Raised is the third studio album by American country musician Hailey Whitters. It was released on March 18, 2022, via a partnership between Big Loud and her own imprint, Pigasus.
| Raised | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 18, 2022 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 46:32 | |||
| Label |
| |||
| Producer |
| |||
| Hailey Whitters chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Singles from Raised | ||||
| ||||
Background
editHeavily inspired by her Midwestern upbringing in Iowa, Whitters has writing credits on all the tracks on Raised, with the exception of "Everybody Oughta", and the album's instrumental intro track ("Ad Astra Per Alas Porci") and its reprise as the album closer.[1] She co-produced the 17-song project with Jake Gear.[2] Whitters felt like her previous album, The Dream, drew largely from her experience in Nashville, Tennessee, but wanted to take things back to her roots with Raised and called it a "celebration of the heartland".[2] She described the song "Heartland" from her previous album as being the "mustard seed" that led to her reminiscing on her hometown and childhood memories.[3] On Raised, Whitters said "these songs are airy, breathe, and organically feel good because there's so much 'rootsiness' in them. That's who I am as a country fan, and that's what I'm bringing to this record".[4]
Its lead single, "Everything She Ain't", was released on June 1, 2022, as Whitters' debut single to country radio.[5]
The album includes a collaboration with American Aquarium on "Middle of America".[2] "Ad Astra Per Alas Porci", the instrumental intro track, lends its name from a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars on the wings of a pig", which serves as an homage to Whitters' imprint Pigasus, a portmanteau of pig and Pegasus.[4]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ad Astra Per Alas Porci" |
| 1:20 |
| 2. | "Raised" |
| 3:19 |
| 3. | "Everything She Ain't" |
| 2:31 |
| 4. | "Big Family" |
| 3:29 |
| 5. | "Middle of America" (featuring American Aquarium) |
| 3:11 |
| 6. | "Plain Jane" |
| 3:28 |
| 7. | "College Town" |
| 3:08 |
| 8. | "Interlude" |
| 0:51 |
| 9. | "Boys Back Home" |
| 3:16 |
| 10. | "Everybody Oughta" |
| 3:42 |
| 11. | "Pretty Boy" |
| 2:51 |
| 12. | "The Neon" |
| 3:34 |
| 13. | "The Grassman" |
| 0:20 |
| 14. | "Our Grass Is Legal" |
| 4:12 |
| 15. | "Beer Tastes Better" |
| 3:20 |
| 16. | "In a Field Somewhere" |
| 3:31 |
| 17. | "Ad Astra Per Alas Porci (Reprise)" |
| 0:20 |
| Total length: | 46:32 | ||
References
edit- ^ Lorie Liebig (January 14, 2022). "Hailey Whitters Announces New Album 'Raised', Shares New Single 'Everything She Ain't'". Taste of Country. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ a b c Lydia Farthing (January 14, 2022). "Hailey Whitters Revisits Her Roots On Upcoming 'Raised' Record". Music Row. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ Jim Beviglia. "Hailey Whitters Raises Memories of Home on Standout New Album". American Songwriter. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ a b Marcus K. Dowling (March 16, 2022). "Hailey Whitters on her new album, Grammy nomination and surviving a 'Ten Year Town'". The Tennessean. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ Tom Roland (June 28, 2022). "Makin' Tracks: Hailey Whitters Applies Country's Past to 'Everything She Ain't'". Billboard. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
 | This 2020s country album-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |