The Last Resort: Greetings From

by Midland

Overview

As a title, The Last Resort carries a vague air of desperation -- you've run out of options, so you're stuck with this course of action -- but Midland never forget a resort is also a place of relaxation. Filled with candied harmonies and sweeter melodies, The Last Resort: Greetings From is designed to be a record to spin when you unwind. It'll chase away the blues and make a good time even better, as its songs about paychecks, longnecks, cowboys, and sunrises all feel warm and welcoming. Midland don't wallow in sadness, they shrug it away, knowing that there's another day and another margarita around the corner. This laissez faire attitude is accentuated by the group's dedication to the soft sounds of the early '80s, crafting a canny hybrid of slick Urban Cowboy and new traditionalist swagger. Unlike Let It Roll, where their retro fantasias glided by on the surface, The Last Resort: Greetings From teems with distinct shifts in mood, whether it's the introduction of duet partner Jon Pardi on the barroom anthem "Longneck Way to Go," the percolating humor of "If I Lived Here," the hardwood boogie of "King of Saturday Night," or the twilight romance of "Take Her Off Your Hands." It all adds up to an album so easy and assured, it's hard not to get swept up in its cool, breezy concoctions. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	05/06/2022
Label:	Big Machine Records
UPC:	0843930067107
Rank:	41890

Tracks

1. The Last Resort
2. If I Lived Here
3. Two to Two Step
4. Take Her Off Your Hands
5. Sunrise Tells the Story
6. And Then Some
7. Longneck Way to Go
8. Life Ain't Fair
9. King of Saturday Night
10. Paycheck to Paycheck
11. Bury Me in Blue Jeans
12. Adios Cowboy

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Midland   Primary Artist
Jon Pardi   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jess Carson   Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Robbie Crowell   Piano,Keyboards,Saxophone,Vibraphone,Synthesizer
Dann Huff   Mandolin,Synthesizer,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Rob McNelley   Guitar (Electric)
Josh Osborne   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Charlie Judge   Bass,Piano,Accordion,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Ilya Toshinskiy   Banjo,Guitar (Acoustic)
Cameron Duddy   Vocals,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Sol Littlefield   Guitar (Electric)
Laur Joamets   Guitar (Electric)
Mark Wystrach   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Greg Morrow   Drums,Congas,Percussion,Tambourine,Bass (Electric)
Paul Franklin   Guitar (Steel)
Dave Cohen   Piano,Mellotron,Synthesizer

Technical Credits

Jess Carson   Composer
Midland   Composer,Art Direction
Ben Phillips   Programming,Programming
Claire Schaper   Cover Design
Justin Niebank   Programming,Mixing
Jessi Alexander   Composer
Ashley Gorley   Composer
Rhett Akins   Composer
Pat Manske   Recording,Assistant Engineer
Dann Huff   Producer,Programming
Lowell Reynolds   Engineer,Recording
Drew Bollman   Mixing
Adam Ayan   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Steve Marcantonio   Engineer,Recording
Marv Green   Composer
Josh Osborne   Composer,Producer
Bart Butler   Producer
Aaron Raitiere   Composer
Mike "Frog" Griffith   Production Manager,Production Coordination
Holly Taylor   Package Design
Ryan Gore   Producer,Recording
Evan Hutchings   Programming
Harper Smith   Photography
John Thomas "J. T." Harding   Composer
Cameron Duddy   Composer
Chris Small   Editing,Digital Editing
Allison Jones   A&R
Michael Walter   Engineer,Assistant,Recording,Assistant Engineer
Mark Wystrach   Composer
Shane McAnally   Composer,Producer
David Huff   Editing,Programming,Digital Editing
Chase Duddy   Engineer,Recording