My Kind of Livin'

My Kind of Livin' is the third studio album by American country music artist Craig Morgan. It was released on March 8, 2005 by Broken Bow Records. His highest-selling album to date, it has been certified Gold in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album produced three chart singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. The first of these, "That's What I Love About Sunday", became Morgan's only number one hit, and it was the top country music single of 2005 according to Billboard Year-End. "Redneck Yacht Club" peaked at number 2 on the country charts, while "I Got You" (which Morgan had originally intended for Keith Urban to record) was a number 12 hit.

My Kind of Livin'
Studio album by Craig Morgan
Released	March 8, 2005 (2005-03-08)
Genre	Country
Length	43:10
Label	Broken Bow Records
Producer	Craig Morgan Phil O'Donnell
Craig Morgan chronology
I Love It (2003) My Kind of Livin' (2005) Little Bit of Life (2006)
Singles from Revolution
"That's What I Love About Sunday" Released: November 1, 2004 "Redneck Yacht Club" Released: May 16, 2005 "I Got You" Released: December 5, 2005

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Entertainment Weekly	B[1]
Country Standard Time	[2]

Reception

Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B rating and wrote, "Morgan's is an idealized Kind of Americana, to be sure. But at least he provides enough writerly detail to avoid setting off smarm alarms."^[3] Ralph Novak of People Magazine gave the album three and a half stars calling it "one terrific, old-fashioned country CD."^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That's What I Love About Sunday"	Adam Dorsey Mark Narmore	3:21
2.	"I Got You"	Craig Morgan Phil O'Donnell Tim Owens	3:53
3.	"That's When I'll Believe That You're Gone"	Morgan Craig Morris	3:28
4.	"I'm Country"	Morgan Galen Griffin O'Donnell	3:19
5.	"Lotta Man (In That Little Boy)"	Morgan O'Donnell Owens	3:26
6.	"If You Like That"	Morgan O'Donnell Kerry Kurt Phillips	3:48
7.	"Ain't the Way I Wanna Go Out"	Morgan Owens Jimmy Yeary	3:53
8.	"Redneck Yacht Club"	Thom Shepherd Steve Williams	3:50
9.	"Rain for the Roses"	Morgan Shane Minor O'Donnell	3:40
10.	"Blame Me" (featuring Brad Paisley and John Conlee)	Morgan O'Donnell Owens	3:14
11.	"Cowboy and Clown"	Ron Harbin Kim Tribble	3:33
12.	"In My Neighborhood"	Marty Dodson Catt Gravitt Danny Wells	6:09

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Jim "Moose" Brown – piano, keyboards
• John Conlee – vocals on "Blame Me"
• J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar
• Larry Franklin – fiddle
• Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Lona Heins – background vocals
• Mike Johnson – steel guitar, Dobro, Pedabro
• Jeff King – electric guitar
• Craig Morgan – lead vocals, background vocals
• Phil O'Donnell – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
• Brad Paisley – electric guitar and vocals on "Blame Me"
• Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin
• Russell Terrell – background vocals

Chart performance

The album sold 22,000 units during its first week.^[5]

Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position US Billboard 200[6] 40 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 7 US Independent Albums (Billboard)[8] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9] 44 Chart (2006) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] 63

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US	US Pop
2004	"That's What I Love About Sunday"	1	51	74
2005	"Redneck Yacht Club"	2	45	93
	"I Got You"	12	92	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

Region	Certification
United States (RIAA)[11]	Gold

References

1. Willman, Chris (March 14, 2005). "My Kind of Livin' Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
2. Remz, Jeffrey B. "Craig Morgan - My Kind of Livin'". Country Standard Time. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
3. Willman, Chris (June 7, 2011). "CRAIG MORGAN". Entertainment Weekly. Vol. 811, no. 2005. p. 69.
4. Novak, Ralph (June 7, 2011). "Craig Morgan". People. 63.16 (2005): 37.
5. Edna, Gundersen. "50 Cent handles fall." USA Today n.d.: Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. June 7, 2011.
6. "Craig Morgan Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
7. "Craig Morgan Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
8. "Craig Morgan Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
9. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
10. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
11. "American album certifications – Craig Morgan – My Kind of Livin'". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

• Allmusic Entry