title: Punching Bag (album)
text: # Punching Bag (album)
  
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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 |
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  | 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 |
  