Big Dog Daddy

Big Dog Daddy
Big Dog Daddy
Studio album by Toby Keith
Released	June 12, 2007
Genre	Country
Length	37:51
Label	Show Dog Nashville
Producer	Toby Keith
Toby Keith chronology
Singles from Big Dog Daddy
	"High Maintenance Woman"; Released: February 13, 2007; "Love Me If You Can"; Released: June 26, 2007; "Get My Drink On"; Released: November 27, 2007;

Big Dog Daddy is the eleventh studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released on June 12, 2007 by Show Dog Nashville. 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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
411Mania	(8/10)^[2]
About.com	^[3]
AllMusic	^[4]
The A.V. Club	B−^[5]
Common Sense Media	^[6]
Entertainment Weekly	A−^[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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"High Maintenance Woman"	Toby Keith, Tim Wilson, Danny Simpson	3:21
2.	"Love Me If You Can"	Chris Wallin, Craig Wiseman	3:36
3.	"White Rose"	Fred Eaglesmith	3:47
4.	"Get My Drink On"	Keith, Scotty Emerick, Dean Dillon	3:07
5.	"Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya"	Keith, Emerick	3:18
6.	"Big Dog Daddy"	Keith	3:53
7.	"I Know She Hung the Moon"	Keith, Emerick	3:35
8.	"Pump Jack"	Keith, Bobby Pinson	3:29
9.	"Burnin' Moonlight"	Keith, Emerick, Dillon	3:51
10.	"Walk It Off"	Keith, Emerick	3:02
11.	"Hit It"	Keith, Wiseman	2:52
Total length:			37:51