Livin' My Best Life

by Dylan Scott

Overview

Dylan Scott opens his long-awaited second album, Livin' My Best Life, with a song about a "New Truck" and concludes it with an ode to a small "Nothing to Do Town." Between those two points, he lingers on a variety of other country cliches, emphasizing bonhomie and bros over boozed-up partying. This softer touch allows Scott to pour his heart into the cornball "Can't Have Mine (Find You a Girl)," where he implores that you "find you a girl that leaves you speechless, gets wild on the town but still loves Jesus," a sticky sentiment that nevertheless sums up his appeal: he's an average dude who isn't afraid to let everybody know he has a good heart. Such amiable spirits can warm the clean contours of his slick country, one that seems tethered to the melodic country-pop of the mid-2010s, which just happens to be when he released his eponymous debut. Scott isn't necessarily stuck in the past so much as he traffics in shopworn ideas: he delivers standard country fare in a standard way, which places the album's success squarely on the strength of his own charisma. He's not a forceful singer, nor is he a monotone -- he's merely an average country singer, capable of navigating the twists in a melody without putting a distinctive spin on the tune. That makes for a perfectly competent and complacent listen: it goes down easy and leaves no trace. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	08/05/2022
Label:	Atlantic / Curb
UPC:	0715187952119
Rank:	61975

Tracks

Disc 1

1. New Truck
2. Amen to That
3. Can't Have Mine (Find You a Girl)
4. In Our Blood
5. Static
6. Lay Down With You
7. Boy I Was Back Then
8. Livin' My Best Life

Disc 2

9. Killin' Some Time
10. Ain't Much Left of Me
11. Leave Her Alone
12. Tough
13. Hell Out of Me
14. Nobody
15. Good Times Go by Too Fast
16. Nothing to Do Town

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dylan Scott   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Tim Galloway   Guitar (Electric),Guitar (Acoustic)
Curt Gibbs   Guitar (Acoustic)
Scotty Sanders   Guitar (Steel)
Tony Lucido   Bass
Justin Schipper   Guitar (Steel)
Katlin Owen   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Derek Wells   Guitar (Electric)
Katie Owen   Vocals (Background)
Miles McPherson   Drums
Dallas Wilson   Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Matt Alderman   Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background),Drums
Darrick Cline   Drums
Garrett Cline   Bass
Logan Robinson   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Jimmie Allen   Vocals,Featured Artist
Nir Z   Drums,Percussion
Alex Wright   Piano,Keyboards
Mark Hill   Bass
Ilya Toshinskiy   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Will Weatherly   Drums,Keyboards,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Nirz   Drums
Ilya Toshinsky   Banjo,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Lars Thornton   Fiddle,Strings

Technical Credits

Curt Gibbs   Producer
Buckley Miller   Digital Editing
Andrew Mendelson   Mastering
Ainslie Grosser   Mixing
Adam Craig   Composer
Tommy Cecil   Composer,Programming,Drum Programming,Keyboard Programming
Dallas Davidson   Composer
David Spencer   Editing,Engineer,Digital Editing
John Denosky   Digital Editing
Jim Cooley   Mixing,Engineer
Chris Collins   Cover Design
Dallas Wilson   Composer,Programming
Mark Holman   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming,Drum Programming,Keyboard Programming
Matt Alderman   Producer,Programming,Drum Programming,Keyboard Programming,Composer
Dylan Scott   Composer
Morgan Wallen   Composer
Hunter Phelps   Composer
Wes Youssi   Package Design
Mitchell Tenpenny   Composer
Thomas Archer   Composer
James McNair   Composer
Taylor Phillips   Composer
Emily Landis   Composer
Michael Hardy   Composer
Ernest Keith Smith   Composer
Nir Z   Engineer,Digital Editing
Diana Wohl   A&R
Cameron Bedell   Composer
Christo Collins   Cover Design
Blair McDermott   Art Direction
Claire Douglas   Composer
Andy Selby   Digital Editing
Craig White   Engineer
Corey Crowder   Composer,Programming
Justin Niebank   Mixing
Jim Ed Norman   Producer
Matt McGinn   Composer
Ashley Gorley   Composer
Brad Rempel   Composer
David Fanning   Composer
Cole Taylor   Composer
Rebekah Liles   A&R
Will Weatherly   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming,Drum Programming
Benjamin Johnson   Composer
Forest Whitehead   Mixing
Kam Luchterhand   Engineer
Thomas Rhett   Composer
David Bates   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Tyler Hubbard   Composer
Brian Kelley   Composer
Laurel Kittleson   A&R
Robby Klein   Photography
Micha Ligon   A&R
Kelsey Hart   Composer
Tanya Dureaux   A&R
Josh Melton   Composer