American Saturday Night

American Saturday Night
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 30, 2009
RecordedDecember 11, 2008 – March 2009[1]
StudioThe Castle - Franklin, Tennessee
GenreCountry
Length62:16
LabelArista Nashville
ProducerFrank Rogers
Brad Paisley chronology
Playlist: The Very Best of Brad Paisley
(2009)
American Saturday Night
(2009)
Hits Alive
(2010)
Singles from American Saturday Night
  1. "Then"
    Released: March 23, 2009
  2. "Welcome to the Future"
    Released: July 13, 2009
  3. "American Saturday Night"
    Released: November 16, 2009
  4. "Water"
    Released: March 29, 2010

American Saturday Night is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released on June 30, 2009, by Arista Nashville. Like all of his previous studio albums, it is produced by Frank Rogers.[2] The first single, "Then," has become his fourteenth Number One on the Hot Country Songs chart. iTunes released songs from the album weekly as part of the countdown to the album's release. "Water" was released on June 9, 2009, followed by the title track on June 16 and "Everybody's Here" on June 23. The second radio single is "Welcome to the Future." The title track was released as the third single on November 16, 2009. As of the chart dated January 8, 2011, the album has sold 714,812 copies in the US.[3] It earned a 2009 Academy of Country Music Awards nomination for "Album of the Year". In 2012, MSN.com listed American Saturday Night as one of the 21 Essential 21st-Century Albums.[4]

  1. ^ Videos of recording process for American Saturday Night on Paisley's blog
  2. ^ http://bradpaisley.musiccitynetworks.com/index.htm?inc=5&news_id=15498 [dead link]
  3. ^ "Final Holiday Sales #s of 2010 are Huge for Country Artists". Roughstock. Roughstock.com. December 29, 2010. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  4. ^ Bonaguro, Alison. OFFSTAGE: Brad Paisley's Old Album Makes New List. CMT.com. March 6, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.