Thin Line (album)

Thin Line
Thin Line
Studio album by Billy Ray Cyrus
Released	September 9, 2016
Genre	Country
Length	65:59
Label	Blue Cadillac Music
Producer	Billy Ray Cyrus, Brandon Friesen, Stewart Cararas, Jason Charles Miller, Shooter Jennings, Andrew Rollins
Billy Ray Cyrus chronology
Singles from Thin Line
	"Hey Elvis"; Released: June 6, 2016; "Thin Line"; Released: August 12, 2016;

Thin Line is the fourteenth studio album by country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, and his second on own record label Blue Cadillac Music. It was released on September 9, 2016.^[1] The album peaked at #49 on the Country Charts.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Thin Line" (featuring Shelby Lynne)	Billy Ray Cyrus		4:30
2.	"Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)"	Kris Kristofferson	Stewart Cararas, Jason Charles Miller	5:07
3.	"They're Playin' Our Song"	Bob DiPiero, John Jarrard, Mark D. Sanders		3:52
4.	"My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys"	Sharon Vaughn	Cararas, Miller	3:03
5.	"Stop Pickin' on Willie"	B. R. Cyrus, Corky Holbrook, Terry Shelton	Cararas, Miller	3:09
6.	"Sunday Morning Coming Down" (featuring Shelby Lynne)	Kristofferson	Cararas, Miller	5:00
7.	"Tulsa Time" (featuring Joe Perry)	Danny Flowers	Cararas, Miller	4:02
8.	"Hillbilly On"	Dean Alexander, Skip Black, Brian Maher		4:05
9.	"Killing the Blues" (featuring Shooter Jennings)	Rowland Salley		3:51
10.	"I've Always Been Crazy" (featuring Shooter Jennings, Lee Roy Parnell)	Waylon Jennings		4:28
11.	"Hey Elvis" (featuring Bryan Adams and Glenn Hughes)	Adams, Gretchen Peters		4:11
12.	"Help Me Make It Through the Night" (featuring Kenley Shea Holm)	Kristofferson		3:10
13.	"Hope (Let It Find You)"	B. R. Cyrus, Jason Charles Miller, Andrew Rollins	Cararas, Miller, Andrew Rollins	4:25
14.	"Going Where the Lonely Go" (featuring Braison Cyrus)	Merle Haggard, Dean Holloway	Cararas, Miller	4:09
15.	"Angels Protect This Home" (featuring Miley Cyrus)	B. R. Cyrus, Miley Cyrus		8:57

Personnel

Musicians

Bryan Adams – vocals on "Hey Elvis"
Russell Ali – electric guitar on "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" and "Going Where the Lonely Go"
William von Arx – lead guitar on "Stop Pickin' on Willie"
Anthony Braunagle – drums
Alexander Burke – keyboards, mandolin, piano
Stewart Cararas – electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14)
Billy Ray Cyrus – acoustic guitar, percussion, Tibetan bowls, lead vocals
Braison Cyrus – electric guitar and vocals on "Going Where the Lonely Go"
Miley Cyrus – percussion, Tibetan bowls, and vocals on "Angels Protect This Home"
Jamie Douglass – drums, percussion
Brandon Friesen – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, piano
Rebekkah Friesen – acoustic guitar, background vocals
Tony Furtado – banjo
Cynthia Gillet – bass guitar, background vocals
Noah Gordon – background vocals
Angella Grossi – percussion
Adam Hall – banjo, dobro, lap steel guitar
Zach Hall – bass guitar on "Tulsa Time"
Michael "Fish" Herring – electric guitar
Kenley Shae Holm – vocals on "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
Glenn Hughes – vocals on "Hey Elvis" and "Hope (Let It Find You)"
Angela Hurt – background vocals
Shooter Jennings – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Hammond organ, piano, programming, producer, vocals on "Killing the Blues" and "I've Always Been Crazy"
Ted Russell Kamp – bass guitar
Peter Keys – keyboards, piano
Jeff King – electric guitar
Johnny Lee – acoustic guitar
Shelby Lynne – vocals on "Thin Line" and "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
Reggie McBride – bass guitar
Jason Charles Miller – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, background vocals (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14)
Ian Newbill – electric guitar on "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys"
Lee Roy Parnell – slide guitar on "I've Always Been Crazy"
Joe Perry – electric guitar on "Tulsa Time"
Mark Plummer – background vocals on "Tulsa Time"
Jimmy Pugh – Hammond organ, piano
David Rehmann – drums
Aubrey Richmond – fiddle
Andrew Rollins – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals on "Hope (Let It Find You)"
Wendy Starland – background vocals
The Tambourine Brothers – tambourine
Drew Taubenfeld – pedal steel guitar
Cliff Wagner – banjo, fiddle

Technical

Neil Baldock – engineer
Geoff Bisente – assistant engineer, engineer
Stewart Cararas – producer, engineer, mixer (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14), additional engineering/production (Tracks 1, 8, 12,)
Billy Ray Cyrus – engineer, producer
Billy Decker – mixing
Jim DeMain – mastering
Brandon Friesen – engineer, mixing, producer, programming
Noah Gordon – editing, producer
Ben Grafton – assistant engineer
Casey Henderson – assistant engineer
Derek Jones – assistant engineer
Shim Kratky – assistant engineer
Jason Charles Miller – producer (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14), additional engineering/production (Tracks 1, 8, 12,)
Jimmy Plann – drum programming, engineer
Andrew Rollins – producer

Charts

Chart (2016–18)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[2]	20
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)^{[citation needed]}	4
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	49

References

^ "Thin Line by Billy Ray Cyrus on Apple Music". Retrieved 27 October 2016.
^ "Australiancharts.com – Billy Ray Cyrus – Thin Line". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

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[1] "Thin Line by Billy Ray Cyrus on Apple Music". Retrieved 27 October 2016.

[ac_Australia_Billy_Ray_Cyrus-2] "Australiancharts.com – Billy Ray Cyrus – Thin Line". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

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