Let's Be Us Again

Let's Be Us Again
Let's Be Us Again
Studio album by Lonestar
Released	May 25, 2004
Genre	Country; pop; rock;
Length	50:21
Label	BNA
Producer	Dann Huff; Lonestar;
Lonestar chronology
Singles from Let's Be Us Again
	"Let's Be Us Again"; Released: March 1, 2004; "Mr. Mom"; Released: July 12, 2004; "Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)"; Released: January 17, 2005;

Let's Be Us Again is the fifth studio album by American country music group Lonestar. It was released in 2004 on BNA Records, and has been certified gold by the RIAA in the United States. The album produced three singles for the group on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: the title track (number 4), "Mr. Mom" (number 1), and "Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)" (number 16). Additionally, "Somebody's Someone" charted at number 53 from unsolicited airplay.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	link
Allmusic	link
BBC Music	(mixed) link
People	link
Rolling Stone	Archived August 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

The song "Let Them Be Little" was also recorded in late 2004 by its co-writer Billy Dean on his 2004 album Let Them Be Little, from which it was released as a single. Dean's rendition of the song reached number 8 on the country charts in early 2005.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Dann Huff except "Somebody's Someone" produced by Lonestar.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"County Fair"	McDonald Robbie Cheuvront Chris Waters	4:32
2.	"Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)"	Richie McDonald Frank J. Myers Don Pfrimmer	4:33
3.	"Let's Be Us Again"	McDonald Maribeth Derry Tommy Lee James	3:53
4.	"That Gets Me"	Bob DiPiero McDonald Tom Shapiro	3:53
5.	"Women Rule the World"	Brett James Dean Sams	3:53
6.	"What I Miss the Most"	Michael Britt McDonald Myers	3:54
7.	"Let Them Be Little"	Billy Dean McDonald	4:01
8.	"T. G. I. F."	Philip Douglas Ron Harbin McDonald	2:54
9.	"Summertime"	Rivers Rutherford Shapiro Sams	3:55
10.	"Now"	Steve Robson Jeffrey Steele	4:05
11.	"Mr. Mom"	Harbin McDonald Pfrimmer	3:28
12.	"From There to Here" (featuring Randy Owen)	Harbin McDonald Pfrimmer	3:32
13.	"Somebody's Someone"	McDonald	4:20
Total length:			50:21

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.^[1]

Lonestar

Richie McDonald – lead vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar
Dean Sams – acoustic piano, keyboards, acoustic guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
Michael Britt – electric lead guitar, acoustic lead guitar, backing vocals
Keech Rainwater – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

Tim Akers – keyboards
Jimmy Nichols – keyboards, acoustic piano, strings
Matt Rollings – acoustic piano
Dann Huff – electric guitars
B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
John Willis – acoustic guitar
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
Keith Horne – bass guitar (13)
Paul Leim – drums
Eric Darken – percussion
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, mandolin
Dan Hochhalter – fiddle (13)
Russell Terrell – backing vocals
Randy Owen – lead vocals (12)

Technical

Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)

Tracks 1-12

Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
Jeff Balding – recording, mixing
Brady Barnett – recording
Jed Hackett – recording, recording assistant
Mark Hagen – recording
Justin Niebank – recording
David Bryant – recording assistant, mix assistant
Jesse Amend – recording assistant
Scott Kidd – mix assistant
Christopher Rowe – digital editing
Recorded at Emerald Entertainment and Jane's Place (Nashville, Tennessee).
Mixed at Emerald Entertainment

Track 13

Pat McMakin – recording, mixing
Paul Hart – recording assistant
Lowell Reynolds – mix assistant
Recorded at Sony/Tree Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).
Mixed at Blackbird Studio (Nashville, Tennessee).

Design

Astrid Herbold May – art direction, design
Russ Harrington – photography
Melissa Schleicher – grooming
Trish Townsend – stylist

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[2]	14
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	41
Chart (2005)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	53

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[6]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Let's Be Us Again (CD booklet). Lonestar. BNA Records. 2004. 59751.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Lonestar Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
^ "Lonestar Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2004". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
^ "American album certifications – Lonestar – Let's Be Us Again". Recording Industry Association of America.

[1] Let's Be Us Again (CD booklet). Lonestar. BNA Records. 2004. 59751.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[ac_Billboard200_Lonestar-2] "Lonestar Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2020.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Lonestar-3] "Lonestar Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2020.

[4] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2004". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2020.

[5] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2020.

[United_StatesLonestarLet's_Be_Us_AgainalbumCertRef-6] "American album certifications – Lonestar – Let's Be Us Again". Recording Industry Association of America.

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