Guitar Slinger (Vince Gill album)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Country Weekly	^[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A^[4]
The Independent	^[5]
PopMatters	^[6]
Slant Magazine	^[7]
USA Today	^[8]

Guitar Slinger is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released on October 25, 2011 via MCA Nashville.^[9] A deluxe edition was also released with three bonus tracks.^[10]

Lead-off single "Threaten Me with Heaven" received a nomination on the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and also a nomination for Song of the Year on the 47th Academy of Country Music Awards.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Guitar Slinger"	Vince Gill	4:05
2.	"Tell Me Fool"	Gill, Pete Wasner	4:05
3.	"Threaten Me with Heaven"	Gill, Amy Grant, Dillon O'Brian, Will Owsley	5:31
4.	"When the Lady Sings the Blues"	Gill, Wasner	4:34
5.	"Who Wouldn't Fall in Love with You"	Gill, Ashley Monroe	4:58
6.	"When Lonely Comes Around"	Gill, Grant, Owsley	3:45
7.	"True Love"	Gill, Grant	4:44
8.	"Bread and Water"	Gill, Leslie Satcher	4:44
9.	"Billy Paul"	Gill	3:52
10.	"The Old Lucky Diamond Motel"	Gill	3:39
11.	"If I Die"	Gill, Monroe	3:40
12.	"Buttermilk John"	Gill	6:20

Deluxe Edition track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Guitar Slinger"	Vince Gill	4:05
2.	"All Nighter Comin'"	Gill, Al Anderson, Chris Stapleton	2:34
3.	"Tell Me Fool"	Gill, Pete Wasner	4:05
4.	"Threaten Me with Heaven"	Gill, Amy Grant, Dillon O'Brian, Will Owsley	5:31
5.	"When the Lady Sings the Blues"	Gill, Wasner	4:34
6.	"Who Wouldn't Fall in Love with You"	Gill, Ashley Monroe	4:58
7.	"When Lonely Comes Around"	Gill, Grant, Owsley	3:45
8.	"True Love"	Gill, Grant	4:44
9.	"Bread and Water"	Gill, Leslie Satcher	4:44
10.	"Billy Paul"	Gill	3:52
11.	"The Old Lucky Diamond Motel"	Gill	3:39
12.	"Lipstick Everywhere"	Gill	3:11
13.	"One More Thing I Wished I'd Said"	Gill, Amber Digby	4:05
14.	"If I Die"	Gill, Monroe	3:40
15.	"Buttermilk John"	Gill	6:20

Personnel

Eddie Bayers- drums
Richard Bennett- acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Bekka Bramlett- background vocals
Tom Britt - electric guitar
Tom Bukovac - electric guitar
Sarah Chapman - background vocals
Chad Cromwell - drums
Dennis Crouch - upright bass
Eric Darken - percussion
Paul Franklin - dobro, steel guitar
Corrina Gill - background vocals
Jenny Gill - background vocals
Vince Gill - banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, lead vocals, background vocals
Amy Grant - background vocals
Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
John Hobbs - accordion, Hammond B-3 organ, piano
David Hungate - bass guitar
Sonya Isaacs - background vocals
Kim Keyes - background vocals
Gene Miller - background vocals
Ashley Monroe - background vocals
Will Owsley - electric guitar, background vocals
Russ Pahl - steel guitar
Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
Andy Riess - electric guitar
Dawn Sears - background vocals
Kenny Sears - fiddle
Sarah Siskind - background vocals
Joe Spivey - fiddle
Chris Stapleton - background vocals
Billy Thomas - drums, background vocals
Rick Vanaugh - drums
Pete Wasner - Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ, piano, synthesizer, Wurlitzer
Jeff White - background vocals
Glenn Worf - bass guitar
Andrea Zonn - fiddle, background vocals

Chart performance

As of December 2015, the album had sold 102,000 copies.^[11]

Album

Chart (2011)	Peak position
US Billboard Top Country Albums	4
US Billboard 200	14

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
Year	Single	US Country
2011	"Threaten Me with Heaven"	42

References

↑ "Guitar Slinger Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
↑ Jurek, Thom. "Guitar Slinger - Vince Gill". AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
↑ Nicholson, Jessica (October 20, 2011). "Guitar Slinger by Vince Gill". Country Weekly. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
↑ Wood, Mikael (October 28, 2011). "Albums: Oct. 28, 2011 (Vince Gill, Guitar Slinger)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
↑ Coleman, Nick (April 15, 2012). "Album: Vince Gill, Guitar Slinger (MCA/Decca)". The Independent. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
↑ Majorins, Philip (October 30, 2011). "Vince Gill: Guitar Slinger". PopMatters. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
↑ Keefe, Jonathan (October 24, 2011). "Vince Gill: Guitar Slinger". Slant Magazine. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
↑ Mansfield, Brian (October 24, 2011). "Vince Gill, Guitar Slinger". USA Today. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
↑ Graff, Gary (September 6, 2011). "Vince Gill Didn't Have to 'Doll Up and Leave Town' to Record 'Guitar Slinger'". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
↑ Rowe, Matt (October 12, 2011). "Vince Gill Returns with New Album, Guitar Slinger". The Morton Report. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
↑ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015.

External links

Guitar Slinger at Metacritic

Vince Gill

Studio albums	The Things That Matter The Way Back Home When I Call Your Name Pocket Full of Gold I Still Believe in You When Love Finds You High Lonesome Sound The Key Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye Next Big Thing These Days Guitar Slinger Bakersfield Down to My Last Bad Habit

Compilation albums	The Essential Vince Gill Souvenirs Icon

Christmas albums	Let There Be Peace on Earth Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection 'Tis the Season

Extended plays	Turn Me Loose

Notable singles	"True Love" "If It Weren't for Him" (with Rosanne Cash) "Oklahoma Borderline" "Cinderella" "Let's Do Something" "Everybody's Sweetheart" "The Radio" "Never Alone" "Oklahoma Swing" (with Reba McEntire) "When I Call Your Name" "Never Knew Lonely" "Pocket Full of Gold" "Liza Jane" "Look at Us" "Take Your Memory with You" "I Still Believe in You" "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away" "No Future in the Past" "One More Last Chance" "Tryin' to Get Over You" "Whenever You Come Around" "What the Cowgirls Do" "When Love Finds You" "Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)" "You Better Think Twice" "Go Rest High on That Mountain" "High Lonesome Sound" "Worlds Apart" "Pretty Little Adriana" "A Little More Love" "You and You Alone" "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind" "Kindly Keep It Country" "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man" (with Patty Loveless) "Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye" "Feels Like Love" "Shoot Straight from Your Heart" "Next Big Thing" "Someday"

Guest singles	"The Heart Won't Lie" (with Reba McEntire) "House of Love" (with Amy Grant) "I Will Always Love You" (with Dolly Parton) "No Place That Far" (with Sara Evans) "Building Bridges" (with Brooks & Dunn and Sheryl Crow) "Don't Rush" (with Kelly Clarkson) "I Just Can't Help Believing" (with B. J. Thomas) "Sober Saturday Night" (with Chris Young)

Other songs	"Here We Are" "I Can't Tell You Why"

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