My Life's Been a Country Song
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| Engine 145 | [2] |
My Life's Been a Country Song is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Chris Cagle. It was released in February 2008 on Capitol Records Nashville. The album's lead-off single was "What Kinda Gone", which peaked at No. 3 on the country music charts in April 2008, the second single, "No Love Songs", peaked at No. 53, while the third single, "Never Ever Gone", failed to chart.
The album debuted at number eight on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 37,000 copies in its first week. It also debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart.[3] It is also Cagle's final album for Capitol.
The song "I Don't Wanna Live" was also recorded by Josh Gracin on his 2008 album We Weren't Crazy as "I Don't Want to Live". "Keep Me From Loving You" was also recorded by Clay Walker on his 2010 album, She Won't Be Lonely Long.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "What Kinda Gone" | Chip Davis, Dave Berg, Candy Cameron | 3:01 |
| 2. | "No Love Songs" | George Teren, Craig Wiseman | 3:58 |
| 3. | "It's Good to Be Back" | Andy Childs, Steve Mandile | 3:17 |
| 4. | "I Don't Wanna Live" | Brett James, Blair Daly | 3:37 |
| 5. | "Never Ever Gone" | Michael Dulaney, Neil Thrasher, Tom Shapiro | 3:01 |
| 6. | "If It Isn't One Thing" | Teren, Monty Criswell | 3:42 |
| 7. | "Keep Me from Loving You" | Lisa Hentrich, Thrasher, Wendell Mobley | 3:06 |
| 8. | "Little Sundress" | Dallas Davidson, Rhett Akins | 4:01 |
| 9. | "My Heart Move On" | James, Daly | 4:11 |
| 10. | "My Life's Been a Country Song" | John Wiggins, Clay Mills | 3:17 |
| 11. | "Change Me" | John Kennedy, Tammi Kidd, Gregory Becker | 3:55 |
Personnel
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Chris Cagle - lead vocals
- John Carroll – electric guitar
- Perry Coleman – background vocals
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
- Mike Johnson – lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar
- Troy Lancaster – electric guitar
- B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
- Greg Morrow – drums, percussion
- Gordon Mote – piano, Hammond B-3 organ
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Harry Stinson – background vocals
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Neil Thrasher – background vocals
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, mandolin, banjo
Chart performance
Album
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 8 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||
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| US Country [4] |
US [5] |
US Pop [6] |
CAN [7] | |||
| 2007 | "What Kinda Gone" | 3 | 54 | 96 | 69 | |
| 2008 | "No Love Songs" | 53 | — | — | — | |
| "Never Ever Gone" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Engine 145 review
- ^ Katie Hasty, "Johnson's 'Static' Prevails Again On Album Chart", Billboard.com, February 27, 2008.
- ^ "Chris Cagle Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
- ^ "Chris Cagle Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
- ^ "allmusic ((( Chris Cagle > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Nielsen Company. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
- ^ "Chris Cagle - What Kinda Gone - Music Charts". acharts.us. Retrieved November 13, 2010.