Rise & Fall (album)

For articles with similar titles, see Rise and Fall (disambiguation).

Rise & Fall is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Scotty McCreery. It was released on May 10, 2024, via Triple Tigers. "Cab in a Solo" was released as its lead single in August 2023.^[1]

Rise & Fall
Studio album by Scotty McCreery
Released	May 10, 2024 (2024-05-10)
Recorded	Blackbird (Nashville) The Vault (Nashville) Spirit (Nashville)
Genre	Country
Length	45:28
Label	Triple Tigers
Producer	Frank Rogers Aaron Eshuis Derek Wells
Scotty McCreery chronology
Same Truck (2021) Rise & Fall (2024)
Singles from Rise & Fall
"Cab in a Solo" Released: August 21, 2023 "Fall of Summer" Released: May 28, 2024

Content

McCreery co-wrote 12 of the 13 tracks on Rise & Fall.^[2] Frank Rogers, Aaron Eshuis, and Derek Wells produced the record.^[3]

McCreery described Rise & Fall as his "favorite album [he's] made so far" and while the record explores a multitude of themes, the birth of his son in October 2022 served as a great inspiration for some of the songs on the project, reflecting the current stage of his life.^[4][5]

"Cab in a Solo" served as the album's lead single and was released on August 21, 2023. It reached a peak of number 2 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. "Fall of Summer" will be released on May 28, 2024, as the second single from the album.^[6]

Track listing

Rise & Fall track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Little More Gone"	Scotty McCreery Brent Anderson Jeremy Bussey Monty Criswell Derek George Bobby Hamrick Frank Rogers	3:07
2.	"Cab in a Solo"	McCreery Anderson Rogers	3:46
3.	"Lonely"	McCreery Anderson Bussey Criswell George Hamrick Rogers	4:32
4.	"Can't Pass the Bar"	McCreery Anderson Cale Dodds Rogers	2:41
5.	"Hey Rose"	Jay Brunswick Bussey Hamrick	3:32
6.	"Fall of Summer"	McCreery Anderson Criswell George Rogers	3:44
7.	"Love Like This"	McCreery Aaron Eshuis Rogers	3:33
8.	"Slow Dance"	McCreery Anderson Criswell George	3:18
9.	"No Country for Old Men"	McCreery Anderson Criswell George Rogers	3:56
10.	"And Countin'"	McCreery Bussey Hamrick Rogers	3:12
11.	"Stuck Behind a Tractor"	McCreery Rhett Akins Chase McGill	3:10
12.	"Red Letter Blueprint"	McCreery Anderson Bussey Criswell George	3:52
13.	"Porch"	McCreery Greylan James Heather Morgan	3:05
Total length:			45:28

Personnel

Musicians

• Scotty McCreery – lead vocals
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass
• Mike Johnson – pedal steel, Dobro
• Evan Hutchings – drums, percussion
• Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar, bouzouki, resonator guitar, banjo, mandolin
• Bobby Hamrick – acoustic guitar
• Derek Wells – electric guitar, baritone guitar, sitar, tic-tac guitar, Dobro, programming
• Justin Niebank – programming
• Wes Hightower – background vocals
• David Dorn – B-3, synthesizer, piano, clavinet, Wurlitzer, strings
• Aaron Eshuis – programming
• Larry Franklin – fiddle
• Frank Rogers – programming, electric guitar, beer can, background vocals
• Jellyroll Johnson – harmonica
• Tyrus Sass – piano
• The Lonely Choir – gang vocals on "Lonely Ain't Lonely"

Technical

• Frank Rogers – production
• Derek Wells – production, additional recording
• Aaron Eshuis – production
• Andrew Mendelson – mastering
• Justin Niebank – mixing
• Drew Bollman – engineering, additional mix engineering
• Brian David Willis – digital editing
• Frank Rogers – additional recording
• Zach Kuhlman – engineering assistance
• Joey Stanca – engineering assistance

Visuals

• Jeff Ray – photography
• Joshua Sage Newman – packaging art direction
• Abby Murdock – packaging art direction
• Anthony Formisano – packaging design
• Tanner Germany – packaging design

Charts

Chart performance for Rise & Fall

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[7]	91
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[8]	63
UK Country Albums (OCC)[9]	6
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[10]	33
US Billboard 200[11]	128
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12]	22
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[13]	25

Accolades

Year-end lists

Publication	Rank	List
Rolling Stone	12	The 30 Best Country Albums of 2024[14]