My Kind of Livin'

My Kind of Livin'
Studio album by Craig Morgan
Released	March 8, 2005 (2005-03-08)
Genre	Country
Length	43:10
Label	Broken Bow
Producer	Craig Morgan Phil O'Donnell
Craig Morgan chronology
I Love It (2003) My Kind of Livin' (2005) Little Bit of Life (2006)
Singles from Revolution
"That's What I Love About Sunday" Released: November 1, 2004 "Redneck Yacht Club" Released: May 16, 2005 "I Got You" Released: December 5, 2005

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Entertainment Weekly	B[1]
Country Standard Time	[2]

My Kind of Livin' is the third studio album released by American country music artist Craig Morgan. His highest-selling album to date, it has been certified Gold in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

The album produced three chart singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. The first of these, "That's What I Love About Sunday", became Morgan's only number one hit, and it was the top country music single of 2005 according to Billboard Year-End. "Redneck Yacht Club" peaked at number 2 on the country charts, while "I Got You" (which Morgan had originally intended for Keith Urban to record) was a number 12.

Reception

Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B rating and wrote, "Morgan's is an idealized Kind of Americana, to be sure. But at least he provides enough writerly detail to avoid setting off smarm alarms."^[3] Ralph Novak of People Magazine gave the album three and a half stars calling it "one terrific, old-fashioned country CD."^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That's What I Love About Sunday"	Adam Dorsey, Mark Narmore	3:21
2.	"I Got You"	Craig Morgan, Phil O'Donnell, Tim Owens	3:53
3.	"That's When I'll Believe That You're Gone"	Craig Morris, Morgan	3:28
4.	"I'm Country"	Galen Griffin, O'Donnell, Morgan	3:19
5.	"Lotta Man (In That Little Boy)"	Tim Owens, O'Donnell, Morgan	3:26
6.	"If You Like That"	Morgan, O'Donnell, Kerry Kurt Phillips	3:48
7.	"Ain't the Way I Wanna Go Out"	Morgan, Owens, Jimmy Yeary	3:53
8.	"Redneck Yacht Club"	Steve Williams, Thom Shepherd	3:50
9.	"Rain for the Roses"	Morgan, O'Donnell, Shane Minor	3:40
10.	"Blame Me" (featuring Brad Paisley and John Conlee)	O'Donnell, Owens, Morgan	3:14
11.	"Cowboy and Clown"	Ron Harbin, Kim Tribble	3:33
12.	"In My Neighborhood"	Marty Dodson, Danny Wells, Catt Gravitt	6:09

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers - drums
• Jim "Moose" Brown - piano, keyboards
• J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar
• Larry Franklin - fiddle
• Kevin Grant - bass guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Lona Heins - background vocals
• Mike Johnson – steel guitar, Dobro, Pedabro
• Jeff King - electric guitar
• Craig Morgan - lead vocals, background vocals
• Phil O'Donnell – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
• Brad Paisley - electric guitar on "Blame Me"
• Bryan Sutton - acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin
• Russell Terrell - background vocals

Chart performance

Album

The album sold 22,000 units during its first week.^[5]

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	7
U.S. Billboard 200	40
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums	3

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US	US Pop
2004	"That's What I Love About Sunday"	1	51	74
2005	"Redneck Yacht Club"	2	45	93
	"I Got You"	12	92	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

Region	Certification
United States (RIAA)[6]	Gold

References

1. ^ Willman, Chris. "My Kind of Livin' Review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1037048,00.html. Retrieved July 17, 2011. 
2. ^ Remz, Jeffrey B.. "Craig Morgan - My Kind of Livin'". Country Standard Time. http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=629&t=My_Kind_of_Livin_. Retrieved July 17, 2011. 
3. ^ Willman, Chris. "CRAIG MORGAN." Entertainment Weekly 811 (2005): 69. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 7 June 2011.
4. ^ Novak, Ralph. "Craig Morgan." People 63.16 (2005): 37. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 7 June 2011.
5. ^ Edna, Gundersen. "50 Cent handles fall." USA Today n.d.: Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 7 June 2011.
6. ^ "American album certifications – Craig Morgan – My Kind of Livin'". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22My+Kind+of+Livin%27%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

External links

• Allmusic Entry