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I'm Alright is the second studio album released by American country music singer Jo Dee Messina. It was released in 1998. Her highest selling album to date, it has been certified 2× Platinum for U.S. sales of two million copies. The album produced the singles "I'm Alright", "Bye, Bye", and "Stand Beside Me" — all of which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts — as well as a cover of Dottie West's "A Lesson in Leaving" (titled "Lesson in Leavin'") and "Because You Love Me". Respectively, these last two singles reached #2 and #8 on the country charts.
Track listing
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| 1. | "I'm Alright" | Phil Vassar | 3:16 |
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| 2. | "Stand Beside Me" | Stephen Allen Davis | 3:41 |
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| 3. | "Even God Must Get the Blues" | Dene Anton, John Scott Sherrill | 3:52 |
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| 4. | "No Time for Tears" | Steven Dale Jones, Jo Dee Messina | 3:26 |
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| 5. | "Lesson in Leavin" | Randy Goodrum, Brent Maher | 3:40 |
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| 6. | "Bye, Bye" | Rory Bourke, Phil Vassar | 3:20 |
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| 7. | "Silver Thunderbird" | Marc Cohn | 4:09 |
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| 8. | "I Know a Heartache" | Charlie Black, Bourke, Kerry Chater | 3:29 |
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| 9. | "Because You Love Me" | Kostas, Sherrill | 3:50 |
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| 10. | "Cover Me" | Trey Bruce, Robin Lee Bruce | 3:27 |
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| Total length: | 36:10 |
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Personnel
Chart performance
Album
| Chart (1998) | Peak
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 61 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 5 |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 96 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
| US Country | US | CAN Country |
| 1998 | "Bye, Bye" | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| "I'm Alright" | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| "Stand Beside Me" | 1 | 34 | 1 |
| 1999 | "Lesson in Leavin'" | 2 | 28 | 2 |
| "Because You Love Me" | 8 | 53 | 11 |
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