That's the Truth

For the song by McFly, see That's the Truth (McFly song).

That's the Truth
Studio album by Paul Brandt
Released	July 13, 1999
Genre	Country
Length	39:24
Label	Reprise
Producer	Chris Farren
Paul Brandt chronology
A Paul Brandt Christmas: Shall I Play for You? (1997) That's the Truth (1999) What I Want to Be Remembered For (2000)

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

That's the Truth is the fourth album by Canadian country music singer Paul Brandt. The album has been certified Gold by the CRIA. Four singles — "That's the Truth", "It's a Beautiful Thing", "That Hurts", and "The Sycamore Tree" — were released from the album, all but "That Hurts" charted on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks charts, where they reached #1, #13, and #7, respectively. In addition, only "It's a Beautiful Thing" charted in the Top 40 in the U.S.

"It's a Beautiful Thing" was later recorded as "Love is a Beautiful Thing" by Phil Vassar in 2008, who released it as a single. Deana Carter as well as Brandt's wife Liz sang background vocals on several tracks of this album.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Musicians 2.2 Additional background vocals 3 Chart performance 4 External links 5 References

Track listing

1. "That's the Truth" (Paul Brandt, Chris Farren) - 4:38
2. "It's a Beautiful Thing" (Jeffrey Steele, Craig Wiseman) - 4:27
3. "That Hurts" (Gary Burr, Gerry House) - 3:51
4. "There's a World Out There" (Kent Blazy, Skip Ewing) - 3:42
5. "The Sycamore Tree" (Brandt, Steve Rosen) - 5:19
6. "A Love That Strong" (Reed Nielsen, Steele) - 3:41
7. "Add 'Em All Up" (Rick Bowles, Brandt, Chris Farren) - 2:46
8. "Scrap Piece of Paper" (Lona Heid, Ryan Reynolds) - 4:00
9. "Really and Truly" (Kent Robbins, Will Robinson, Paul Williams) - 3:33
10. "Let's Live it Up" (Brian Setzer) - 3:23

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[2]

Musicians

• Shawn Allan - drum programming
• Joe Chemay - bass guitar, gang vocals
• Eric Darken - percussion
• Mark Douthit - saxophone
• Dan Dugmore - pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, gang vocals
• Chris Farren - acoustic guitar, mandolin, drum programming, background vocals
• Larry Franklin - fiddle, gang vocals
• Mike Haynes - Trumpet
• John Hobbs - keyboards, gang vocals
• Jim Horn - saxophone
• Chris McDonald - Trombone
• Terry McMillan - harmonica
• Greg Morrow - drums, gang vocals
• Tom Roady - percussion
• Brent Rowan - electric guitar, gang vocals
• Darrell Scott - acoustic guitar, mandolin, gang vocals
• Denis Solee - Saxophone
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar

Strings arranged by Ron Huff and performed by the Nashville String Machine (Carl Gorodetxky, conductor).

Additional background vocals

• Liz Brandt
• Paul Brandt
• Tim Buppert
• Deana Carter
• LeAnn Phelan
• Marty Slayton
• Harry Stinson
• Veritas (Directed by Fred Vaughn)

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Albums	1
Canadian RPM Top Albums	20
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	56

External links

• allmusic.com

References

Preceded by Come on Over by Shania Twain

RPM Country Albums number-one album July 5–11, 1999

Succeeded by Come on Over by Shania Twain

Paul Brandt Studio albums Calm Before the Storm · Outside the Frame · That's the Truth · This Time Around · Risk · Give It Away Compilation albums What I Want to Be Remembered For Specialty albums A Paul Brandt Christmas: Shall I Play for You? · Small Towns and Big Dreams · A Gift Notable singles "My Heart Has a History" · "I Do" · "I Meant to Do That" · "Take It from Me" · "A Little in Love" · "That's the Truth" · "It's a Beautiful Thing" · "Canadian Man" · "Convoy" · "Didn't Even See the Dust" Related articles Discography