Drive (Alan Jackson album)

Drive is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. Released in 2002 on Arista Nashville, the album produced Jackson's highest-debuting single on the Hot Country Songs charts in the number 1 hit, "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)", a ballad written in response to the September 11 attacks. "Drive (For Daddy Gene)", "Work in Progress", and "That'd Be Alright" were also released as singles, peaking at number 1, number 3, and number 2, respectively, on the same chart; "Designated Drinker" also reached number 44 without officially being released. In addition, all four released singles cracked the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at numbers 28, 28, 35 and 29, respectively.

Drive
Studio album by Alan Jackson
Released	January 15, 2002
Recorded	2001
Genre	Country
Length	49:37
Label	Arista Nashville
Producer	Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson chronology
When Somebody Loves You (2000) Drive (2002) Let It Be Christmas (2002)
Singles from Drive
"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" Released: November 26, 2001 "Drive (For Daddy Gene)" Released: January 28, 2002 "Work in Progress" Released: June 24, 2002 "That'd Be Alright" Released: December 9, 2002

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
Plugged In (publication)	(average) [5]
Q	[6]
Robert Christgau	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]

Reception

At the 2003 Academy of Country Music Awards, Jackson was nominated for 10 awards winning Album of the Year for Drive and Video of the Year for the video to "Drive (For Daddy Gene)."^[9]

In 2009, Rhapsody ranked the album number 3 on its "Country’s Best Albums of the Decade" list.^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Drive (For Daddy Gene)"	Alan Jackson	4:02
2.	"A Little Bluer Than That"	Mark Irwin, Irene Kelley	2:54
3.	"Bring On the Night"	Jackson, Charlie Craig, Keith Stegall	4:04
4.	"Work in Progress"	Jackson	4:07
5.	"The Sounds"	Jackson	3:23
6.	"Designated Drinker" (featuring George Strait)	Jackson	3:52
7.	"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"	Jackson	5:06
8.	"That'd Be Alright"	Tim Nichols, Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers	3:41
9.	"Once in a Lifetime Love"	Jackson	3:25
10.	"When Love Comes Around"	Jackson	3:07
11.	"I Slipped and Fell in Love"	Harley Allen, John Wiggins	2:55
12.	"First Love"	Jackson	3:14
13.	"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" (Live from the 35th Annual CMA Awards, spoken intro by Vince Gill)	Jackson	5:47

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Robbie Flint – steel guitar (track 13)
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Vince Gill – introduction (track 13)
• Danny Groah – electric guitar (track 13)
• Greenwood Hart - acoustic guitar, piano, accordion
• Wes Hightower – background vocals
• Jim Hoke – harmonica
• Alan Jackson – acoustic guitar (track 13), lead vocals
• Irene Kelley – background vocals
• John Kelton – tic-tac bass
• Matthew McCauley – conductor, string arrangements
• Mark McClurg – fiddle (track 13)
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Gordon Mote – keyboards, piano
• The Nashville String Machine - strings
• Monty Parkey – piano (track 13)
• Dave Pomeroy – bass guitar
• Bruce Rutherford – drums (track 13)
• Tom Rutledge – acoustic guitar (track 13)
• Kim Parent - background vocals
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Marty Slayton - background vocals (track 13)
• Tony Stephens – acoustic guitar (track 13)
• George Strait – duet vocals (track 6)
• Bruce Watkins – banjo, acoustic guitar
• Bergen White – conductor (track 13)
• Roger Wills – bass guitar (track 13)
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar

Chart performance

Drive debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, his first number-one debut, and debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 211,000 copies, his sixth number-one country album. The album was certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA in May 2003.

Weekly charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11]	33
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12]	1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13]	11
US Billboard 200[14]	1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[15]	1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Drive by Alan Jackson

Chart (2002)	Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[16]	30
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[17]	5
US Billboard 200[18]	15
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[19]	3
Worldwide Albums (IFPI)[20]	25

Chart (2003)	Position
US Billboard 200[21]	111
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[22]	12

Sales and Certifications

Region	Provider	Certification	Sales/Shipments
Australia	ARIA	Gold[23]	35,000
United States	RIAA	4 x Platinum[24]	4,000,000+

References

1. "About.com review". Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
2. Drive at AllMusic
3. "Entertainment Weekly review". Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
4. Los Angeles Times review
5. Plugged In review
6. Album reviews at CD Universe
7. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
8. "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on May 21, 2009. Retrieved December 1, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
9. Editor unknown (2004), "2003 Academy of Country Music Awards". World Almanac & Book of Facts. Volume unknown:287. ISSN 0084-1382
10. "Country’s Best Albums of the Decade" Archived January 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 12, 2010.
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13. "Norwegiancharts.com – Alan Jackson – Drive". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
14. "Alan Jackson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
15. "Alan Jackson Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
16. "Top 200 Albums of 2002 (based on sales)". Jam!. Archived from the original on August 12, 2004. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
17. "Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
18. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
19. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
20. "Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2002" (PDF). IFPI. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 17, 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
21. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
22. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
23. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 139.
24. "Gold & Platinum - February 12, 2010". RIAA. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2010.