The Comeback (Zac Brown Band album)

The Comeback
Studio album by Zac Brown Band
Released	October 15, 2021
Recorded	2021
Genre	Country
Length	53:50
Label	Home Grown Music Warner Music Nashville
Producer	Zac Brown Ben Simonetti
Zac Brown Band chronology
The Owl (2019) The Comeback (2021)
Singles from The Comeback
"Same Boat" Released: June 11, 2021 "Out in the Middle" Released: January 24, 2022[1]

The Comeback is the seventh studio album by American country music group Zac Brown Band. The album was released on October 15, 2021, by Home Grown Music and Warner Music Nashville.^[2][3]

Track listing

The Comeback track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Slow Burn"	Zac Brown Ben Hayslip Ben Simonetti	3:31
2.	"Out in the Middle"	Brown Luke Combs Simonetti Jonathan Singleton	2:46
3.	"Wild Palomino"	Brown Wyatt Durrette Simonetti Singleton	3:18
4.	"Us Against the World"	Brown Simonetti Singleton	3:12
5.	"Same Boat"	Brown Simonetti Singleton	3:10
6.	"Stubborn Pride" (featuring Marcus King)	Brown Marcus King Simonetti	7:08
7.	"Fun Having Fun"	Brown Kenny Habul Kurt Thomas Simonetti	3:40
8.	"The Comeback"	Brown Durrette Ray Fulcher Simonetti Singleton	3:19
9.	"Old Love Song"	Brown Combs Simonetti Singleton	3:31
10.	"Any Day Now"	Brown Clay Cook Josh Dunne Fulcher Simonetti Singleton	3:13
11.	"Paradise Lost on Me"	Brown Durrette Simonetti Singleton	2:24
12.	"GA Clay"	Brown Durrette Neil Mason Simonetti Singleton	3:42
13.	"Love and Sunsets"	Brown Luke Dick Simonetti	3:40
14.	"Closer to Heaven" (featuring Gregory Porter)	Brown John Driskell Hopkins Simonetti	3:58
15.	"Don't Let Your Heart"	Brown Durrette Levi Lowrey Jimmy de Martini Simonetti	3:18
Total length:			53:50

The Comeback (Deluxe) track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wild Palomino (Remix)" (featuring Cody Johnson)	3:19
2.	"Out in the Middle (Remix)" (featuring Blake Shelton)	2:46
3.	"Any Day Now (Remix)" (featuring Ingrid Andress)	3:14
4.	"Love and Sunsets (Remix)" (featuring James Taylor)	3:42
5.	"Stubborn Pride (Remix)" (featuring Jamey Johnson & Marcus King)	7:09
6.	"Same Boat (Remix)" (featuring Jimmy Buffett)	3:10

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.^[4]

Zac Brown Band

• Zac Brown – lead vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (all tracks except 9), electric guitar (track 12), Mellotron (track 15), programming (track 7), whistle (track 5), party claps (track 5)
• Coy Bowles – electric guitar (all tracks except 3 and 13), party claps (track 5)
• Clay Cook – harmony and background vocals (all tracks), electric guitar (all tracks except 3, 6, and 13), acoustic guitar (tracks 4, 9, 10), Hammond organ (tracks 1–6, 8–11, 13, 14), pedal steel guitar (track 3), piano (tracks 7, 10, 15), synthesizer (track 10), drums (track 10), party claps (track 5)
• John Driskell Hopkins – background vocals (all tracks except 3), electric guitar (all tracks except 3 and 13), party claps (track 5)
• Jimmy DeMartini – harmony and background vocals (all tracks), fiddle (all tracks except 6), party claps (track 5)
• Daniel de los Reyes – percussion (all tracks), party claps (track 5)
• Chris Fryar – drums (tracks 1–3, 5–10, 12, 14), party claps (track 5)
• Matt Mangano – bass guitar (all tracks), background vocals (track 10), party claps (track 5)

Additional musicians

• Kyshona Armstrong – background vocals (tracks 6, 8, 12)
• Dr. Richard Bland – background vocals (tracks 4, 5), party claps (track 5)
• Nickie Conley – background vocals (tracks 6, 8, 12)
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar (tracks 1, 3, 13)
• Austin Hoke – cello (tracks 10, 13, 14)
• Evan Hutchings – drums (tracks 3, 4, 11, 13, 15)
• Marcus King – acoustic guitar (track 6), electric guitar (track 6), duet vocals (track 6 + Deluxe Edition track 5)
• Dirk Lemmenes – background vocals (tracks 4, 5), party claps (track 5)
• Maureen Murphy – background vocals (tracks 6, 8, 12)
• Gregory Porter – duet vocals (track 14 + Deluxe Edition track 20)
• Eric Roderick – background vocals (tracks 4, 5), party claps (track 5)
• Ben Simonetti – Hammond organ (track 10), mellotron (track 14), percussion (track 13), programming (tracks 7, 10, 15), background vocals (tracks 4, 5), party claps (track 5)
• Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 13), banjo (track 13)
• James Willis – background vocals (tracks 4, 5), party claps (track 5)
• Cody Johnson – duet vocals (Deluxe Edition track 1)
• Blake Shelton – duet vocals (Deluxe Edition track 2)
• Ingrid Andress – duet vocals (Deluxe Edition track 3)
• James Taylor – duet vocals (Deluxe Edition track 4)
• Jamey Johnson – duet vocals (Deluxe Edition track 5)
• Jimmy Buffett – duet vocals (Deluxe Edition track 6)

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for The Comeback Chart (2021) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 42 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[6] 64 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 63 US Billboard 200[8] 27 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9] 3

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for The Comeback Chart (2021) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] 91

References

1. "Future Releases for Country Radio Stations". AllAccess. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
2. "The Comeback by Zac Brown Band on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
3. Claire Shaffer (August 27, 2021). "Zac Brown Band Detail New Album 'The Comeback'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
4. The Comeback (CD booklet). Zac Brown Band. Warner Music Nashville/Home Grown Music. 2021. 093624877462.
5. "Australiancharts.com – Zac Brown Band – The Comeback". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
6. "Zac Brown Band Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
7. "Swisscharts.com – Zac Brown Band – The Comeback". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
8. "Zac Brown Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
9. "Zac Brown Band Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
10. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2021.