Restless (Sara Evans album)

Restless is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Sara Evans. It was released in August 2003 via RCA Records Nashville. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA.

The album's first single, "Backseat of a Greyhound Bus", reached number 16 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Despite the rather low chart performance of the first single, the album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and at number 20 on the Billboard 200 chart after selling 44,283 copies in its first week. The album's second single, "Perfect", fared better and reached number 2. "Suds in the Bucket", the third single, became a signature song for Evans, having reached number one on the country charts, making Restless her third consecutive album to contain a number one single. The fourth single, "Tonight", charted just outside the country Top 40 at number 41.

Personnel

• Sara Evans – lead vocals, backing vocals
• John Hobbs – keyboards, Hammond B3 organ
• Steve Nathan – keyboards, acoustic piano
• Tim Lauer – accordion
• Marcus Hummon – acoustic guitar, baritone mandolin
• Darrell Scott – acoustic guitar, bouzouki, dobro, mandolin
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Paul Worley – acoustic guitar, electric guitars
• J.T. Corenflos – electric guitars
• Troy Lancaster – electric guitars
• Jerry McPherson – electric guitars
• Bryan Sutton – banjo, mandolin
• Gary Morse – dobro, steel guitar
• Michael Rhodes – bass
• Glenn Worf – bass
• Matt Chamberlain – drums
• David Huff – drum programming, percussion, shakers
• Eric Darken – drum programming, percussion
• Glen Caruba – percussion
• Tom Roady – percussion
• Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
• Jim Horn – saxophones, horn arrangements
• Sam Levine – saxophones
• Barry Green – trombone
• Mike Haynes – trumpet
• John Mock – concertina, penny whistle
• Jonathan Yudkin – cello, Celtic harp
• Chris McDonald – string arrangements and conductor
• The Nashville String Machine – strings
• Bob Bailey – backing vocals
• Ashley Evans Simpson – backing vocals
• Lesley Evans Lyons – backing vocals
• Kim Fleming – backing vocals
• Vince Gill – backing vocals
• Adie Grey – backing vocals
• Vicki Hampton – backing vocals
• Wes Hightower – backing vocals
• Troy Johnson – backing vocals
• Hillary Lindsey – backing vocals
• Ashlie Tucker – backing vocals

Production

• Sara Evans – producer
• Paul Worley – producer
• Clarke Schleicher – recording, mixing
• Mike Poole – additional engineer
• Erik Hellerman – additional engineer, recording assistant, digital editing
• Wade Hachler – recording assistant
• Rich Hanson – mix assistant
• John Mayfield – mastering
• Paige Connors – production coordinator
• Bobby Garbedian – art direction
• Astrid Herbold May – art direction, design
• Jeff Lipsky – photography
• Bjorn – photography
• Ruby Weiser – hair stylist
• Vanessa Scali – make-up
• Claudia Fowler – wardrobe stylist
• Modern Management – management

Studios

• Recorded at The Money Pit (Nashville, Tennessee).
• Additional recordings at Loud Recording and Paragon Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).
• Mixed at Loud Recording
• Mastered at Mayfield Mastering (Nashville, Tennessee).

Chart performance

Weekly charts

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Chart (2003)	Peak position

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	56
Chart (2004)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	25
Chart (2005)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	43

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Certifications
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2003	"Backseat of a Greyhound Bus"	16	103
	"Perfect"	2	46
2004	"Suds in the Bucket"	1	33	RIAA: PlatinumTemplate:Certification Cite Ref
	"Tonight"	41	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart