Shaboozey Releases Expanded Version Of Hit Album
Shaboozey‘s third album, Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, was already a hit, introducing saloons and dance halls nationwide to “A Bar Song (Tipsy).”
That song went on to top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 19 non-consecutive weeks, and it earned Shaboozey a Billboard Music Award for Top Country Song.
Today, April 25, the album that hit single is found on is seeing an expansion, nearly one year after its initial release.
Presented as Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going: The Complete Edition, this new iteration of the album features six new songs.
Among them is “Amen,” which features Jelly Roll.
“Amen”
Offering an upbeat rhythm to compliment a relatable tale of redemption, “Amen” finds Shaboozey singing about now-familiar themes, but with a twist.
Starting with an admission of sin, Shaboozey confesses, “If Heaven saw me out last Friday, I’m lying in it,” later adding, “I’m way too gone to save.”
Still, his hope is expressed in a call for prayer, with the chorus saying:
“Somebody say a prayer for me, ’cause the pills ran out and I still can’t sleep. Somebody send a word upstairs, ’cause the bar’s shut down and I’m God knows where.”
Concluding the chorus with a prayer, Shaboozey sings, “All I’m asking for is a little mercy, amen.”
Backed by a danceable clap to the beat and a small choir, the “amen” is sung out with passion.
Jelly Roll enters the track in the second verse to provide some hope on the horizon of the song’s struggle, singing:
“Just hoping I see the day I ain’t ashamed of the man in the mirror, and the man upstairs ain’t either. And I can finally set my life straight and be the man my momma raised.”
The release of this song, and the expanded Complete Edition of the album, is bolstered by a song visualizer for “Amen.”
Akin to a teaser for a music video, this visualizer is shot on 35mm film by concert photographer Brennan Adams. Showing Shaboozey and Jelly Roll in a series of poses, the occasional flicker in the gate of the camera lends the images a pleasant, vintage look.
Listen to the song and see the visualizer here:
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Other New Tracks
While “Amen” is the single for the new edition of Shaboozey’s Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, there are five additional new songs.
Of those, three songs are solo efforts by Shaboozey, including his November 2024 single “Good News.”
Jelly Roll isn’t the only featured artist on the Complete Edition though.
“Hail Mary” is supported by the Americana stylings of Sierra Ferrell, and “Blink Twice” features British artist Myles Smith.
Watch the music video for “Blink Twice” here:
