Days of Our Lives (James Otto album)
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Days of Our Lives is the debut album of American country music artist James Otto. It was released in 2004 on Mercury Nashville Records, and its title track was a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts.
The track "The Last Thing I Do" was also recorded by Brooks & Dunn on their 2001 album Steers & Stripes, and by Montgomery Gentry (under the title "If It's the Last Thing I Do") on their 2004 album You Do Your Thing. "Long Way Down" was also recorded by Andy Griggs on his 2008 album The Good Life.
Track listing
| Writer(s) |
| 1. |
"Long Way Down" |
Craig Wiseman, Michael C. Spriggs |
4:51 |
| 2. |
"Gone!" |
Kevin Brandt, Bobby Terry |
3:41 |
| 3. |
"Misspent Youth" |
James Otto, C. J. Watson |
5:09 |
| 4. |
"Miss Temptation" |
Caryl Mack Parker, Scott Parker, Billy Crain |
3:57 |
| 5. |
"Sunday Morning and Saturday Night" |
Tim Nichols, Jeffrey Steele |
3:52 |
| 6. |
"Song of the Violin" |
Otto |
3:36 |
| 7. |
"She Knows" |
Bob Regan, Monty Criswell |
3:43 |
| 8. |
"Days of Our Lives" |
Otto, Terry |
3:51 |
| 9. |
"The Last Thing I Do" |
David Lee Murphy, Kim Tribble |
3:46 |
| 10. |
"The Ball" |
Otto, Kerry Kurt Phillips, Patrick Jason Matthews |
3:58 |
| 11. |
"Lowdown on the Highlife" |
Otto, Porter Howell, Kris Bergsnes |
4:10 |
| 12. |
"Never Say Goodbye" |
Otto, Jody Alan Sweet |
5:00 |
Personnel
- Bekka Bramlett – background vocals
- Steve Brewster – drums
- Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
- Etta Britt – background vocals
- Pat Buchanan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, resonator guitar, baritone guitar
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Dan Dugmore – Dobro, steel guitar
- Shannon Forrest – drums, percussion
- Tony Harrell – piano
- Wes Hightower – background vocals
- Rob Ickes – Dobro
- Chuck Leavell – piano
- Ken Lewis – percussion
- B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Greg Morrow – drums
- Steve Nathan – piano, keyboard, Hammond organ
- James Otto – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Caryl Mack Parker – background vocals
- Allison Prestwood – bass guitar
- Chris Stapleton – background vocals
- Bryan Sutton – electric guitar, banjo, mandolin
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Dennis Wage – Hammond organ, keyboards
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle
Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine and arranged by Lisa Germano and Kris Wilkinson.
Chart performance
Album
| Chart (2004) |
Peak
position |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums |
61 |
Singles
| Year |
Single |
Peak chart positions |
| US Country |
| 2002 |
"The Ball" |
45 |
| 2003 |
"Long Way Down" |
— |
| "Days of Our Lives" |
33 |
| 2004 |
"Sunday Morning and Saturday Night" |
58 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
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