# Southern Voice (album)

Professional ratings :
| Aggregate scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 66/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Billboard | Favorable |
| The Boston Globe | Favorable |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| The New York Times | Positive |
| Robert Christgau | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Engine 145 | |
| USA Today | |
Southern Voice is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released on October 20, 2009 by Curb Records. It is the first album of all new material since Let It Go in 2007. The album produced three singles with "It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You", the title track, and "Still".

## History

McGraw was originally to have released his next album in 2008. To extend the term of the singer's recording contract, Curb Records instead released a third greatest hits package from the artist, only two years after his second greatest hits release – a move which the singer publicly criticized. The release of the album was finally announced on June 30, 2009. The announcement also stated that McGraw would begin an extensive tour in support of the album in early 2010.

## Singles

"It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You", written by Brett James and Nickelback lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, served as the album's lead-off single. It reached a peak of number 13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The title-track was released in September 2009, as the second single, and "Still" as the third and final single.

## Personnel

The following credits are sourced from liner notes included with the release.
* Tim McGraw – lead vocals (all tracks)

### Musicians

* Strings on tracks 1, 7, 9, & 12 arranged and composed by David Campbell.
Tracks 1-11
* Jeff McMahon – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers
* Denny Hemingson – electric guitar, pedal steel guitar
* Bob Minner – acoustic guitar
* Darran Smith – electric guitar
* Deano Brown – fiddle, mandolin
* John Marcus – bass
* Billy Mason – drums
* David Dunkley – percussion, congas
Additional musicians on Track 5
* Jimmy Nichols – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ
* Byron Gallimore – electric guitar
* Brett Warren – harmonica
Track 12
* Jimmy Nichols – acoustic piano, synthesizers
* B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
* Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
* Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
* Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
* Paul Bushnell – bass
* Shannon Forrest – drums

### Backing vocals

* Greg Barnhill (tracks 1, 3, 6-8, 10, 11)
* Russell Terrell (tracks 2, 4, 5)
* Tim McGraw (track 11)

### Production

* Missi Gallimore – A&R direction
* Byron Gallimore – producer, mixing
* Tim McGraw – producer, mixing
* Darran Smith – producer
* Julian King – tracking engineer
* Allen Sides – string engineer (1, 9)
* Steve Churchyard – string engineer (7, 12)
* Sara Lesher – additional engineer, Pro Tools engineer, mix assistant
* Erik Lutkins – additional engineer, Pro Tools engineer, mix assistant
* David Bryant – assistant engineer
* Colin Heldt – assistant engineer (1-11)
* Seth Morton – assistant engineer (12)
* Aaron Walk – assistant string engineer (1, 7, 9)
* Casey Lewis – assistant string engineer (12)
* Essential Sound Studio (Houston, Texas) – mixing location
* Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
* Kelly Clauge – creative director
* Nick Davidge – creative director
* Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, design
* Danny Clinch – photography

## Charts and certifications
### Singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Year | Single | US Country | US | CAN |
| 2009 | "It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You" | 13 | 59 | 53 |
| 2009 | "Southern Voice" | 1 | 49 | 58 |
| 2010 | "Still" | 16 | 91 | 94 |