bullets in the gun

With over 70k albums sold this past week, Toby Keith returns to the pole position on the SoundScan Hot 200 Albums chart this week with Bullets in the Gun. He is joined by Kenny Chesney and the Zac Brown Band in the Top 5 this week. How did other albums fare?

Everything about Bullets in the Gun feels like a 'retro' affair, from the story-song title track to 'slice-of-life' memories to irreverent fun. Still despite all of this Toby Keith's latest album isn't dated.  Instead it feels refr

Toby Keith's next album will have the same title as this song so he must've thought the song was special.  After about a verse into this song, I knew that Toby Keith had found himself with one of the best songs of his career.  But will it find a welcoming radio audience?