BRELAND has gone the extra mile. When you release an album as lauded as Cross Country, you don’t need to add any more interest. Nevertheless, the country star has added six new songs to the album in a release dubbed Cross Country: The Extra Mile.
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The New Jersey native furthered his reputation as a collaboration maven with the six new tracks. Added to the track list is a song with Brittney Spencer titled “Guilty Pleasure.” Elsewhere are previously released songs with Ingrid Andress, Mickey Guyton, Thomas Rhett, and Keith Urban. The extended edition of the album also includes fan-favorite “Cowboy Don’t.”
Elsewhere are newly released tracks “Thirsty,” “Anniversary,” “Cracks,” and “The Extra Mile.” BRELAND is joined by a powerhouse list of co-writers, including Ashley Gorley, HARDY, Sam Hunt, Caitlyn Smith, ERNEST, Sasha Sloan, Ryan Hurd and more.
See the full extended track list, below.
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The album earned BRELAND a reputation as one of the most dynamic country singers around. He expertly blends his wide array of inspirations.
“I was trying to blend a lot of different genres together in the hopes of being able to bring a lot of different types of people together,” BRELAND told American Songwriter after sharing the original version of the album. “I feel like country music is such an incredible space for people to tell stories, and there are a lot of people that, for whatever reason, aren’t able to connect with it.
“I figured if I could reach across the aisle and bring in some elements from R&B, hip hop, pop, and gospel, we could create a project where people could all really agree on something,” he added.
CROSS COUNTRY: THE EXTRA MILE
DISC 1
1. “Cowboy Don’t”
2. “Thirsty”
3. “Anniversary”
4. “Cracks”
5. “Guilty Pleasure (feat. Brittney Spencer)”
6. “The Extra Mile”
DISC 2
1. “Here For It (feat. Ingrid Andress)”
2. “County Line”
3. “Praise The Lord (feat. Thomas Rhett)”
4. “Natural”
5. “Told You I Could Drink (feat. Lady A)”
6. “For What It’s Worth”
7. “Happy Song”
8. “Growing Pains”
9. “Throw It Back (feat. Keith Urban)”
10. “Thick”
11. “Cross Country (feat. Mickey Guyton)”
12. “Good For You”
13. “Don’t Look At Me”
14. “Alone At The Ranch”
15. “My Truck”
16. “Cross Country”
17. “For What It’s Worth (feat. Alana Springsteen)”
18. “My Truck (feat. Sam Hunt)”
Photo by Jimmy Fontaine / Courtesy of Sweet Talk PR
