Thomas Rhett revealed the track listing, songwriters, featured artists and cover art for his upcoming fourth studio album, Center Point Road, which will drop on May 31.
The 16-song album takes its name from the street in his Tennessee hometown that shaped much of his life experiences. TR co-penned every track on the album, which also features a who’s who of top songwriters, including Shane McAnally, Ashley Gorley, Jesse Frasure, Karen Fairchild and more.
In addition, the album features a number of collaborations with other artists, including Kelsea Ballerini (“Center Point Road”), Little Big Town (“Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time”) and Jon Pardi (“Beer Can’t Fix”).
“For me, Center Point Road really symbolizes what it was like to grow up in Hendersonville [Tennessee],” says TR. “First dates, first football games, first heartbreak, first kisses, success and failures. I really feel like that road shaped who I am today, and it felt fitting because the record, for the most part, is pretty nostalgic. Songs like ‘Almost,’ ‘That Old Truck’ and especially ‘Center Point Road,’ really describe who I was as a kid and teenager, and who I’ve become as an adult.”
Center Point Road Track Listing & Songwriters
- “Up” (Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure, Ashley Gorley, Shane McAnally)
- “Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time” featuring Little Big Town (Thomas Rhett, Karen Fairchild, Jesse Frasure, Ashley Gorley, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus, Jonathan Yip)
- “Blessed” (Thomas Rhett, Sean Douglas, Joe Spargur)
- “Look What God Gave Her” (Thomas Rhett, Rhett Akins, Julian Bunetta, JKash, Ammar Malik, John Henry Ryan)
- “Center Point Road” featuring Kelsea Ballerini (Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure, Amy Wadge, Cleve Wilson)
- “That Old Truck” (Thomas Rhett, Julian Bunetta, Kamron Kimbro, Ryan Tedder)
- “VHS” (Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure, Ashley Gorley, Amy Wadge)
- “Notice” (Thomas Rhett, Sean Douglas, Jesse Frasure, Ashley Gorley)
- “Sand” (Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure, Michael Hardy)
- “Beer Can’t Fix” featuring Jon Pardi (Thomas Rhett, Julian Bunetta, Zach Skelton, Ryan Tedder)
- “Things You Do For Love” (Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure, Ashley Gorley, Luke Laird, Josh Osborne)
- “Remember You Young” (Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure, Ashley Gorley)
- “Don’t Stop Drivin’” (Thomas Rhett, Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley, Josh Miller)
- “Barefoot” (Thomas Rhett, Rhett Akins, Matt Dragstrem, Josh Miller)
- “Dream You Never Had” (Thomas Rhett, Rhett Akins, Jesse Frasure, Ashley Gorley)
- “Almost” (Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure, Ashley Gorley, Amy Wadge)
To get the party started, TR has released the album’s uptempo lead single, “Look What God Gave Her.”
“I think I played this song 2,000 times in a month after we first wrote it,” says Thomas Rhett. “It makes me want to dance. It makes me want to move. And to me, the song really is a celebration of how awesome my wife is. I know I’ve done that in the past, but I’ve never really done it in an uptempo way.”
Listen to “Look What God Gave Her” below.
photo by Tammie Arroyo, AFF-USA.com
