Name: Body Language by Blake Shelton
Brand: Blake Shelton
SKU: 093624881377
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3.5 (84 reviews)

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Body Language is Blake Shelton's first album in nearly four years, but you'd be forgiven if you thought it followed directly on the heels of 2017's Texoma Shore. Shelton spent the time between records firmly within the spotlight, retaining his pivotal role on The Voice (his teams always do very well), releasing a hits compilation called Fully Loaded: God's Country in 2019, and staying on the airwaves through duets with Garth Brooks, Trace Adkins, and Gwen Stefani. "Happy Anywhere," his second single with fiancée and Voice co-star Stefani, hit number one on Billboard's Country Airplay charts at the end of 2020, setting up the summer 2021 release of Body Language. The album, Shelton's 12th, is a good candidate for lazy, sunny afternoons. It's cheerful, clean, and slick, relying on breezy midtempo trifles rather than rockers or ballads. Naturally, there are some slow tunes -- the album ends on the quiet, reflective note "Bible Verses" -- but they're overshadowed by airy love songs and subdued party tunes. The proceedings are so friendly, it can be easy to forgive its cheeseball sentiments, at least when "Monday Mornin' Missin' You" is humming along. Listen a little closer and seams begin to show. It's hard not to think that the cornball "Corn" seems designed to be an industrial farming advocacy spot, while the line "You can make a man feel rich on minimum wage" seems unctuous when delivered by a millionaire. These are mere speed bumps on an otherwise smooth ride, a record carefully calibrated to keep Shelton in the upper reaches of the charts while not alienating a single one of his fans.

1. Minimum Wage

by Blake Shelton

Acoustic Guitar: Bryan Sutton; Performer
Background Vocals: Kara Britz; Performer
Bass Guitar: Jimmie Lee Sloas; Performer
Drums: Nir Z.; Performer
Electric Guitar: Troy Lancaster
Tom Bukovac; Performer
Hammond B3 Organ: Gordon Mote; Performer
Lead Vocals: Blake Shelton; Performer
Assistant Engineer: Drew Bollman
Josh Ditty; Production
Audio Engineer: Justin Niebank; Production
Digital Editing: Scott Hendricks
Brian David Willis; Production
Acoustic Piano: Gordon Mote; Other
Additional Engineer: Scott Hendricks; Other
Assistant Production: Scott Johnson; Other
Mastering Engineer: Andrew Mendelson; Production
Mixing Engineer: Justin Niebank; Production
Bass Guitar: Jimmie Lee Sloas; Performer
Primary Artist: Blake Shelton; Main Performer
Pedal Steel Guitar: Russ Pahl; Performer
Composer: Corey Crowder
Jesse Frasure
Nicolle Galyon; Composer
Programmer: Nir Z.
Blake Bollinger
Justin Niebank; Production
Recording: Justin Niebank; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Justin Niebank; Other
Producer: Scott Hendricks; Production
Synthesizer: Blake Bollinger; Performer

2. Body Language (feat. The Swon Brothers)

by Blake Shelton, The Swon Brothers

Background Vocals: Perry Coleman
Colton Swon
Zach Swon
The Swon Brothers; Performer
Featured Artist: The Swon Brothers; Main Performer
Primary Artist: Blake Shelton; Main Performer
Acoustic Guitar: Bryan Sutton
Zach Swon
Nicholas "blaze" Baum; Performer
Bass Guitar: Jimmie Lee Sloas; Performer
Drums: Nir Z.; Performer
Electric Guitar: Troy Lancaster
Tom Bukovac
Zach Swon
Nicholas "blaze" Baum; Performer
Assistant Engineer: Drew Bollman
Josh Ditty; Production
Keyboard: Zach Swon; Performer
Lead Vocals: Blake Shelton; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Andrew Mendelson; Production
Pedal Steel Guitar: Russ Pahl; Performer
Composer: Matt Mcginn
Colton Swon
Zach Swon
Ryan Beaver; Composer
Digital Editing: Scott Hendricks
Brian David Willis; Production
Mixing Engineer: Justin Niebank; Production
Programmer: Justin Niebank
Blake Bollinger
Nir Z.; Production
Additional Engineer: Scott Hendricks; Other
Assistant Production: Scott Johnson; Other
Audio Recording Engineer: Justin Niebank; Other
Percussion: Nir Z.; Performer
Producer: Scott Hendricks; Production
Synthesizer: Blake Bollinger; Performer

