Reboot II

Reboot II
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 15, 2024 (2024-11-15)
GenreCountry
LabelSony Nashville
Producer
Brooks & Dunn chronology
Reboot
(2019)
Reboot II
(2024)
Singles from Reboot II
  1. "Believe"
    Released: December 9, 2024

Reboot II is the twelfth studio album by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It is a follow-up to their 2019 album Reboot, featuring re-recordings of Brooks & Dunn's hit singles with guest vocals from other artists.

History

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In 2019, Brooks & Dunn released Reboot, which featured them re-recording existing songs of theirs with guest vocals from country music singers. Reboot II also comprises re-recordings, but unlike its predecessor, it features musicians from outside the country music genre. Among these are the Earls of Leicester on a bluegrass rendition of "How Long Gone", and rock band Halestorm on "Boot Scootin' Boogie". Dann Huff produced the album, with assistance from Joey Moi, Kristian Bush, and Jerry Douglas on some tracks.[1] According to the duo, each collaborative artist was allowed creative input on which song they covered. The album precedes the duo's Neon Moon Tour, to begin in 2025.[2]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Play Something Country" (with Lainey Wilson)Dann Huff3:48
2."Neon Moon" (with Morgan Wallen)DunnJoey Moi4:11
3."Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" (with Marcus King)
Huff4:51
4."Ain't Nothing 'bout You" (with Megan Moroney)Kristian Bush3:31
5."Brand New Man" (with Warren Zeiders)Huff3:20
6."Believe" (with Jelly Roll)Huff4:56
7."She Used to Be Mine" (with Riley Green)R. DunnHuff3:41
8."She Likes to Get Out of Town" (with The Cadillac Three)Huff4:03
9."Boot Scootin' Boogie" (with Halestorm)R. DunnHuff2:56
10."That Ain't No Way to Go" (with Mitchell Tenpenny)
  • Brooks
  • R. Dunn
  • Cook
Huff3:44
11."How Long Gone" (with The Earls of Leicester)3:56
12."I'll Never Forgive My Heart" (with Jake Worthington)
Moi3:23
13."She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" (Hailey Whitters)R. DunnHuff3:55
14."Hard Workin' Man" (with Christone "Kingfish" Ingram)R. DunnHuff3:01
15."Hillbilly Deluxe" (with Hardy)
  • Wiseman
  • Brad Crisler
Moi3:28
16."Indian Summer" (with Ernest)
  • Brooks
  • R. Dunn
  • DiPiero
Moi4:15
17."Drop in the Bucket" (with A Thousand Horses)
  • Brooks
  • DiPiero
Huff4:46
18."Only in America" (with Corey Kent)
Huff3:52

Personnel

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Brooks & Dunn

  • Kix Brooks – background vocals (tracks 1–14, 16–18), harmonica (3, 8, 17), lead vocals (8)
  • Ronnie Dunn – lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4–7, 9–12, 14–18), background vocals (1, 4–6, 9, 13)

