What I Do
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| Studio album by Alan Jackson | ||||
| Released | September 7, 2004 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 44:43 | |||
| Label | Arista Nashville | |||
| Producer | Keith Stegall | |||
| Alan Jackson chronology | ||||
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What I Do is the eleventh studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on September 7, 2004, and produced four singles for Jackson on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Too Much of a Good Thing" and "Monday Morning Church" both reached #5, while "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" and "USA Today" both reached #18.
The Wrights, a duo composed of Adam and Shannon Wright (the former of whom is Jackson's nephew) are featured as background vocalists on "If Love Was a River", which they also co-wrote. Adam Wright also wrote the track "Strong Enough".
Critical reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (80/100) [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| BBC Music | (favorable) [3] |
| Blender | [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ [4] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [1] |
| The New York Times | (favorable) [5] |
| People | [6] |
| Robert Christgau |  [7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| The Village Voice | (positiv) [9] |
Giving the album all four stars, People magazine said on the album that Jackson "continues to sound more and more like Merle Haggard, which is tantamount to approaching perfection."[6]
Track listing
- "Too Much of a Good Thing" (Alan Jackson) – 3:10
- "Rainy Day in June" (Jackson) – 4:40
- "USA Today" (Jackson) – 3:26
- "If Love Was a River" (Adam Wright, Shannon Wright) – 3:54
- background vocals: The Wrights
- "If French Fries Were Fat Free" (Jackson) – 4:16
- "You Don't Have to Paint Me a Picture" (Jackson) – 3:45
- "There Ya Go" (Dan Hill, Keith Stegall) – 3:13
- "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" (Dennis Linde) – 2:58
- "Strong Enough" (A. Wright) – 4:04
- "Monday Morning Church" (Brent Baxter, Erin Enderlin) – 3:23
- background vocals: Patty Loveless
- "Burnin' the Honky Tonks Down" (Billy Burnette, Shawn Camp) – 4:53
- background vocals: Richard Sterban of The Oak Ridge Boys
- "To Do What I Do" (Tim Johnson) – 3:00
- live recording
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | |
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| US Country | US | ||
| 2004 | "Too Much of a Good Thing" | 5 | 46 |
| "Monday Morning Church" | 5 | 54 | |
| 2005 | "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" | 18 | 99 |
| "USA Today" | 18 | 107 | |
Chart performance
What I Do debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 selling 139,000 copies, becoming his third #1 album, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his seventh #1 country album. In October 2004, What I Do was certified Platinum by the RIAA.
Charts
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Sales and Certifications
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Critic reviews at Metacritic
- ↑ What I Do at AllMusic
- ↑ BBC Music review
- ↑ Marino, Nick (2004-09-17). "What I Do Review". Entertainment Weekly: 78. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
- ↑ The New York Times review
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Novak, Ralph (2004-09-20). "Picks and Pans Review: Alan Jackson (What I Do)". People. 62 (12):51. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
- ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
- ↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived July 23, 2008)
- ↑ The Village Voice review
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Alan+Jackson&titel=What+I+Do&cat=a
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "What I Do - Alan Jackson". Billboard.com. 2004-09-25. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
- ↑ "Gold & Platinum - February 16, 2010". RIAA. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
External links
| Preceded by Live Like You Were Dying by Tim McGraw |
Billboard 200 number-one album September 19, 2004 - September 25, 2004 |
Succeeded by Suit by Nelly |
| Preceded by Live Like You Were Dying by Tim McGraw |
Top Country Albums number-one album September 25 - October 1, 2004 |
Succeeded by Live Like You Were Dying by Tim McGraw |
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