Brothers Osborne are celebrating the eighth anniversary of their debut album, Pawn Shop, on Monday (January 15th). The original collection was released January 15th, 2016.
The collection, produced by Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Little Big Town, Cage the Elephant and Zac Brown Band), featured 11 songs written by brothers John and TJ Osborne, including their No. 1 single, “Stay a Little Longer,” the nostalgic “21 Summer,” the rowdy Top 10 hit “It Ain’t My Fault” and the playful, summer singalong “Rum.”
“Every song is held together by John and I and what we do, but we want it to be kind of these different scenes in every track,” says TJ. “We went through a lot, a lot of material and listened to it over and over and over…I think every artist struggles with [picking songs for an album]. If you think of all of your life’s work being summed up in 11 songs, that’s really, really challenging.”
Pawn Shop Track List:
1. Dirt Rich (Brothers Osborne, Barry Dean)
2. 21 Summer (Brothers Osborne, Craig Wiseman)
3. Stay a Little Longer (Brothers Osborne, Shane McAnally)
4. Pawn Shop (Brothers Osborne, Sean McConnell)
5. Rum (Brothers Osborne, Barry Dean)
6. Loving Me Back (Brothers Osborne, Casey Beathard)
7. American Crazy (Brothers Osborne, Ross Copperman)
8. Greener Pastures (Brothers Osborne, Ryan Hurd and Maren Morris)
9. Down Home (Brothers Osborne, Jessi Alexander)
10. Heart Shaped Locket (TJ Osborne, Lisa Carver and Andi Zack)
11. It Ain’t My Fault (Brothers Osborne, Jessi Alexander)
The guys are currently climbing the country charts with their latest song, “Nobody’s Nobody,” from their new self-titled album.
Audio / BROTHERS OSBORNE’S TJ OSBORNE SAID IT WAS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE PICKING SONGS FOR THEIR DEBUT ALBUM.
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“We really focused on having this album be, every song is held together by John and I and what we do, but we want it to be kind of these different scenes in every track. So, that’s really, really difficult to whittle that down. I don’t know. We went through a lot, a lot of material and listened to it over and over and over. Some of the songs when you’re listening to ‘em, you’re not sure how they’re gonna turn out when you finally record them. I mean, it’s pretty often a lot of times the song that you think is gonna be the best song, the easiest song to record ends up being the hardest one and sometimes doesn’t turn out that great. Then there’s these little diamonds-in-the-rough that’s usually the last song you just threw on the session just ‘cause you had the time, and it’s just suddenly that’s the one, you know? I don’t know why that is, but I think that’s really challenging. I think every artist struggles with [picking songs for an album]. If you think of all of your life’s work being summed up in 11 songs, that’s really, really challenging.”