Additional musicians

  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (tracks 1, 2, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16)
  • Justin Niebank – programming (tracks 1, 3–10, 13, 14, 17, 18)
  • Josh Reedy – background vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18)
  • Alex Wright – synthesizer (tracks 1, 5, 10, 13, 18), organ (1, 5, 10, 18), piano (1, 10, 18), keyboards (15)
  • Ilya ToshinskiyDobro (track 1), electric guitar (5, 10), acoustic guitar (10, 13, 18), bouzouki (13), banjo (17, 18)
  • Dann Huff – electric guitar (tracks 1, 6, 8–10, 14, 18); mandolin, slide guitar (10); 12-string guitar (13)
  • Rob McNelley – electric guitar (tracks 1, 7, 10, 13, 18)
  • Paul Franklinsteel guitar (tracks 1, 7, 13), pedal steel guitar (12, 16)
  • David Huff – programming (tracks 1, 8, 10, 13)
  • Aaron Sterling – drums (tracks 1, 10, 13, 18), percussion (1, 13), tambourine (10, 18)
  • Stuart Duncanfiddle (tracks 1, 13)
  • Lainey Wilson – lead vocals (track 1)
  • Dave Cohen – keyboards (track 2), piano (12, 16)
  • Jerry Roe – drums (tracks 2, 5, 12, 15)
  • Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (tracks 2, 12, 16)
  • Wes Hightower – background vocals (tracks 2, 12, 16)
  • Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (track 2)
  • Morgan Wallen – lead vocals (track 2)
  • Marcus King – lead vocals, electric guitar (track 3)
  • Stephen Campbell – bass guitar (track 3)
  • Jack Ryan – drums (track 3)
  • Drew Smithers – electric guitar (track 3)
  • Mike Runyon – organ, piano (track 3)
  • Chris Spies – saxophone (track 3)
  • Kyle Snuffer – trombone (track 3)
  • Alex Bradley – trumpet (track 3)
  • Megan Moroney – lead vocals, background vocals (track 4)
  • Kristian Bush – acoustic guitar, mandolin (track 4)
  • Brandon Bush – organ, piano, synthesizer (track 4)
  • Ted Pecchio – bass guitar (track 4)
  • Travis McNabb – drums (track 4)
  • Justin Schipper – steel guitar (track 4)
  • Mark Hill – bass (tracks 5–7, 18)
  • Derek Wells – electric guitar (tracks 5, 6, 15)
  • Warren Zeiders – lead vocals (track 5)
  • Dan Dugmore – steel guitar (track 5)
  • Chris McHugh – drums (tracks 6, 7), tambourine (7)
  • Gordon Mote – organ, piano (tracks 6, 7)
  • Jelly Roll – lead vocals (track 6)
  • Denise Carite – background vocals (track 6)
  • Everett Drake – background vocals (track 6)
  • Jamar Carter – background vocals (track 6)
  • Kyla Harris – background vocals (track 6)
  • Michael Mishaw – background vocals (track 6)
  • Robert Bailey – background vocals (track 6)
  • Vicki Hampton – background vocals (track 6)
  • Wendy Moten – background vocals (track 6)
  • Craig Nelson – bass (track 6)
  • Joel Reist – bass (track 6)
  • Andrew Dunn – cello (track 6)
  • Austin Hoke – cello (track 6)
  • Kevin Bate – cello (track 6)
  • Sari Reist – cello (track 6)
  • Luke Simonson – English horn, oboe (track 6)
  • Erik Gratton – flute (track 6)
  • Anna Spina – French horn (track 6)
  • Beth Beeson – French horn (track 6)
  • Jennifer Kummer – French horn (track 6)
  • Patrick Walle – French horn (track 6)
  • Rachel Miller – harp (track 6)
  • Kristin Wilkinson – percussion (track 6)
  • Barry Green – trombone (track 6)
  • Matt Jeferson – trombone (track 6)
  • Roy Agee – trombone (track 6)
  • Steve Patrick – trumpet (track 6)
  • Neil Konouchi – tuba (track 6)
  • Chris Farrell – viola (track 6)
  • Elizabeth Lamb – viola (track 6)
  • Monisa Angell – viola (track 6)
  • Seanad Chang – viola (track 6)
  • Ali Hoffman – violin (track 6)
  • Annaliese Kowert – violin (track 6)
  • Carrie Bailey – violin (track 6)
  • David Angell – violin (track 6)
  • David Davidson – violin (track 6)
  • Janet Darnall – violin (track 6)
  • Jenny Bifano – violin (track 6)
  • Jung-Min Shin – violin (track 6)
  • Karen Winkelmann – violin (track 6)
  • Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – violin (track 6)
  • Rachel Englander – violin (track 6)
  • Wei Tsun Chang – violin (track 6)
  • Todd Lombardo – acoustic guitar (track 7)
  • Riley Green – lead vocals (track 7)
  • Jaren Johnston – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, background vocals, banjo, programming, synthesizer (track 8)
  • Neil Mason – drums, percussion (track 8)
  • Kelby Ray – slide guitar, steel guitar (track 8)
  • Lzzy Hale – lead vocals, electric guitar (track 9)
  • Josh Smith – bass (track 9)
  • Arejay Hale – drums (track 9)
  • Joe Hottinger – electric guitar (track 9)
  • Mitchell Tenpenny – lead vocals (track 10)
  • Shawn Camp – lead vocals, electric guitar (track 11)
  • Jeff White – background vocals, tenor (track 11)
  • Charlie Cushman – banjo (track 11)
  • Daniel Kimbro – bass (track 11)
  • Jerry Douglas – Dobro (track 11)
  • Johnny Warren – fiddle (track 11)
  • Larry Franklin – fiddle (tracks 12, 16)
  • Jake Worthington – lead vocals (track 12)
  • Brent Mason – electric guitar (track 12)
  • Hailey Whitters – lead vocals (track 13)
  • Christone "Kingfish" Ingram – lead vocals, electric guitar (track 14)
  • Deshawn Alexander – organ, piano (track 14)
  • Paul Rogers – bass (track 14)
  • Chris Black – drums (track 14)
  • Hardy – lead vocals, background vocals (track 15)
  • Ernest – lead vocals (track 16)
  • Michael Hobby – lead vocals (track 17)
  • Bill Satcher – acoustic guitar, electric guitar (track 17)
  • Graham DeLoach – bass (track 17)
  • Nathan Sexton – drums, percussion (track 17)
  • Adam Browder – electric guitar (track 17)
  • Jimmy Wallace – organ, piano (track 17)
  • Corey Kent – lead vocals (track 18)

