Album · Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
The Nashville Sound by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
The Nashville Sound is an album by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, released in 2017. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 28 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “If We Were Vampires”, on 17 lists and voted number one three times.
The Nashville Sound, Jason Isbell's sixth album and his first billed with the 400 Unit since Here We Rest, came out on June 16, 2017. Dave Cobb, who had produced Southeastern and Something More Than Free, was back behind the desk, and they cut it at Nashville's RCA Studio B.
The sound is Americana with a country heart and plenty of bite, Cobb keeping things warm and unfussy so the songs do the talking. "If We Were Vampires" is the quiet one that stops you cold, while "Hope the High Road" and "White Man's World" carried the rest of the load on the radio. The album won the Grammy for Best Americana Album, "If We Were Vampires" took Best American Roots Song, and it was named Album of the Year at the 2018 Americana Awards.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Nashville Sound on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If We Were Vampires | 17 | #1 | 3 | 2017–2026 | |
| 2 | Hope the High Road | 9 | #12 | – | 2017–2026 | |
| 3 | White Man's World | 2 | #42 | – | 2017 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.