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The Bus Songs is a compilation album from American country music artist Toby Keith. The album was announced July 14, 2017, and was released September 8, 2017. It is a combination of new and older songs written by Keith. The album contains twelve songs: two new, five re-recorded, and five previously released songs. The new songs on the album are "Shitty Golfer" and "Wacky Tobaccy". The songs "Runnin' Block", "Hell No", "The Critic", "Ballad of Balad", and "Weed with Willie" have been re-recorded and are referred to as "fresh takes on old favorites" by Rolling Stone magazine.

Background

According to CMT News, the album gets its title from the late night recording sessions Keith has had on his tour bus. The album has been said to be focused more towards the adult fans of Keith and not likely to be broadcast on mainstream radio due to the "adult humor, drinking and self-deprecation" present within the songs included in the album.

The album was announced on July 14, 2017. Prior to the announcement of the album, on June 23, 2017, Toby released the music video of the track "Wacky Tobaccy" – a song about cannabis – on his YouTube channel. The music video for "Wacky Tobaccy" was filmed on Keith's tour bus and contained a cameo appearance of Willie Nelson smoking cannabis. Rolling Stone called the music video "suitably silly," containing video of a jam session in Toby's tour bus "surrounded by posters of Jamaica and smoky looking graphics." On October 19, 2017 a promotional video for "Shitty Golfer" was added to Keith's official Vevo account.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 6 on Top Country Albums, which is Keith's 23rd Top 10 album on the chart, with 12,000 copies sold. It sold a further 3,600 copies the following week. It has sold 29,700 copies in the United States as of January 2018.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Toby Keith, with additional co-writers as noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shitty Golfer"		2:16
2.	"Wacky Tobaccy"	Scotty Emerick	3:03
3.	"Runnin' Block"	Emerick	3:59
4.	"Brand New Bow"		3:10
5.	"Call a Marine"	Bobby Pinson	3:17
6.	"Hell No"	Emerick	3:18
7.	"The Critic"		3:37
8.	"The Size I Wear"	Rivers Rutherford	3:01
9.	"Ballad of Balad"		3:50
10.	"Rum Is the Reason"	Emerick	3:18
11.	"Weed with Willie" (live)	Emerick	4:43
12.	"Get Out of My Car" (live)	Pinson	4:30

"Brand New Bow", "Hell No", and the original version of "Runnin' Block" appeared on the 2006 album White Trash with Money.
"Call a Marine" appeared on the deluxe edition of the 2013 album Drinks After Work.
The original version of "The Critic" and the original version of "Weed with Willie" appeared on the 2003 album Shock'n Y'all.
"The Size I Wear" appeared on the 2012 album Hope on the Rocks.
"Ballad of Balad" appeared on the 2009 album American Ride.
"Rum Is the Reason" appeared on the 2015 album 35 MPH Town.
The original studio version of "Get Out of My Car" appeared on the 2010 album Bullets in the Gun, the live version appeared on the deluxe edition of Hope on the Rocks.

Personnel

The following musicians performed on the album:

Greg Barnhill – background vocals
Josh Bertrand – pedal steel guitar
Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar
Carl Murr – trombone
Dave Cohen – accordion, Hammond B-3 organ, piano, Wurlitzer
Perry Coleman – background vocals
J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar
Chad Cromwell – drums
Eric Darken – percussion
Roman Dudok – saxophone
Rich Eckhardt – electric guitar, background vocals
Scotty Emerick – acoustic guitar, finger snaps, background vocals
Joey Floyd – acoustic guitar, background vocals
Chuck Goff – bass guitar
Dink Cook – bass guitar
Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar
Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
Robert Greenidge – steel drums
Doyle Grisham – pedal steel guitar
Roger Guth – drums
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
The Hogliners – background vocals
Jay Jennings – trumpet
Charlie Judge – Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer
Toby Keith – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Mills Logan – programming
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Rex Mauney – piano, background vocals
Jim Mayer – bass guitar
Dave McAfee – drums
Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar, background vocals
Chris McHugh – drums
Rob McNelley – electric guitar
Miles McPherson – drums
Steve Nathan – Hammond B-3 organ, piano, Wurlitzer
Russ Pahl – Dobro, pedal steel guitar
Bobby Pinson – background vocals
Lucy Pinson – background vocals, backflips
Danny Rader – acoustic guitar
Mica Roberts – background vocals
David Santos – bass guitar
Randy Scruggs – banjo
Steve Sheehan – acoustic guitar
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
Bobby Terry – acoustic guitar
The TKokies – background vocals
Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	38
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	6

References

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"Toby Keith Announces New Album, 'The Bus Songs'". Sounds Like Nashville. July 19, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
^ "Toby Keith Rolls out the Road for New Album". PopCulture.com. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
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^ "See Willie Nelson Smoke Weed in Toby Keith's New 'Wacky Tobaccy' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
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Toby Keith

1990s

Albums	Toby Keith Boomtown Blue Moon Dream Walkin' How Do You Like Me Now?!
Singles	"Should've Been a Cowboy" "He Ain't Worth Missing" "A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action" "Wish I Didn't Know Now" "Who's That Man" "Upstairs Downtown" "You Ain't Much Fun" "Big Ol' Truck" "Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You" "A Woman's Touch" "Me Too" "We Were in Love" "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" (with Sting) "Dream Walkin'" "Getcha Some" "How Do You Like Me Now?!"

2000s

Albums

Singles

"Country Comes to Town"
"You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This"
"I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight"
"I Wanna Talk About Me"
"My List"
"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)"
"Who's Your Daddy?"
"Rock You Baby"
"Beer for My Horses" (with Willie Nelson)
"I Love This Bar"
"American Soldier"
"Whiskey Girl"
"Hey, Good Lookin'" (with Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson and George Strait)
"Stays in Mexico"
"Mockingbird"
"Honkytonk U"
"As Good as I Once Was"
"Big Blue Note"
"Get Drunk and Be Somebody"
"A Little Too Late"
"Crash Here Tonight"
"High Maintenance Woman"
"Love Me If You Can"
"Get My Drink On"
"She's a Hottie"
"She Never Cried in Front of Me"
"God Love Her"
"Lost You Anyway"
"American Ride"
"Cryin' for Me (Wayman's Song)"

2010s–2020s

Albums	Bullets in the Gun Clancy's Tavern Hope on the Rocks Drinks After Work 35 MPH Town Peso in My Pocket
Singles	"Every Dog Has Its Day" "Trailerhood" "Bullets in the Gun" "Somewhere Else" "Made in America" "Red Solo Cup" "Beers Ago" "I Like Girls That Drink Beer" "Hope on the Rocks" "Drinks After Work" "Drunk Americans" "35 MPH Town" "The Worst Country Song of All Time" (with Brantley Gilbert and Hardy) "Don't Let the Old Man In"

Compilation albums

Christmas albums

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