Simple Man (Charlie Daniels album)

Simple Man
Simple Man
Studio album by The Charlie Daniels Band
Released	October 17, 1989
Recorded	Quad Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; Soundstage, Nashville, Tennessee;
Length	35:14
Label	Epic
Producer	James Stroud
The Charlie Daniels Band chronology

Simple Man is the sixteenth studio album by Charlie Daniels and the thirteenth as the Charlie Daniels Band, released on October 17, 1989. The album's most memorable song is the titular song, "Simple Man", which is not related to the Lynyrd Skynyrd song of the same name. "It's My Life" is a shorter version of a jam song previously released on their 1976 album, Saddle Tramp.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Track listing

"(What This World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks" (Charlie Daniels, Taz DiGregorio, Charles Hayward, Jack Gavin) - 3:44
"Was It 26" (Don Sampson) - 3:50
"Oh Atlanta" (Daniels, DiGregorio, Hayward, Gavin) - 3:19
"Midnight Wind" - (Daniels, Tom Crain, DiGregorio, Hayward, Gavin) - 3:20
"Saturday Night Down South" (Daniels, DiGregorio, Gavin, Hayward) - 3:04
"Play Me Some Fiddle" (Daniels, DiGregorio, Hayward, Gavin) - 4:25
"Simple Man" (Daniels, DiGregorio, Hayward, Gavin) - 3:24
"Old Rock 'N Roller" (Daniels, DiGregorio, Hayward, Gavin) - 2:58
"Mister DJ" - (Daniels, Crain, DiGregario, Hayward, Gavin) - 3:52
"It's My Life" - (Daniels, Crain, DiGregorio, Fred Edwards, Hayward, Don Murray) - 3:32

Personnel

The Charlie Daniels Band:

Charlie Daniels - Guitar, fiddle, vocals
Bruce Ray Brown - Guitar, vocals
Taz DiGregorio - keyboards
Julian King - trumpet
Jack Gavin - drums, percussion
Charles Hayward - Bass

Production

Producer: James Stroud
Engineer: Lynn Peterzell
Assisted by: Julian King, Tom Oates
Cover photographer: David Michael Kennedy

Catalog number

CD Catalog Number: Epic Records EK 45316

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1989–1990)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[2]	82
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	7

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
Year	Single	US Country	CAN Country
1989	"Simple Man"	12	15
1990	"Mister DJ"	34	45
	"(What This World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks"	56	78
	"Oh Atlanta"	—	—

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[5]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Allmusic review
^ "The Charlie Daniels Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
^ "The Charlie Daniels Band Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1990". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
^ "American album certifications – Charlie Daniels – Simple Man". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

[1] Allmusic review

[ac_Billboard200_The_Charlie_Daniels_Band-2] "The Charlie Daniels Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

[ac_BillboardCountry_The_Charlie_Daniels_Band-3] "The Charlie Daniels Band Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

[4] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1990". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

[United_StatesCharlie_DanielsSimple_ManalbumCertRef-5] "American album certifications – Charlie Daniels – Simple Man". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

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