Daryle Singletary (album)

Daryle Singletary
Studio album by Daryle Singletary
Released	May 23, 1995
Recorded	1994-1995 at Sound Stage Studio and Loud Recording - Nashville, Tennessee[1]
Genre	Country
Length	32:00
Label	Giant
Producer	James Stroud, Randy Travis, David Malloy
Daryle Singletary chronology
Daryle Singletary (1995) All Because of You (1996)

Daryle Singletary is the self-titled debut album of American country music singer Daryle Singletary. It was released in 1995 (see 1995 in country music) via Giant Records Nashville. The album includes four singles: "I'm Living Up to Her Low Expectations", "I Let Her Lie", "Too Much Fun" and "Workin' It Out", all of which charted on the Billboard country singles charts between 1995 and 1996. Although "I Let Her Lie" and "Too Much Fun" were both Top 5 country hits, the album only peaked at #44 on Top Country Albums.

Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B+ rating, saying that Singletary "mines familiar honky-tonk sources on this stylish debut, but he has a terrific presence and a knack for inhabiting a lyric."^[2]

Track listing

1. "Too Much Fun" (Curtis Wright, T.J. Knight) – 2:45
2. "I'm Living Up to Her Low Expectations" (Bob McDill, Tommy Rocco) – 3:08
3. "There's a Cold Spell Moving In" (Randy Travis, Jerry Foster, Ron Avis) – 3:22
4. "Ordinary Heroes" (Tim Johnson, Alex Call) – 3:09
5. "I Let Her Lie" (Johnson) – 2:59
6. "A Love That Never Died" (Skip Ewing, Donny Kees) – 3:46
7. "Workin' It Out" (Johnson, Brett Jones) – 3:05
8. "My Heart's Too Broke (To Pay Attention)" (Phil Barnhart, Kim Williams, Lonnie Wilson) – 2:43
9. "Would These Arms Be In Your Way" (Hank Cochran, Vern Gosdin, Red Lane) – 3:08
10. "What Am I Doing There" (Buddy Brock, Zack Turner) – 3:49

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[1]

• Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Dann Huff – electric guitar
• Paul Leim – drums
• Brent Mason – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Terry McMillan – harmonica
• Jimmy Nichols – organ on "I Let Her Lie"
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
• Matt Rollings – piano
• Rhonda Vincent – background vocals on "Would These Arms Be in Your Way"
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Curtis Wright – background vocals
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	44
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	27

References

1. ^ ^{a b} (1995) Album notes for Daryle Singletary by Daryle Singletary [CD booklet]. Giant Records (24606).
2. ^ Nash, Alanna. "Daryle Singletary review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,297649,00.html. Retrieved 25 February 2010.