Jason Aldean announces his 11th studio album, ‘Highway Desperado’ will be available on November 3rd. Additionally, the single “Let Your Boys Be Country” was released on August 25th today.
The album will be 14 tracks long including the popular, yet controversial “Try That In A Small Town.” Aldean is credited as a co-writer on three of the songs for this album. The full track list as well as the pre-order/save link are both up on his website. The inspiration for the album title is said to have come from his current, “Highway Desperado” tour which he is currently in the midst of and set to wrap up October 28th in Tampa, Florida.
“I think when I look back on it, I built my career early on my live show, and have been on the road touring since I was 18 years old. For us, touring is our favorite part. Getting on the bus and going town to town and playing our shows and doing our thing and seeing the fans… the title for the tour and album was really inspired from that” Aldean said.
Aldean has come under lots of scrutiny in the past month after his song “Try That In A Small Town” was received as very controversial among critics. Much of the discussion stemmed from the music video being filmed on the steps of a courthouse in Tennessee famous for lynching’s and other horrific events in history. Despite the controversy, the song still rose to the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of August 5th. Aldean has had 40 songs reach the Billboard Top 100 during his career with three songs reaching the top 10.
