On Friday, he released the album's first single, "Take Me Down," featuring Little Big Town. It's full of sexy and winding guitar solos that hint at love's power to capitulate. Gill's smooth, almost lamenting vocals, counter the song's weighted rhythm.

'Forty years into this, it's still as much fun as it's ever been to play music," Gill said of his new music. 'At the end of the day, what I get excited about is doing something I haven't done before. When I record a song, I feel successful if I've accomplished something new."