Phil Vassar (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Phil Vassar
Type = studio
Artist = Phil Vassar


Released = start date|2000|2|22
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = Arista Nashville
Producer = Phil Vassar
Reviews = *Allmusic - Rating|4|5 [http://wc03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:avfrxqtkldhe link]
This album = "Phil Vassar" (2000)
Next album = "American Child" (2002)

"Phil Vassar" is the self-titled 2000 debut album from American country music artist Phil Vassar. It features the singles "Carlene", "Just Another Day in Paradise", "Rose Bouquet", "Six-Pack Summer" and "That's When I Love You". All of these, except "Rose Bouquet", charted in the Top Ten on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. "Just Another Day in Paradise" was Vassar's first Number One hit on that chart.

The track "Drive Away" was previously cut by Sons of the Desert on their 1996 debut album "Whatever Comes First".

Track listing

# "Carlene" (Phil Vassar, Michael Black, Rory Michael Bourke) - 4:07
# "Just Another Day In Paradise" (Vassar, Craig Wiseman) - 3:54
# "That's When I Love You" (Vassar, Julie Wood) - 3:30
# "Rose Bouquet" (Robert Byrne, Vassar) - 3:53
# "Joe & Rosalita" (Black, Vassar) - 3:27
# "Six-Pack Summer" (Black, Vassar, Tommy Rocco) - 3:40
# "Lucky As Me" (Byrne, Vassar) - 3:43
# "Like I Never Loved Before" (Byrne, Vassar) - 4:06
# "Didn't You Know She's Gone" (Don Sampson, Vassar) - 3:15
# "Somewhere in Between" (Vassar, Wood) - 3:54
# "Drive Away" (Black, Vassar) - 3:41

Personnel

*Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
*Larry Byrom - guitar
*Tim Davis - background vocals
*Dan Dugmore - steel guitar
*Larry Franklin - fiddle
*Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
*Michael Landau - guitar
*B. James Lowry - guitar
*Brent Mason - guitar
*Jo Dee Messina - background vocals
*Steve Nathan - keyboards
*Collin Raye - background vocals
*Chris Rodriguez - background vocals
*Phil Vassar - piano, vocals
*Lonnie Wilson - drums
*Glenn Worf - bass guitar