ALAN JACKSON LAUNCHES ANGELS AND ALCOHOL WITH MAJOR MEDIA BLITZ

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 9, 2015) – Country superstar Alan Jackson will launch Angels and Alcohol, his first studio album of all new music in three years, with a major media blitz that kicks off today, Thursday, July 9 at NPR and on NPR mobile applications for an NPR FIRST LISTEN where fans have the opportunity to stream the album in its entirety before it is available on July 17. On Sunday, July 12, Jackson will be featured on CBS SUNDAY MORNING. The multi-platinum selling Grammy winner will perform on the TONIGHT SHOW starring Jimmy Fallon Wednesday, July 15, and will celebrate album release day with a performance on the Toyota Summer Concert Series on TODAY live from Rockefeller Plaza (Friday, July 17).

Click HERE to go to the NPR FIRST LISTEN of Jackson’s new album Angels and Alcohol.

Angels and Alcohol, Jackson’s first studio album of all new music in three years, includes seven self-penned songs including the title track and the album’s first single “Jim and Jack and Hank” released this week to country radio. Angels and Alcohol, his 15th studio album, comes 25 years after his debut landmark album Here In The Real World. Since the release of Here In The Real World, Jackson has released 22 albums including two Christmas albums, two gospel albums, three Greatest Hits collections and a Bluegrass album which included standards and eight original songs written by Jackson.

The new album was produced by Jackson’s long-time collaborator and friend Keith Stegall who has produced every one of Jackson’s 23 albums over the past 25 years with the exception of one album - Like Red On A Rose (Alison Krauss).

Angels and Alcohol is available for preorder by clicking HERE.

Angels and Alcohol Track Listing: 

1) “You Can Always Come Home”             (Alan Jackson)

2) “You Never Know”                                (Alan Jackson)

3) “Angels and Alcohol”                            (Alan Jackson)

4) “Gone Before You Met Me”                   (Michael White, Michael Heeney)

5) “The One You’re Waiting On”                 (Adam Wright, Shannon Wright)

6) “Jim and Jack and Hank”                       (Alan Jackson)

7) “I Leave A Light On”                              (Alan Jackson)

8) “Flaws”                                                 (Alan Jackson)

9) “When God Paints”                                (Troy Jones, Greg Becker)

10) “Mexico, Tequila and Me”                     (Alan Jackson)

About Alan Jackson

The man from rural Newnan, GA, who claims he is just a “singer of simple songs,” has sold nearly 60 million albums worldwide and ranks as one of the 10 best-selling vocalists of all-time in all genres. He has released more than 60 singles—registering 50 Top Ten hits and 35 #1s (including 26 Billboard #1s).  He has earned more than 150 music industry awards—including 18 Academy of Country Music Awards, 16 Country Music Association Awards, a pair of Grammys and ASCAP’s Founders and Golden Note Awards. Jackson received the first-ever ASCAP Heritage Award in 2014 having earned the title of most performed country music songwriter-artist of ASCAP’s first 100 years.  He is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry.

Alan Jackson is one of the most successful and respected singer-songwriters in music.  He is in the elite company of Paul McCartney and John Lennon among songwriters who’ve written more than 20 songs that they’ve recorded and taken to the top of the charts.  Jackson is one of the best-selling artists since the inception of SoundScan, ranking alongside the likes of Eminem and Metallica. 

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