Reckless (Morgan Wade album)

Reckless is the second studio album and major-label debut by American country music artist Morgan Wade. It was released on March 19, 2021, through the Thirty Tigers label.

The track "Wilder Days" was released as a single and peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and number 29 on the Country Airplay chart.^[1]

On January 28, 2022, a deluxe edition of the album was released with six additional tracks. This re-release was done through Arista Nashville. One of the six bonus tracks is a cover of Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds".^[2]

Slant Magazine critic Jim Malec stated that Wade "blends pop and country without subjugating either, all the while covering a wide swath of stylistic ground".^[3] No Depression critic Rachel Cholst praised the album, stating that "the songs are easy on the ears, but transgressive in insisting that listeners wrestle with tough topics."^[4]

• Morgan Wade – vocals
• Sadler Vaden – background vocals, electric guitars, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, bass, keyboards, synthesizers (all tracks); Mellotron (tracks 1–10); 12-string electric slide guitar, baritone guitar, slide guitar, drum programming (11–16)
• Paul Ebersold – keyboards (all tracks), synthesizers (tracks 1–10), drums (6); Mellotron, piano (11–16)
• Jamie Dick – drums, percussion (tracks 1, 2, 5, 9, 11–16)
• Fred Eltringham – drums, percussion (tracks 3, 4, 7, 8, 11–16)
• Jimbo Hart – bass (tracks 3, 7, 8, 11–16)
• Derry deBorja – keyboards (tracks 7, 10), piano (8)
• Eli Beaird – bass (tracks 11–16)
• Jarrad Kritzstein – piano, Mellotron, Wurlitzer (tracks 11–16)
• Parker Cason – B-3 organ (tracks 11–16)
• Kai Welch – vocoder (tracks 11–16)

• Sadler Vaden – production, mixing (all tracks); digital editing, additional recording (tracks 11–16)
• Paul Ebersold – production, engineering (tracks 1–10); mixing (all tracks), recording (12), digital editing (11–16)
• Richard Dodd – mastering
• Gena Johnson – recording, digital editing (tracks 11–16)
• Park Cason – recording (track 14)
• Zoe Babyar – mixing assistance (tracks 11–16)
• Zack Zinck – recording assistance (tracks 11–16)
• Scott Johnson – production management (tracks 11–16)

• David McClister – photography
• Keith Brogdon – original cover design
• Matthew Berinato – packaging design