Dress Rehearsal (Carolyn Dawn Johnson album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Dress Rehearsal
Type = studio
Artist = Carolyn Dawn Johnson


Background =
Released = May 4, 2004
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 48:53
Label = Arista Nashville
Producer = Dann Huff
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3nfqxqyaldfe link]
Last album = "Room With A View"
(2001)
This album = "Dress Rehearsal"
(2004)
Next album = "Love & Negotiation"
(2006) |

"Dress Rehearsal" is the second studio album by Canadian country music singer-songwriter Carolyn Dawn Johnson, and was released on May 4, 2004 on Arista Nashville. It produced the singles "Simple Life" and "Die of a Broken Heart" in the U.S., which respectively reached #13 and #52 on the Hot Country Songs charts. "Die of a Broken Heart" was a #4 hit on the Canadian country charts, while the other two singles — "Head over High Heels" and the title track — respectively charted at #5 and #11 in Canada. "Squeezin' the Love Outta You" was previously recorded by Redmon & Vale, who released it as a single in 2000.

Track listing

# "Dress Rehearsal" (Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Troy Verges) - 4:17
# "He's Mine" (Johnson, Rivers Rutherford, Verges) - 3:32
# "Simple Life" (Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Verges, Aimee Mayo) - 3:50
# "Die of a Broken Heart" (Johnson, Shaye Smith) - 3:23
# "We Talked" (Johnson, Craig Wiseman) - 3:45
# "God Doesn't Make Mistakes" (Johnson, Verges) - 4:21
# "Squeezin' the Love Outta You" (Johnson, Verges, Steve Mandile) - 3:36
# "Head over High Heels" (Johnson, Smith) - 3:15
# "My Little Secret" (Johnson, Gordon Kennedy) - 3:41
# "Just Another Plane" (Johnson, Charlie Black) - 4:10
# "Life as We Know It" (Johnson, Black) - 3:35
# "I'll Let You Go" (Johnson, Smith) - 7:28

Personnel

*Tim Akers – keyboards
*Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
*Matt Chamberlain – drums
*J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar
*Eric Darken – percussion
*Paul Franklin – steel guitar, Dobro
*Amy Grant – background vocals
*Jim Hoke – accordion, harmonica, Jew's harp
*Wes Hightower – background vocals
*Dann Huff – electric guitar, Dobro
*Carolyn Dawn Johnson – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
*Gordon Kennedy – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, sitar, background vocals
*Steve Mandile – background vocals
*Greg Morrow – drums
*Steve Nathan – keyboards
*John Robinson – drums, percussion
*Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
*Glenn Worf – bass guitar
*Jonathan Yudkin – mandolin, fiddle, violin, viola, cello

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