Play: The Guitar Album

Play
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 4, 2008 (2008-11-04)
Studio
GenreCountry
Length62:06
LabelArista Nashville
ProducerFrank Rogers
Brad Paisley chronology
5th Gear
(2007)
Play
(2008)
Playlist: The Very Best of Brad Paisley
(2009)
Singles from Play
  1. "Start a Band"
    Released: September 15, 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(70/100)
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
Billboard(favorable)
Blender
Entertainment WeeklyB−
Hartford Courant(favorable)
Los Angeles Times
Mojo
Slant
Uncut
USA Today
The Village Voice(positive)

Play: The Guitar Album is the seventh studio album by American musician Brad Paisley. It was released on November 4, 2008 (see 2008 in country music). Like all of his previous albums, Play was released on Arista Nashville and produced by Frank Rogers.

The album is largely instrumental in nature, except for five vocal tracks, and strays from Paisley's usual country music output to touch on other styles of music. One of these tracks, "Start a Band" (a duet with Keith Urban), has been released as a single and has become Paisley's ninth consecutive Number One country hit, and his thirteenth overall. The album cover photograph was taken at Bristow Run Elementary School in Bristow, Virginia.