet 'sold out,' or sold out as much as you can in the Country scene."


      Track listing




      Personnel




      = Musicians

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      Tim McGraw – lead vocals
      Steve Nathan – keyboards (1, 3-14)
      Jeff Babko – keyboards (2)
      Biff Watson – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 4, 5, 7-14)
      Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar (6)
      Michael Landau – electric guitar (1, 3-14)
      B. James Lowry – electric guitar (1, 3-14)
      Brent Mason – electric guitar (2)
      Val McCallum – electric guitar (2)
      Byron Gallimore – baritone guitar (7, 11)
      Mike Henderson – baritone guitar solo (11)
      Paul Franklin – steel guitar
      Glenn Worf – bass (1, 3-11, 13, 14)
      Mike Elizondo – bass (2, 12)
      Lonnie Wilson – drums (1, 3-11, 13, 14)
      Peter M. Thomas – drums (2, 12)
      Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
      Rob Mathes – string arrangements and conductor (3, 13, 14)
      Michael Omartian – string arrangements and conductor (8)
      Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor (3, 8, 13, 14)
      The Nashville String Machine – strings (3, 8, 13, 14)
      Gene Miller – backing vocals (1-9, 11-14)
      Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (1, 3-7, 9, 11-14)
      Curtis Wright – backing vocals (2, 8)
      Curtis Young – backing vocals (8)
      Faith Hill – backing vocals (11)


      = Production

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      Byron Gallimore – producer
      Tim McGraw – producer, concept, direction
      James Stroud – producer
      Julian King – tracking engineer (1, 3-11, 13, 14), string engineer (8), additional engineer
      John Paterno – tracking engineer (2, 12), additional engineer
      Russ Martin – string engineer (3, 13, 14)
      Ricky Cobble – second tracking engineer (1, 3, 4, 5, 7-11, 13, 14), assistant string engineer (8), additional engineer
      Samie Barela – second tracking engineer (2, 12)
      Jed Hackett – second tracking engineer (6), additional engineer
      Greg Fogie – assistant second tracking engineer (1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 14)
      David Bryant – assistant string engineer (3, 13, 14), assistant second tracking engineer (5, 8, 10, 11, 13)
      Clinton Brown – additional engineer
      Dennis Davis – additional engineer
      Randy LeRoy – additional engineer
      Erik Lutkins – additional engineer
      Jonathan Merritt – additional engineer
      Ronnie Rivera – additional engineer
      Mike Shipley – mixing
      Jeff Burns – mix assistant
      Robert Hadley – mastering
      Doug Sax – mastering
      Ann Callis – production assistant
      Eric Gallimore – song assistant
      Missi Gallimore – song assistant
      Michelle Metzger – song assistant
      Tiffany Swinea – song assistant
      Kelly Clauge Wright – creative director
      Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, design, digital Illustration
      Greg Call – cover Illustration
      Marina Chavez – road photography
      Steven Klein – studio photography
      Studios

      Tracks 1, 3-11, 13 & 14 tracked at Ocean Way Nashville (Nashville, Tennessee)
      Tracks 2 & 12 tracked at Sony Music Studios (Santa Monica, California)
      Strings on Tracks 3, 13 & 14 recorded at Ocean Way Recording; Track 8 recorded at The Tracking Room (Nashville, Tennessee)
      Additional recording at Essential Sound and Final Stage Mastering (Nashville, Tennessee); The Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee); Extasy Recording South (Los Angeles, California)
      Mixed at Record One (Sherman Oaks, California)
      Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)


      Charts and certifications




      = Singles

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      All singles reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and all reached top 40 on the Hot 100 chart.


      = Certifications

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