What I Do

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What I Do
Studio album by Alan Jackson
Released September 7, 2004
Genre Country
Length 44:43
Label Arista Nashville
Producer Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson chronology
Greatest Hits Volume II
(2003)		 What I Do
(2004)		 Precious Memories
(2006)

What I Do is the eleventh studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on September 7, 2004, and produced four singles for Jackson on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Too Much of a Good Thing" and "Monday Morning Church" both reached #5, while "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" and "USA Today" both reached #18.

The Wrights, a duo composed of Adam and Shannon Wright (the former of whom is Jackson's nephew) are featured as background vocalists on "If Love Was a River", which they also co-wrote. Adam Wright also wrote the track "Strong Enough".

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[edit] Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [1]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars [2]
People 4/5 stars[3]

Giving the album four stars, People magazine said on the album that Jackson "continues to sound more and more like Merle Haggard, which is tantamount to approaching perfection."[3]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Too Much of a Good Thing" (Alan Jackson) – 3:10
  2. "Rainy Day in June" (Jackson) – 4:40
  3. "USA Today" (Jackson) – 3:26
  4. "If Love Was a River" (Adam Wright, Shannon Wright) – 3:54
  5. "If French Fries Were Fat Free" (Jackson) – 4:16
  6. "You Don't Have to Paint Me a Picture" (Jackson) – 3:45
  7. "There Ya Go" (Dan Hill, Keith Stegall) – 3:13
  8. "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" (Dennis Linde) – 2:58
  9. "Strong Enough" (A. Wright) – 4:04
  10. "Monday Morning Church" (Brent Baxter, Erin Enderlin) – 3:23
  11. "Burnin' the Honky Tonks Down" (Billy Burnette, Shawn Camp) – 4:53
  12. "To Do What I Do" (Tim Johnson) – 3:00
    • live recording

[edit] Singles

Year Title Chart Positions
US Country US
2004 "Too Much of a Good Thing" 5 46
"Monday Morning Church" 5 54
2005 "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" 18 99
"USA Today" 18 107

[edit] Chart performance

What I Do debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 selling 139,000 copies, becoming his third #1 album, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his seventh #1 country album. In October 2004, What I Do was certified Platinum by the RIAA.

[edit] Charts

Charts (2004) Peak
position
Canadian Albums Chart 2
U.S. Billboard 200[4] 1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[4] 1

[edit] Sales and Certifications

Region Provider Certification Sales/Shipments
United States RIAA Platinum[5] 1,000,000+

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ What I Do at Allmusic
  2. ^ Rolling Stone review
  3. ^ a b Novak, Ralph (2004-09-20), "Alan Jackson (Music)". People. 62 (12):51
  4. ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/album/alan-jackson/what-i-do/647763#/album/alan-jackson/what-i-do/647763
  5. ^ "Gold & Platinum - February 16, 2010". RIAA. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=3&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=alan%20jackson&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2010-02-16. 
Preceded by
Live Like You Were Dying by Tim McGraw		 Billboard 200 number-one album
September 19, 2004 - September 25, 2004		 Succeeded by
Suit by Nelly
Preceded by
Live Like You Were Dying by Tim McGraw		 Top Country Albums number-one album
September 25 - October 1, 2004		 Succeeded by
Live Like You Were Dying by Tim McGraw
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