Technical

  • Adam Ayan – mastering (tracks 1, 3–11, 13, 14, 17, 18)
  • Ted Jensen – mastering (tracks 2, 12, 15, 16)
  • Justin Niebank – mixing (tracks 1, 3–10, 13, 14, 17, 18), engineering (7, 9)
  • Drew Bollman – mixing (tracks 1, 4–10, 13, 14, 17, 18), engineering (1, 3, 8, 10, 13, 17, 18)
  • Joey Moi – mixing (tracks 2, 15), vocal engineering (2, 15, 16)
  • Gary Paczosa – mixing, engineering (track 11)
  • Olle Romo – mixing (track 12)
  • Chuck Ainlay – mixing (track 16), vocal engineering (12)
  • Josh Ditty – engineering, editing (tracks 2, 12, 15, 16)
  • Buckley Miller – engineering (tracks 4, 14)
  • Steve Marcantonio – engineering (track 6), overdub engineering (6, 17)
  • Chip Matthews – vocal production, vocal engineering
  • Mike Kyle – vocal production, vocal engineering
  • Josh Reedy – overdub engineering (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18)
  • Luke Campolieta – overdub engineering (track 4)
  • Jordan Pratt – overdub engineering (track 6)
  • Chris Small – editing (tracks 1, 3–9, 13, 14, 17, 18)
  • David Huff – editing (tracks 1, 3–9, 13, 14, 17, 18)
  • Ryan Yount – editing, engineering assistance (tracks 2, 12, 15, 16)
  • Eivind Nordland – editing (tracks 2, 12, 15, 16)
  • Scott Cooke – editing (tracks 2, 12, 15, 16)
  • Joel McKenney – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 3, 8, 13, 17)
  • Katelyn Prieboy – engineering assistance (tracks 2, 6, 16)
  • Michael Walter – engineering assistance (tracks 4, 6)
  • Joey Stanca – engineering assistance (tracks 5, 7, 9)
  • Wolf Robinson – engineering assistance (track 12)
  • Zach Kuhlman – engineering assistance (track 14)
  • Seth Morton – engineering assistance (track 17)
  • Sean Badum – engineering assistance (track 18)
  • Kristin Wilkinson – arrangement (track 6)
  • Mike "Frog" Griffith – project coordination (tracks 1, 3–10, 13, 14, 17, 18)
  • Ally Gecewicz – project coordination (tracks 2, 12, 15, 16)
  • Reilly O'Connell – project coordination (tracks 2, 12, 15, 16)

Charts

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Chart performance for Reboot II
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[3] 16
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[4] 61
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[5] 64
UK Country Albums (OCC)[6] 12
US Billboard 200[7] 25
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] 5

References

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  1. ^ Melinda Newman (September 16, 2024). "Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson and More Join Brooks & Dunn for 'Reboot II': 'It Was the Most Fun We've Ever Had,' Brooks Says". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  2. ^ Lorie Hollabaugh (September 16, 2024). "Brooks & Dunn & Friends Go Off The Rails On New 'Reboot 2' Project". MusicRow. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "ARIA Top 40 Country Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. November 25, 2024. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  4. ^ "Brooks Dunn Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  5. ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
  6. ^ "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
  7. ^ "Brooks Dunn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  8. ^ "Brooks Dunn Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 26, 2024.