Jason Aldean‘s new record Songs About Us dropped on Friday (April 24), and there is an Easter egg hiding in plain view in the first track, “Anytime Soon.”
Aldean was down in Athens, Ga. this weekend celebrating the release of his new record and playing a show in front of over 65,000 people at Sanford Stadium, with Luke Bryan as a co-headliner.
Before the big concert, Aldean told me that the first song on the record is a tip of the hat to country legend Ronnie Milsap.
How Did Jason Aldean Tribute Ronnie Milsap On His Songs About Us Album?
Aldean says that he loved “Anytime Soon” for a lot of reasons, including how much it reminded him of the living country music legend.
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“I was a big Ronnie Milsap fan,” he explains. “That song is kind of a tip of the hat to Ronnie Milsap: How it starts with the organ. I thought it was a really cool way to kick off the album.”
Aldean also said that “Anytime Soon” felt like a fresh way to open his new album, explaining that it didn’t sound like “any other album that we had done, started like that.”
Why Did Jason Aldean Open ‘Songs About Us’ With ‘Anytime Soon’?
Aldean noted that he and his team put a lot of thought into making this the first song on the new record. “I thought it was a really cool intro and way to set up the record,” he adds.
“Anytime Soon” was written by Kurt Allison, John Edwards, Tully Kennedy and John Morgan.
How Many Studio Albums Has Jason Aldean Released?
To date, Aldean has released 11 studio albums:
- Jason Aldean (2005)
- Relentless (2007)
- Wide Open (2009)
- My Kinda Party (2010)
- Night Train (2012)
- Old Boots, New Dirt (2014)
- They Don’t Know (2016)
- Rearview Town (2018)
- 9 (2019)
- Macon (2021) (part of the Macon, Georgia double album project)
- Georgia (2022) (second half of the double album)
It is debatable whether he has released 10 or 11 studio albums as his Macon and Georgia projects were thematically tied together. But the albums released on separate days, so most consider it two separate albums.
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Taste of Country asked readers for input and did a deep dive into Aldeans’ full catalog of songs to identify those worthy of this top songs list, and those that simply aren’t. Spoiler alert: A few radio singles are missing, and several album tracks rank inside the Top 20. Sales and chart success helped us round out the Top 50. Do you agree with No. 1?
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Jason Aldean exploded onto the country music scene in 2005 with his first hit “Hicktown,” which shot to No. 10 on the country charts. Since then, the megastar has released 11 studio albums and has had 27 songs reach No. 1. Let’s take a look back at a young Jason Aldean, when he was just getting started.
Gallery Credit: Evan Paul
