On the heels of the release of his 11^th studio album LOVE AND WAR last week, superstar Brad Paisley announces the release of the visual version of the same album exclusively on Apple Music this Friday, April 28.  Brad is the first country artist to release a visual album, and fans can view a sneak peek of it on his Facebook page–or you can click right HERE.

Brad knows how important a video can be to fans for connecting with a song–because it happened to him! Brad is a huge Alan Jackson fan, and bought the album A lot About Livin’ (and A Little ’bout Love) when it came out in 1992. When he first heard ‘Chattahoochee,’ he liked the song, but when he saw the video, it became a favorite, “Then all of the sudden, I turn on CMT and he’s waterskiing on the Chattahoochee river and doing flips.  That was my favorite song on that album, immediately. So that’s the power of that.” That’s what Brad is trying to do with the LOVE AND WAR visual album, he’s trying to find a way fans can have a new way to connect with his music, “So you heard the song ‘Contact High,’ which I love the guitar playing. I love the melody. I like the feel of it. It’s a torched ballad and sounds like the blues club or something. But then you see me floating in an anti-gravity indoor skydiving chamber, looking like a deranged Power Ranger. I think it does something that would take typically take seeing me play in concert to connect, somehow. Each song has its moment. What I’m really proud of is I don’t think we left any on the table that are a waste. It’s like every one of them took it somewhere were you’re like ‘Oh, I never would have connected that dot this quickly at least without that video element.’ And they also dove tail…It’s one big project, and it’s really fun to watch…beginning to end.”

Available to stream for a limited time exclusively on Apple Music starting this Friday, the LOVE AND WAR visual album represents all 16 songs from the album and flows seamlessly as a movie to tell the complete story. Locations of the video shoots ranged from a concert in a Sleep Number store in a mall, a party at Brad’s parent’s house to the USS Midway in San Diego, CA.  Brad Paisley, Dave Brown, Derek Cressman, Frank Agnone, Jeff Venable, Jim Shea and Todd Cassetty were the directors involved.

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  Brad Paisley visual album of LOVE AND WAR can be traced back to an impression left on him by one of Alan Jackson’s music videos. (1:28)
“I remember ‘Chattahoochee.’ I had that album early and the first single off that was ‘She’s Got the Rhythm, I’ve Got the Blues,’ which was fine . . . fine video, great song. Bought the album because I love Alan Jackson, love everything about him. Listened to the album, heard ‘Chattahoochee,’ thought ‘that’s a cool grove, I like that.’  I like what it’s talking about. Listened to a bunch of em on there, all the way to the end. Then all of the sudden, I turn on CMT and he’s waterskiing on the Chattahoochee river and doing flips.  That was my favorite song on that album, immediately. So that’s the power of that. That’s what we are trying to do with this visual album.  So you heard the song ‘Contact High,’ which I love the guitar playing. I love the melody. I like the feel of it. It’s a torched ballad and sounds like the blues club or something. But then you see me floating in an anti-gravity indoor skydiving chamber, looking like a deranged Power Ranger. I think it does something that would take typically take seeing me play in concert to connect, somehow. Each song has its moment. What I’m really proud of is I don’t think we left any on the table that are a waste. It’s like every one of them took it somewhere were you’re like ‘Oh, I never would have connected that dot this quickly at least without that video element.’ And they also dove tail…It’s one big project, and it’s really fun to watch…beginning to end.”