Fired Up is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Randy Houser. It was released on March 11, 2016 via Stoney Creek. The lead single, "We Went", was released to radio on May 18, 2015 and became Houser's third Number One hit on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. "Song Number 7" and "Chasing Down a Good Time" were released as the album's second and third singles, respectively, in 2016.
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Reception
Commercial
The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 15, and no 3 on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 21,000 in the first week. The album has sold 53,400 copies in the US as of July 2016.
Personnel
Randy Houser – vocals
Dave Cohen – keyboards
Steve Nathan – keyboards
Jeff Roach – keyboards
John Henry Trinko – keyboards
Casey Wood – keyboards, percussion
Derek George – programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, backing vocals
Alicia Hoffman – programming
Jeff King – electric guitar
Troy Lancaster – electric guitar
B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
Rob McNelley – electric guitar
Scotty Sanders – steel guitar
Lee Hendricks – bass
Michael Rhodes – bass
Kevin Murphy – drums
Lonnie Wilson – drums
Sari Reist – cello (1, 16)
Monisa Angell – viola (1, 16)
David Angell – violin (1, 16)
David Davidson – violin (1, 16)
Larry Hall – string arrangements (1, 16)
Wes Hightower – backing vocals
Chris Stapleton – backing vocals
Russell Terrell – backing vocals
Production
Derek George – producer, recording, additional recording, digital editing
Casey Wood – recording, mixing, additional recording, digital editing
Bobby Shin – string recording (1, 16)
Russell Terrell – additional recording
Rebekah Long – recording assistant
Kam Luchterham – recording assistant
Zach Abend – digital editing
Andrew Mendelson – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, design
Jen Joe – creative director
Ryan Smith – photography
Fitzgerald Hartley Co. – management