That's Why I Sing This Way

That's Why I Sing This Way
Studio album by Daryle Singletary
Released April 23, 2002
Genre Country
Label Audium/Koch
Producer Gregory Cole
Daryle Singletary chronology

Now and Again
(2000)
That's Why I Sing This Way
(2002)
Straight from the Heart
(2007)
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That's Why I Sing This Way is the fifth album by American country music singer Daryle Singletary. It was released on April 23, 2002 via Koch Records. Except for its title track, the album is composed of cover songs. Two singles were released from it: the title track and a cover of Conway Twitty's 1980 Number One single "I'd Love to Lay You Down", which respectively reached #47 and #43 on the U.S. Billboard country singles charts. The album includes guest appearances from George Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Rhonda Vincent, John Wesley Ryles, Merle Haggard and Johnny Paycheck.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Original Artist Length
1. "Love's Gonna Live Here" (with Dwight Yoakam)Buck OwensBuck Owens 2:44
2. "Walk Through This World with Me" (with George Jones)Kaye Jean Savage, Sandra M. SeamonsGeorge Jones 2:32
3. "I'd Love to Lay You Down"  Fred Aylor MacRaeConway Twitty 3:09
4. "A-11"  Hank CochranJohnny Paycheck 2:40
5. "Long Black Veil"  Marijohn Wilkin, Danny DillLefty Frizzell 3:23
6. "Kay" (with John Wesley Ryles)Hank MillsJohn Wesley Ryles 3:34
7. "That's Why I Sing This Way"  Max D. BarnesDaryle Singletary 2:56
8. "I Never Go Around Mirrors (I've Got a Heartache to Hide)"  Lefty Frizzell, Sanger D. ShaferLefty Frizzell 4:30
9. "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)"  Max M. Fidler, Joe Maphis, Rose Lee MaphisJoe & Rose Lee Maphis 3:58
10. "Makeup and Faded Blue Jeans" (with Merle Haggard)Merle HaggardMerle Haggard 3:45
11. "After the Fire Is Gone" (with Rhonda Vincent)L. E. WhiteConway Twitty and Loretta Lynn 2:51
12. "Old Violin" (with Johnny Paycheck)Johnny PaycheckJohnny Paycheck 3:29

Chart performance

Chart (2002) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 65

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