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2004 studio album by Alan Jackson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What I Do is the twelfth 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, making this album the first of Jackson's career not to produce any #1 hits.
What I Do | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 7, 2004 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 44:42 | |||
Label | Arista Nashville | |||
Producer | Keith Stegall | |||
Alan Jackson chronology | ||||
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Singles from What I Do | ||||
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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".
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (80/100) [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
BBC Music | (favorable) [3] |
Blender | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ [4] |
Los Angeles Times | [1] |
The New York Times | (favorable) [5] |
People | [6] |
Robert Christgau | [7] |
Rolling Stone | [8] |
The Village Voice | (positiv) [9] |
Giving the album all 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."[6]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Too Much of a Good Thing" | Alan Jackson | 3:08 |
2. | "Rainy Day in June" | Jackson | 4:40 |
3. | "USA Today" | Jackson | 3:26 |
4. | "If Love Was a River" (background vocals: The Wrights) | 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" (background vocals: Patty Loveless) | Brent Baxter, Erin Enderlin | 3:23 |
11. | "Burnin' the Honky Tonks Down" (background vocals: Richard Sterban of The Oak Ridge Boys) | Billy Burnette, Shawn Camp | 4:53 |
12. | "To Do What I Do" (Live) | Tim Johnson | 3:00 |
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. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in October 2004.
Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] | 7 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11] | 2 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[12] | 10 |
US Billboard 200[13] | 1 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[14] | 1 |
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