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Steers & Stripes is the seventh studio album by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in April 2001 via Arista Nashville. The album produced five singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, of which the first three were all Number Ones. "Ain't Nothing 'bout You", the first single, became the duo's biggest hit, not only spending six weeks at the top of the country charts, but also reaching #25 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was also declared by Billboard as the Number One country song for the entire year of 2001. Following it were "Only in America" and "The Long Goodbye" (the latter of which was later a pop hit for Ronan Keating, co-written with Paul Brady). The last two singles were the #5 "My Heart Is Lost to You" and the #12 "Every River".
The track "The Last Thing I Do" was also recorded by James Otto on his debut album Days of Our Lives, and by Montgomery Gentry on their 2004 album You Do Your Thing (as "If It's the Last Thing I Do").
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Only in America" | Kix Brooks, Don Cook, Ronnie Rogers | 4:29 |
| 2. | "The Last Thing I Do" | David Lee Murphy, Kim Tribble | 4:02 |
| 3. | "The Long Goodbye" | Paul Brady, Ronan Keating | 3:51 |
| 4. | "Go West" | Brooks, Bob DiPiero | 3:56 |
| 5. | "My Heart Is Lost to You" | Brett Beavers, Connie Harrington | 2:59 |
| 6. | "Good Girls Go to Heaven" | Ronnie Dunn, Terry McBride, Shawn Camp | 2:50 |
| 7. | "When She's Gone, She's Gone" | Tom Douglas, Wayland Holyfield | 4:25 |
| 8. | "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" | Tom Shapiro, Rivers Rutherford | 3:22 |
| 9. | "Unloved" | Steve Diamond, Keith Follesé | 4:30 |
| 10. | "Deny, Deny, Deny" | Brooks, DiPiero | 3:20 |
| 11. | "Lucky Me, Lonely You" | Dunn, McBride, Camp | 3:24 |
| 12. | "I Fall" | Brooks, Don Cook | 3:15 |
| 13. | "Every River" | Kim Richey, Angelo Petraglia, Tom Littlefield | 3:29 |
| 14. | "See Jane Dance" | Charlie Crowe | 4:12 |
Chart performance
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | ||
| 2001 | "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" | 1 | 25 |
| "Only in America" | 1 | 33 | |
| "The Long Goodbye" | 1 | 39 | |
| 2002 | "My Heart Is Lost to You" | 5 | 48 |
| "Every River" | 12 | 75 | |
Personnel
- Bob Bailey – background vocals
- Kix Brooks – lead vocals, background vocals
- J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Greg Davis – banjo
- Dan Dugmore – acoustic guitar, steel guitar
- Ronnie Dunn – lead vocals, background vocals
- Kim Fleming – background vocals
- Shannon Forrest – drums
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar, Dobro
- Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
- Vicki Hampton – background vocals
- Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
- B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar, gut string guitar
- Mindi Abair – saxophone
- Gene Miller – background vocals
- Steve Nathan – keyboards, synthesizer, piano, B3 organ
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
- Kim Richey – background vocals
- Chris Rodriguez – background vocals
- Brent Rowan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
- Harry Stinson – background vocals
- Trisha Yearwood – background vocals
Strings by The Nashville String Machine arranged and conducted by David Campbell.
References
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r528300
- ^ link
- ^ "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.