Thin Line is the fourteenth studio album by country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, and his second on own record label Blue Cadillac Music. It was released on September 9, 2016.^[1] The album peaked at #49 on the Country Charts.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Thin Line" (featuring Shelby Lynne)	Billy Ray Cyrus		4:30
2.	"Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)"	Kris Kristofferson	Stewart Cararas, Jason Charles Miller	5:07
3.	"They're Playin' Our Song"	Bob DiPiero, John Jarrard, Mark D. Sanders		3:52
4.	"My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys"	Sharon Vaughn	Cararas, Miller	3:03
5.	"Stop Pickin' on Willie"	B. R. Cyrus, Corky Holbrook, Terry Shelton	Cararas, Miller	3:09
6.	"Sunday Morning Coming Down" (featuring Shelby Lynne)	Kristofferson	Cararas, Miller	5:00
7.	"Tulsa Time" (featuring Joe Perry)	Danny Flowers	Cararas, Miller	4:02
8.	"Hillbilly On"	Dean Alexander, Skip Black, Brian Maher		4:05
9.	"Killing the Blues" (featuring Shooter Jennings)	Rowland Salley		3:51
10.	"I've Always Been Crazy" (featuring Shooter Jennings, Lee Roy Parnell)	Waylon Jennings		4:28
11.	"Hey Elvis" (featuring Bryan Adams and Glenn Hughes)	Adams, Gretchen Peters		4:11
12.	"Help Me Make It Through the Night" (featuring Kenley Shea Holm)	Kristofferson		3:10
13.	"Hope (Let It Find You)"	B. R. Cyrus, Jason Charles Miller, Andrew Rollins	Cararas, Miller, Andrew Rollins	4:25
14.	"Going Where the Lonely Go" (featuring Braison Cyrus)	Merle Haggard, Dean Holloway	Cararas, Miller	4:09
15.	"Angels Protect This Home" (featuring Miley Cyrus)	B. R. Cyrus, Miley Cyrus		8:57

Personnel

Musicians

Bryan Adams – vocals on "Hey Elvis"
Russell Ali – electric guitar on "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" and "Going Where the Lonely Go"
William von Arx – lead guitar on "Stop Pickin' on Willie"
Anthony Braunagle – drums
Alexander Burke – keyboards, mandolin, piano
Stewart Cararas – electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14)
Billy Ray Cyrus – acoustic guitar, percussion, Tibetan bowls, lead vocals
Braison Cyrus – electric guitar and vocals on "Going Where the Lonely Go"
Miley Cyrus – percussion, Tibetan bowls, and vocals on "Angels Protect This Home"
Jamie Douglass – drums, percussion
Brandon Friesen – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, piano
Rebekkah Friesen – acoustic guitar, background vocals
Tony Furtado – banjo
Cynthia Gillet – bass guitar, background vocals
Noah Gordon – background vocals
Angella Grossi – percussion
Adam Hall – banjo, dobro, lap steel guitar
Zach Hall – bass guitar on "Tulsa Time"
Michael "Fish" Herring – electric guitar
Kenley Shae Holm – vocals on "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
Glenn Hughes – vocals on "Hey Elvis" and "Hope (Let It Find You)"
Angela Hurt – background vocals
Shooter Jennings – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Hammond organ, piano, programming, producer, vocals on "Killing the Blues" and "I've Always Been Crazy"
Ted Russell Kamp – bass guitar
Peter Keys – keyboards, piano
Jeff King – electric guitar
Johnny Lee – acoustic guitar
Shelby Lynne – vocals on "Thin Line" and "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
Reggie McBride – bass guitar
Jason Charles Miller – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, background vocals (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14)
Ian Newbill – electric guitar on "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys"
Lee Roy Parnell – slide guitar on "I've Always Been Crazy"
Joe Perry – electric guitar on "Tulsa Time"
Mark Plummer – background vocals on "Tulsa Time"
Jimmy Pugh – Hammond organ, piano
David Rehmann – drums
Aubrey Richmond – fiddle
Andrew Rollins – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals on "Hope (Let It Find You)"
Wendy Starland – background vocals
The Tambourine Brothers – tambourine
Drew Taubenfeld – pedal steel guitar
Cliff Wagner – banjo, fiddle

Technical

Neil Baldock – engineer
Geoff Bisente – assistant engineer, engineer
Stewart Cararas – producer, engineer, mixer (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14), additional engineering/production (Tracks 1, 8, 12,)
Billy Ray Cyrus – engineer, producer
Billy Decker – mixing
Jim DeMain – mastering
Brandon Friesen – engineer, mixing, producer, programming
Noah Gordon – editing, producer
Ben Grafton – assistant engineer
Casey Henderson – assistant engineer
Derek Jones – assistant engineer
Shim Kratky – assistant engineer
Jason Charles Miller – producer (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14), additional engineering/production (Tracks 1, 8, 12,)
Jimmy Plann – drum programming, engineer
Andrew Rollins – producer

Charts

Chart (2016–18)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[2]	20
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)^{[citation needed]}	4
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	49

References

^ "Thin Line by Billy Ray Cyrus on Apple Music". Retrieved 27 October 2016.
^ "Australiancharts.com – Billy Ray Cyrus – Thin Line". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

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Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Some Gave All It Won't Be the Last Storm in the Heartland Trail of Tears Shot Full of Love Southern Rain Time Flies The Other Side Wanna Be Your Joe Home at Last Back to Tennessee I'm American Change My Mind Thin Line Set the Record Straight
Other albums	The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus: Cover to Cover 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection The Definitive Collection Love Songs Icon Brother Clyde
Singles	"Achy Breaky Heart" "Could've Been Me" "Wher'm I Gonna Live?" "She's Not Cryin' Anymore" "In the Heart of a Woman" "Somebody New"" "Words by Heart" "Storm in the Heartland" "It's All the Same to Me" "Busy Man" "You Won't Be Lonely Now" "Ready, Set, Don't Go" "Somebody Said a Prayer" "Back to Tennessee" "Nineteen" "Old Town Road (Remix)"
Other songs	"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" "Real Gone" "Butterfly Fly Away"
Related topics	Ron Cyrus (father) Tish Cyrus (wife) Brandi Cyrus (daughter) Trace Cyrus (son) Miley Cyrus (daughter) Noah Cyrus (daughter) Brother Clyde Robby Stewart
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