Punching Bag (album)
# Punching Bag (album)

Professional ratings :

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| Taste of Country | |

Punching Bag is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Josh Turner. It was released on June 12, 2012 via MCA Nashville. Turner co-wrote eight of the album's eleven tracks. The album includes the singles "Time Is Love" and "Find Me a Baby."

The album debuted at No. 4 on Billboard 200, and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 45,000 copies in its first week. It has sold 209,000 copies in the United States as of March 2015.

## Personnel

* Michael Buffer - vocals on "Introduction"
* J.T. Corenflos - baritone guitar, electric guitar
* Eric Darken - percussion
* Iris DeMent - background vocals on "Pallbearer"
* Shannon Forrest - drums
* Kevin "Swine" Grantt - bass guitar, upright bass
* Aubrey Haynie - fiddle, mandolin
* Wes Hightower - background vocals
* Steve Hinson - steel guitar, slide guitar
* Gordon Mote - Hammond B-3 organ, piano, Wurlitzer
* Frank Rogers - baritone guitar
* Ricky Skaggs - mandolin and background vocals "For the Love of God"
* Marty Stuart - mandolin on "Pallbearer"
* Bryan Sutton - banjo, acoustic guitar
* Russell Terrell - background vocals
* Colby Turner - background vocals on "Find Me a Baby"
* Hampton Turner - background vocals on "Find Me a Baby"
* Jennifer Turner - background vocals on "Find Me a Baby"
* Josh Turner - lead vocals
* Marion Turner - background vocals on "Find Me a Baby"

## Chart performance

### Album

| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| US Billboard 200 | 4 |
| US Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |

### Album year-end charts

| Chart (2012) | Position |
| - | - |
| US Billboard 200 | 191 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard) | 36 |
