Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)

Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)
Studio album by Kenny Chesney
Released	January 25, 2005 (2005-01-25)
Recorded	June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29)
Genre	Country, Gulf and Western
Length	55:07
Label	BNA
Producer	Buddy Cannon Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney chronology
When the Sun Goes Down (2004) Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) (2005) The Road and the Radio (2005)

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Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) is the tenth album of country music singer Kenny Chesney, released on January 25, 2005. It was a number 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart.

The album's title track was originally recorded by Chesney on his When the Sun Goes Down album. This album was intended by Chesney to be a side project, and it produced no singles, although "Guitars and Tiki Bars" reached number 53 on the Hot Country Songs charts based on unsolicited airplay.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Old Blue Chair"	Kenny Chesney	3:24
2.	"Be as You Are"	Chesney, Dean Dillon	4:19
3.	"Guitars and Tiki Bars"	Chesney, Dillon, Mark Tamburino	4:36
4.	"Island Boy"	Chesney, Phil Vassar, Tamburino	3:56
5.	"Somewhere in the Sun"	Daryl Hobb, Tim Holly, Danny Tucker, Chesney	4:45
6.	"Boston"	Chesney, Tamburino	4:16
7.	"Something Sexy About the Rain"	Chesney, Skip Ewing	5:24
8.	"French Kissing Life"	Chesney	4:02
9.	"Key Lime Pie"	Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Chesney	4:40
10.	"Sherry's Living in Paradise"	Chesney, Clayton Mitchell	3:20
11.	"Magic"	Chesney	4:40
12.	"Soul of a Sailor"	Chesney, Dillon, Scotty Emerick	4:14
13.	"Old Blue Chair" (ocean mix)	Chesney	3:31
Total length:			55:07

Personnel

As listed in liner notes

• Wyatt Beard - background vocals
• David Briggs - piano, keyboards
• Mat Britain - steel drums
• Pat Buchanan - electric guitar, harmonica
• Murray Cannon - background vocals
• Kenny Chesney - acoustic guitar
• J.T. Corenflos - electric guitar, gut string guitar
• Chad Cromwell - drums
• Eric Darken - percussion
• Robert Greenidge - steel drums
• Tim Hensley - background vocals
• Steve Herman - trumpet
• John Hobbs - piano, keyboards, B3 organ
• Jim Hoke - tenor saxophone, penny whistle
• Jim Horn - tenor saxophone
• John Jorgenson - electric guitar
• Paul Leim - drums, percussion
• B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon string guitar
• Randy McCormick - piano, keyboards, B3 organ, wurlitzer electric piano
• Liana Manis - background vocals
• Larry Paxton - bass guitar, background vocals
• Tom Roady - percussion
• Amy Joe Stelzer - Intro to "Key Lime Pie"
• Mark Tamburino - Intro to "Key Lime Pie"
• Quentin Ware Jr. - trumpet
• Tommy White - dobro
• John Willis - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut string guitar, nylon string guitar

Chart performance

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	1

Preceded by The Documentary by The Game	Billboard 200 number-one album February 6, 2005 - February 12, 2005	Succeeded by The Documentary by The Game
Preceded by Greatest Hits by Shania Twain	Top Country Albums number-one album February 12 - February 25, 2005	Succeeded by Totally Country Vol. 4 by Various Artists
Preceded by Totally Country Vol. 4 by Various Artists	Top Country Albums number-one album March 5 - March 11, 2005	Succeeded by Feels Like Today by Rascal Flatts
Preceded by Feels Like Today by Various Artists	Top Country Albums number-one album March 26 - April 1, 2005	Succeeded by Kerosene by Miranda Lambert

Certifications

Region	Certification
United States (RIAA)	Platinum