Brave (Jamie O'Neal album)

Infobox Album
Name = Brave
Type = studio
Artist = Jamie O'Neal


Released = March 1, 2005
Length =
Label = Capitol Nashville
Producer = Keith Stegall, Rivers Rutherford, Jamie O'Neal
Reviews =
*Allmusic – rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0pftxq8sld6e link]
Last album = "Shiver"
(2001)
This album = "Brave"
(2005)
Next album =

"Brave" is the second official studio album from Australian country singer Jamie O'Neal. It was her first release on the Capitol Records albel, being issued on March 1, 2005 (see 2005 in country music). It followed an unreleased second album for Mercury Records entitled "On My Way to You", the title track of which carried over to "Brave". The album reached a peak of #6 on the U.S. "Billboard" Top Country Albums chart and #40 on the Billboard 200.

Three singles were released from the album. All three charted in the Top 30 of the charts. "Trying to Find Atlantis" reached #18, "Somebody's Hero" reached #3, and "I Love My Life" reached #26. After this album, O'Neal released a single entitled "God Don't Make Mistakes" in 2007. This single failed to reach Top 40, however, and O'Neal exited Capitol as well.

Most of this album was produced by Keith Stegall, who also produced O'Neal's debut album. "Devil on the Left" and "Girlfriends" were co-produced by O'Neal and Rivers Rutherford.

Track listing

#"Trying to Find Atlantis" (Chris Waters, Zack Turner) – 3:27
#"Naïve" (Jamie O'Neal, Shaye Smith, Tim Nichols) – 4:01
#"Somebody's Hero" (O'Neal, Smith, Ed Hill) – 3:40
#"When Did You Know" (Tim Mensy, Monty Criswell) – 3:43
#"Devil on the Left" (O'Neal, Lisa Drew, Rivers Rutherford) – 4:28
#"On My Way to You" (O'Neal, Smith, Tim Nichols) – 4:19
#"Follow Me Home" (O'Neal, Smith, Brett James) – 4:01
#"Girlfriends" (O'Neal, Drew, Jimmy Murphy) – 2:57
#"Ready When It Comes" (O'Neal, Annie Roboff, Beth Nielsen Chapman) – 4:05
#"Brave" (O'Neal, Roboff, Nichols) – 3:27
#"I Love My Life" (O'Neal, Smith, Nichols) – 2:56

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

*Kenny Aronoff – drums (track 6)
*Kelly Back – electric guitar (track 2)
*Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (tracks 2, 4, 9)
*Beth Nielsen Chapman – acoustic guitar (track 9)
*Eric Darken – percussion (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 9)
*Stuart Duncan – fiddle (tracks 1, 11), mandolin (tracks 1, 3, 10)
*Paul Franklin – steel guitar (tracks 2, 6)
*Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar (tracks 5, 8)
*Owen Hale – drums (tracks 2, 4, 7, 9)
*Tony Harrell – accordion (track 2, 7)
*John Hobbs – organ (track 6)
*B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar (track 2)
*Brent Mason – acoustic guitar (track 2), electric guitar (tracks 1-4, 6, 7, 9-11)
*Chris McHugh – drums (1, 3, 10, 11)
*Greg Morrow – drums (tracks 5, 8)
*Russ Pahl – steel guitar (tracks 5, 8)
*Billy Panda – acoustic guitar (tracks 4, 6, 7)
*Gary Prim – keyboards (tracks 4, 10)
*Michael Rhodes – bass guitar (tracks 5, 8)
*Matt Rollings – organ (tracks 1-3, 9), piano (tracks 3, 4, 7, 10, 11)
*Rivers Rutherford – acoustic guitar (tracks 5, 8)
*Scotty Sanders – Dobro (tracks 1, 11), steel guitar (tracks 3, 10)
*Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (tracks 5, 8)
*Michael Thompson – acoustic and electric guitars (track 6), drum loops (track 6)
*Travis Toy – Dobro (track 5)
*Bruce Watkins – acoustic guitar (track 10), banjo (tracks 1, 3, 11)
*Biff Watson – acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 3, 10, 11)
*Glenn Worf – bass guitar (tracks 1-4, 6, 7, 9-11)
*Reese Wynans – organ (tracks 5, 8)
*Jonathan Yudkin – cello (tracks 4, 6, 7), bouzouki (track 7), fiddle (tracks 2, 6, 7), National guitar (track 7), mandolin (track 2)

Background vocals

*Bekka Bramlett – track 1
*Beth Nielsen Chapman – track 9
*Lisa Cochran – track 3, 11
*Perry Coleman – track 3
*Roxie Dean – track 8
*Rodney Good – tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11
*Autumn House – track 8
*Cindy Jenkins – track 8
*Carolyn Dawn Johnson – track 1
*Hillary Lindsey – track 6
*Melissa Murphy – track 8
*Minnie Murphy – track 8
*Jamie O'Neal – track 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11
*CiCi Rutherford – track 5
*Maggie Rutherford – track 5
*Rivers Rutherford – track 5
*Tori Vance – track 8

"Na na"s and hand claps on "Naïve" performed by Rodney Good, Tania Smith-Van Hoy, Tracy Broussard, Robby Emerson, Jeremy Deloach, Dana Good and Timothy Moore.

"Special guests" on track 11: Aliyah and Griffin Good.

Chart performance

Album

Singles

References