As Cody Johnson nears the November 3 release of Leather, the singer has revealed more details on the 12-track project. Leather features songs written by Alan Shamblin, Brett Beavers, HARDY, Erik Dylan, Connie Harrington, Jessi Alexander, and Adam James. The project also includes features with Jelly Roll and Brooks & Dunn.
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In addition to the track listing and songwriter credits, Johnson released a new song titled “That’s Texas” ahead of the project. The infectious, fast-paced country tune was written by Dylan, Andy Sheridan, and Wyatt McCubbin. The feel-good ode to Texas namedrops country music staples (and Texas natives) George Strait and Robert Earl Keen. That’s Texas with a capital T / If I can’t go to heaven I’ve got a plan B / And that’s Texas, Johnson croons.
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“This round of songs, I have to say, is the best round of songs I have ever recorded and I feel like that’s the way it should be,” Johnson previously said about Leather in a press statement. “Each album should outdo the last one.”
The Texas crooner’s previous album, Human: The Double Album, was released in October 2021. The project featured the Grammy Award-winning No. 1 single “Til You Can’t.” The song also garnered trophies for Single and Video of the Year at the 2022 CMA Awards.
A complete track list for Leather is below.
1. “Work Boots” (Jason Afable, Brett Beavers, Canaan Smith)
2. “Double Down” (Jeff Hyde, Adam James, Clint Daniels)
3. “Watching My Old Flame” (Kat Higgins, Wynn Varble, Clint Daniels)
4. “That’s Texas” (Andy Sheridan, Erik Dylan, Wyatt McCubbin)
5. “Dirt Cheap” (Josh Phillips)
6. “Jesus Loves You” (Mark Holman, Chase McGill, Michael Hardy)
7. “Whiskey Bent” (feat. Jelly Roll) (Adam James, Mikey Reaves, Rocky Block)
8. “Leather” (Ian Munsick, Rivers Rutherford, Jeremy Spillman)
9. “People In The Back” (Devin Dawson, Austin Taylor Smith, Mark Trussell)
10. “Long Live Country Music” (feat. Brooks & Dunn) (Phil O’Donnell, Wade Kirby, Trent Willmon)
11. “The Painter” (Kat Higgins, Benjy Davis, Ryan Larkins)
12. “Make Me A Mop” (Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, Alan Shamblin)
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