Take a look below for our list of 10 of the worst Toby Keith albums.
1. Bullets in the Gun
Bullets in the Gun is the fourteenth studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released on October 5, 2010 by Show Dog Nashville, which was renamed Show Dog-Universal Music. The album produced three singles with “Trailerhood”, the title track, and “Somewhere Else”. “Trailerhood” peaked at number 19 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, while the title track and “Somewhere Else” both reached number 12. This was Keith’s first studio album to not produce a single Top 10 hit on the US country charts.
2. American Ride
American Ride is the thirteenth studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released on October 6, 2009, under Keith’s personal label, Show Dog Nashville. Its lead-off single is the title track, which became his 19th No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in October. The album includes 12 songs, 11 of which Keith wrote or co-wrote, and one of which is a tribute to Wayman Tisdale. This was Keith’s last album of the Show Dog Nashville label before merging with Universal South into Show Dog-Universal Music. As of June 2014, the album has sold 500,000 copies and was certified Gold in the U.S. by the RIAA.
3. Toby Keith
Toby Keith is the self-titled debut studio album from American country music artist Toby Keith. Released on April 20, 1993 by Mercury Records, it features the singles “Should’ve Been a Cowboy”, “He Ain’t Worth Missing”, “A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action”, and “Wish I Didn’t Know Now”. Respectively, these songs peaked at No. 1, No. 5, No. 2, and No. 2 on the Hot Country Songs charts. The album sold more than one million copies in the United States, earning RIAA platinum certification. All the songs except for Some Kinda Good Kinda Hold On Me and A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action were written by Toby Keith.
4. Boomtown
Boomtown is the second studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released on September 27, 1994 by Mercury Records. The album produced four hit singles for Keith on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart between 1994 and 1995 with “Who’s That Man” (#1), “Upstairs Downtown” (#10), “You Ain’t Much Fun” (#2) and “Big Ol’ Truck” (#15). The album was also certified platinum by the RIAA for U.S. sales of one million copies.
5. How Do You Like Me Now
How Do You Like Me Now?! is the fifth studio album from American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released on November 2, 1999 as his first album for DreamWorks Records. After Keith departed from Mercury Records in 1998, Keith signed contracts with DreamWorks. The album produced four singles, “When Love Fades”, the title track, Country Comes to Town, and You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This.
6. Pull My Chain
Pull My Chain is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith, released in 2001 on DreamWorks Records Nashville. The album has been certified 2× Multi-Platinum in the U.S. for sales of two million copies. All three of this album’s singles — “I’m Just Talkin’ About Tonight”, “I Wanna Talk About Me”, and “My List” — were Number One hits on the Hot Country Songs charts between 2001 and 2002. Also included here is the track “I Can’t Take You Anywhere”, which was released by its co-writer, Scotty Emerick, as a single in 2003. The album was dedicated to his father Hubert Keith (H.K.) Covel, who died in March 2001.
7. Unleashed
Unleashed is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in July 2002 via DreamWorks Records Nashville. The album produced four hit singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts with “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)”, “Who’s Your Daddy”, “Rock You Baby”, and “Beer for My Horses” (a duet with Willie Nelson). “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)”, “Who’s Your Daddy”, and “Beer for My Horses” all reached number one while “Rock You Baby” peaked at number 13. The album was Keith’s first to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and was 4× platinum by the RIAA for sales of four million copies in the United States.
8. Honkytonk University
Honkytonk University is the ninth studio album by country music singer Toby Keith, released on May 17, 2005. The album has been certified 1× Platinum for sales of in excess of 1 million units. “Honkytonk U” was the first single to be released from the album, breaking the country top 10. “As Good as I Once Was” was the album’s biggest hit, topping the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts for six weeks. It was Keith’s last studio album for Dreamworks Records. After that album’s release, Dreamworks Records went out of business in 2006, so Keith formed Show Dog Nashville.
9. Shock’n Y’all
Shock’n Y’all is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in November 2003 via Dreamworks Records. The album features 10 studio tracks and the 2 live “Bus Songs”. The album has been certified 4× Platinum in the U.S. for shipments in excess of 4 million units.
10. 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. 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.
