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| Rolling Stone |  [2] |
Delicious Surprise is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Jo Dee Messina, released in 2005. Her first new studio album of original material since Burn almost five years previous, it produced a Number One single on the Billboard country music charts in "My Give a Damn's Busted", a song co-written by country singer Joe Diffie and originally recorded on his 2001 album In Another World. Additional singles released from Delicious Surprise include "Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)", "Not Going Down", and "It's Too Late to Worry", all of which charted in the Top 40 on the country charts as well. The album has been certified Gold by the RIAA.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Not Going Down" | Kevin Savigar; Shaunn Bolton | 3:16 |
| 2. | "Someone Else's Life" | Danny Wells; John Bettis; Chris Farren | 3:27 |
| 3. | "Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)" | Beth Hart; Glen Burtnik | 3:48 |
| 4. | "It Gets Better" | Jo Dee Messina | 4:32 |
| 5. | "Who's Crying Now" | Patrick Jason Matthews; George Teren | 3:29 |
| 6. | "My Give a Damn's Busted" | Joe Diffie; Tom Shapiro; Tony Martin | 3:18 |
| 7. | "It's Too Late to Worry" | Ron Harbin; Danny Wells; Anthony L. Smith | 3:55 |
| 8. | "Life Is Good" | Jo Dee Messina; Mark Selby | 3:12 |
| 9. | "Love Is Not Enough" | Jo Dee Messina; Mike Reid | 3:55 |
| 10. | "Where Were You" | Jo Dee Messina; John Bettis; Wayne Kirkpatrick | 3:31 |
| 11. | "I Wear My Life" | Shaye Smith; Katrina Elam; Christi Dannemiller | 4:08 |
| 12. | "You Were Just Here" | Brett James; Troy Verges; Hillary Lindsey | 3:27 |
| Total length: | 43:58 | ||
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.[3]
Musicians
- Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar
- Mark Beckett – drums
- Bekka Bramlett – tambo drums, tambourine, background vocals
- Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
- Pat Buchanan – electric guitar
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Lisa Cochran – background vocals
- Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
- Shannon Forrest – drums, percussion
- Larry Franklin – mandolin
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar, slide guitar, Dobro
- Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar
- Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
- Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin
- Wes Hightower – background vocals
- Troy Lancaster – electric guitar
- Michael Landau – electric guitar
- B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Jo Dee Messina – lead vocals
- Gene Miller – tambo drums, background vocals
- Steve Nathan – piano, synthesizer, synthesizer strings, organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
- Jimmy Nichols – keyboards, organ, accordion, piano
- Russ Pahl – steel guitar, banjo, electric guitar, Dobro
- Kim Parent – background vocals
- Javier Solis – tambo drums
- Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle
Production
- Tracks 1, 3, 9: Byron Gallimore and Tim McGraw
- Tracks 4-6, 8, 11: Byron Gallimore and Jo Dee Messina
- Track 2, 7, 10, 12: Mark Bright and Jo Dee Messina
Chart performance
References
- ^ Delicious Surprise at AllMusic
- ^ https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jodeemessina/albums/album/7184834/review/7263947/delicious_surprise
- ^ Delicious Surprise (CD liner notes). Jo Dee Messina. Curb Records. 2005. 78770.
- ^ "Jo Dee Messina Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ "Jo Dee Messina Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2020.