3. Happy Anywhere (feat. Gwen Stefani)

by Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani

Banjo: Ilya Toshinskiy; Performer
Assistant Engineer: Tate Mcdowell
Kam Luchterhand
Charlie Marshall; Production
Audio Engineer: Justin Niebank; Production
Bass Guitar: Jimmie Lee Sloas; Performer
Digital Editing: Scott Hendricks
Brian David Willis; Production
Mastering Engineer: Andrew Mendelson; Production
Mixing: Justin Neibank; Production
Mixing Assistant: Drew Bollman; Production
Producer: Scott Hendricks; Production
Acoustic Guitar: Ilya Toshinsky; Performer
Featured Artist: Gwen Stefani; Main Performer
Additional Engineer: Scott Hendricks; Other
Primary Artist: Blake Shelton; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Jimmie Lee Sloas; Performer
Drums: Nir Z.; Performer
Electric Guitar: Troy Lancaster
Tom Bukovac; Performer
Hammond B3 Organ: Gordon Mote; Performer
Programming: Justin Niebank
Nir Z; Production
Lead Vocals: Blake Shelton; Performer
Pedal Steel Guitar: Russ Pahl; Performer
Composer: Ross Copperman
Josh Osborne
Matt Jenkins; Composer
Percussion: Nir Z.; Performer
Recording: Justin Niebank; Production
Recording Assistant: Josh Ditty; Production
Assistant Production: Scott Johnson; Other
Audio Recording Engineer: Justin Niebank; Other

4. Now I Don't

by Blake Shelton

Acoustic Guitar: Bryan Sutton; Performer
Background Vocals: Perry Coleman; Performer
Bass Guitar: Jimmie Lee Sloas; Performer
Bass Guitar: Jimmie Lee Sloas; Performer
Drums: Nir Z.; Performer
Electric Guitar: Tom Bukovac
Troy Lancaster; Performer
Assistant Engineer: Drew Bollman
Josh Ditty; Production
Audio Engineer: Justin Niebank; Production
Digital Editing: Brian David Willis
Scott Hendricks; Production
Additional Engineer: Scott Hendricks; Other
Assistant Production: Scott Johnson; Other
Lead Vocals: Blake Shelton; Performer
Primary Artist: Blake Shelton; Main Performer
Composer: Michael Hardy
Jessi Alexander
Alysa Vanderheym; Composer
Pedal Steel Guitar: Russ Pahl; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Andrew Mendelson; Production
Mixing Engineer: Justin Niebank; Production
Programmer: Nir Z.
Blake Bollinger
Justin Niebank; Production
Recording: Justin Niebank; Production
Producer: Scott Hendricks; Production
Percussion: Nir Z.; Performer
Piano: Gordon Mote; Performer
Synthesizer: Blake Bollinger; Performer
Audio Recording Engineer: Justin Niebank; Other

5. Monday Mornin' Missin' You

by Blake Shelton

Acoustic Guitar: Ilya Toshinskiy; Performer
Assistant Engineer: Drew Bollman
Josh Ditty; Production
Audio Engineer: Justin Niebank; Production
Additional Engineer: Scott Hendricks; Other
Assistant Production: Scott Johnson; Other
Digital Editing: Brian David Willis
Scott Hendricks; Production
Background Vocals: Perry Coleman; Performer
Bass Guitar: Jimmie Lee Sloas; Performer
Bass Guitar: Jimmie Lee Sloas; Performer
Drums: Nir Z.; Performer
Electric Guitar: Tom Bukovac
Rob Mcnelley
Troy Lancaster; Performer
Lead Vocals: Blake Shelton; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Andrew Mendelson; Production
Mixing Engineer: Justin Niebank; Production
Pedal Steel Guitar: Russ Pahl; Performer
Producer: Scott Hendricks; Production
Percussion: Nir Z.; Performer
Primary Artist: Blake Shelton; Main Performer
Piano: Gordon Mote; Performer
Programmer: Nir Z.
Justin Niebank; Production
Composer: Deric Ruttan
Josh Thompson
Jessi Alexander; Composer
Recording: Justin Niebank; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Justin Niebank; Other

6. Corn

by Blake Shelton

Acoustic Guitar: Bryan Sutton; Performer
Assistant Engineer: Drew Bollman
Josh Ditty; Production
Audio Engineer: Justin Niebank; Production
Additional Engineer: Scott Hendricks; Other
Assistant Production: Scott Johnson; Other
Digital Editing: Scott Hendricks
Brian David Willis; Production
Background Vocals: Perry Coleman; Performer
Banjo: Bryan Sutton; Performer
Bass Guitar: Glenn Worf; Performer
Bass Guitar: Glenn Worf; Performer
Dobro: Paul Franklin; Performer
Drums: Nir Z.; Performer
Electric Guitar: Troy Lancaster
Rob Mcnelley; Performer
Fiddle: Jenee Fleenor; Performer
Hammond B3 Organ: Gordon Mote; Performer
Lead Vocals: Blake Shelton; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Andrew Mendelson; Production
Producer: Scott Hendricks; Production
Primary Artist: Blake Shelton; Main Performer
Mixing Engineer: Justin Niebank; Production
Programmer: Nir Z.; Production
Synthesizer: Gordon Mote; Performer
Composer: Craig Wiseman
Chris Tompkins
Rodney Clawson
Matt Dragstrem; Composer
Recording: Justin Niebank; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Justin Niebank; Other