Big Dog Daddy

Big Dog Daddy is the eleventh studio album released by country singer Toby Keith. It was released June 12, 2007. Its first single, "High Maintenance Woman," which was released before the album came out, peaked at number three on the country charts. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, selling 204,000 copies in its first week. It was Keith's third number one on the Billboard 200 and his fifth on the Top Country Albums chart.[1] In addition, this was the first album of Keith's career that he produced entirely on his own, having previously co-produced all but his first two albums.

Big Dog Daddy
Studio album by
Toby Keith
ReleasedJune 12, 2007
GenreCountry
Length37:51
LabelShow Dog Nashville
ProducerToby Keith
Toby Keith chronology
White Trash with Money
(2006)		 Big Dog Daddy
(2007)		 A Classic Christmas
(2007)
Singles from Big Dog Daddy
  1. "High Maintenance Woman"
    Released: February 13, 2007
  2. "Love Me If You Can"
    Released: June 26, 2007
  3. "Get My Drink On"
    Released: November 27, 2007

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
411Mania(8/10)[2]
About.com[3]
AllMusic[4]
The A.V. ClubB−[5]
Common Sense Media[6]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[7]
USA Today[8]

AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave praise to Keith's talents as a singer-songwriter, noting his storytelling abilities on the record's two covers and his exploration of both his sensitive and partying sides on "Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya" as "remarkably affecting", concluding with "And that's the real secret to Keith's success: underneath all the bragging he's a songwriter and a damn good one at that, which this lean, sinewy, stripped-to-the-basics record makes clear."[4] Kathi Kamen Goldmark of Common Sense Media praised the musicianship and discussions of social class and wealth in America throughout the album but found criticism in some tracks containing alcohol debauchery and saccharine sentiment, concluding that Keith is "a man who's not afraid to be himself -- someone who knows his way around both small-town America and a musical hook, and isn't afraid to use it."[6] Entertainment Weekly writer Ken Tucker praised Keith for delivering "artistic sincerity" and clever delivery and wordplay throughout the track listing, concluding that "All of this suggests Keith understands that beyond its default mode of rowdiness, country music is the soundtrack for adulthood, its pleasures as well as its disillusionments."[7]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."High Maintenance Woman"Toby Keith, Tim Wilson, Danny Simpson3:21
2."Love Me If You Can"Chris Wallin, Craig Wiseman3:36
3."White Rose"Fred Eaglesmith3:47
4."Get My Drink On"Keith, Scotty Emerick, Dean Dillon3:07
5."Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya"Keith, Emerick3:18
6."Big Dog Daddy"Keith3:53
7."I Know She Hung the Moon"Keith, Emerick3:35
8."Pump Jack"Keith, Bobby Pinson3:29
9."Burnin' Moonlight"Keith, Emerick, Dillon3:51
10."Walk It Off"Keith, Emerick3:02
11."Hit It"Keith, Wiseman2:52

Personnel

Credits for Big Dog Daddy adapted from AllMusic.[9]

Chart performance

References
  1. Hasty, Katie (June 20, 2007). "Toby Keith's 'Big Dog' Heads Straight To No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  2. "411Mania review". Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  3. About.com review
  4. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Big Dog Daddy - Toby Keith". AllMusic. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  5. Battaglia, Andy (July 3, 2007). "Toby Keith: Big Dog Daddy". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  6. Goldmark, Kathi Kamen. "Big Dog Daddy Music Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  7. Tucker, Ken (June 8, 2007). "Big Dog Daddy". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  8. Mansfield, Brian (June 11, 2007). "Listen Up: Keith's 'Daddy' fulfills, confounds". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  9. "Big Dog Daddy - Toby Keith | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  10. "Toby Keith Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  11. "Toby Keith Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
  12. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  13. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
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