Billy Currington is the debut studio album by American country music singer Billy Currington. It was released in September 2003 via Mercury Records Nashville. The album produced the singles "Walk a Little Straighter" and "I Got a Feelin'". Both were Top 10 hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at numbers 8 and 5 respectively. The song "Ain't What It Used to Be" was later recorded by Megan Mullins, whose version was released as a single in 2006. Currington co-wrote all but one of the songs on the album.
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| Released | September 30, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 36:30 | |||
| Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
| Producer | Carson Chamberlain | |||
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| Country Standard Time | [1] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I Got a Feelin'" | Carson Chamberlain, Casey Beathard, Billy Currington | 3:14 |
| 2. | "That's Just Me" | Michael White, Lee Thomas Miller, Currington | 3:00 |
| 3. | "Hangin' Around" | Chamberlain, Beathard, Currington | 3:19 |
| 4. | "Off My Rocker" | Mark D. Sanders, Chamberlain, Currington | 3:09 |
| 5. | "Walk a Little Straighter" | Chamberlain, Beathard, Currington | 3:43 |
| 6. | "Where the Girls Are" | Chamberlain, Beathard, Currington | 3:13 |
| 7. | "Time with You" | Chamberlain, Beathard, Currington | 3:45 |
| 8. | "When She Gets Close to Me" | Marla Cannon-Goodman, Michael Gerald Lunn, Currington | 3:35 |
| 9. | "Growin' Up Down There" | Kenny Beard, Beathard, Currington | 3:00 |
| 10. | "Next Time" | Cannon-Goodman, Beathard, Currington | 3:17 |
| 11. | "Ain't What It Used to Be" | Mark Nesler, Tony Martin | 3:15 |
Personnel
edit- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Billy Currington - lead vocals
- Stuart Duncan - fiddle
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
- Brent Mason - electric guitar
- Gordon Mote - keyboards on "Off My Rocker"
- Gary Prim - keyboards on all tracks except "Off My Rocker"
- John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
- W. David Smith - bass guitar
- John Willis - acoustic guitar, banjo on "Ain't What It Used to Be"
Chart performance
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edit| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 17 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 107 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers | 1 |
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |
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| US Country | US | ||
| 2003 | "Walk a Little Straighter" | 8 | 67 |
| 2004 | "I Got a Feelin'" | 5 | 50 |
References
edit- ^ Remz, Jeffrey B. "Billy Currington - Billy Currington". Country Standard Time. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
External links
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