My Life's Been a Country Song is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Chris Cagle. It was released on February 19, 2008, through Capitol Records Nashville. The album's lead-off single was "What Kinda Gone", which peaked at No. 3 on the country music charts in April 2008, the second single, "No Love Songs", peaked at No. 53, while the third single, "Never Ever Gone", failed to chart.
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| Released | February 19, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 39:06 | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
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| Engine 145 | [2] |
The album debuted at number eight on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 37,000 copies in its first week. It also debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart.[3] It is also Cagle's final album for Capitol.
The song "I Don't Wanna Live" was also recorded by Josh Gracin on his 2008 album We Weren't Crazy as "I Don't Want to Live". "Keep Me From Loving You" was also recorded by Clay Walker on his 2010 album, She Won't Be Lonely Long.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "What Kinda Gone" |
| 3:01 |
| 2. | "No Love Songs" |
| 3:58 |
| 3. | "It's Good to Be Back" |
| 3:17 |
| 4. | "I Don't Wanna Live" |
| 3:37 |
| 5. | "Never Ever Gone" |
| 3:01 |
| 6. | "If It Isn't One Thing" |
| 3:42 |
| 7. | "Keep Me from Loving You" |
| 3:06 |
| 8. | "Little Sundress" | 4:01 | |
| 9. | "My Heart Move On" |
| 4:11 |
| 10. | "My Life's Been a Country Song" | 3:17 | |
| 11. | "Change Me" |
| 3:55 |
Personnel
editCredits adapted from AllMusic.[4]
Vocals
- Chris Cagle - lead vocals
- Perry Coleman – background vocals
- Harry Stinson – background vocals
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Neil Thrasher – background vocals
Musicians
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Production
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Chart performance
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Year-end chartsedit
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References
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Engine 145 review Archived December 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Katie Hasty, "Johnson's 'Static' Prevails Again On Album Chart", Billboard.com, February 27, 2008.
- ^ "Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
- ^ "Chris Cagle Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ "Chris Cagle Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2020.