Kickin' It Up

Infobox Album
Name = Kickin' It Up
Type = studio
Artist = John Michael Montgomery


Released = start date|1994|1|25
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 34:26
Label = Atlantic
Producer = Scott Hendricks, John Kunz
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://wm01.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fjfuxqrgld6e link]
Last album = "Life's a Dance"
(1992)
This album = "Kickin' It Up"
(1994)
Next album = "John Michael Montgomery"
(1995)

"Kickin' It Up" is the second studio album by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. The album was released by Atlantic Records on January 25, 1994. On February 19 of the same year, the album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. Four songs were released from it: "I Swear," "Rope the Moon," "Be My Baby Tonight" and "If You've Got Love." All but "Rope the Moon" reached #1 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. "I Swear" would later be covered by pop group All-4-One, whose version was also a hit single. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=17:756549 allmusic - I Swear] ]

The album has been certified 4× Multi-platinum by the RIAA for sales of over 4 million copies. [ [http://www.riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=it%20up&artist=John%20Michael%20Montgomery&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25 RIAA - Gold & Platinum] ]

Track listing

#"Be My Baby Tonight" (Richard Fagan, Ed Hill) - 2:50
#"Full-Time Love" (Carson Chamberlain, Zack Turner) - 2:53
#"I Swear" (Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers) - 4:24
#"She Don't Need a Band to Dance" (Randy Archer, Freddy Weller) - 3:21
#"All in My Heart" (Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis) - 3:46
#"Friday at Five" (Jimmy Stewart, George Teren) - 2:41
#"Rope the Moon" (Aggie Brown, Jess Brown, Jimmy Denton) - 4:06
#"If You've Got Love" (Mark D. Sanders, Steve Seskin) - 3:54
#"Oh How She Shines" (Pat Bunch, Doug Johnson) - 3:14
#"Kickin' It Up" (Andy Byrd, Jim Robinson) - 3:17

Personnel

*Bill Cuomo – synthesizer
*Stuart Duncan – fiddle on all tracks, mandolin on "If You've Got Love"
*Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
*Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar on all tracks except "All in My Heart", "Rope the Moon", and "Kick It Up"
*Dann Huff – electric guitar on all tracks, acoustic guitar on "Kick It Up"
*John Barlow Jarvis – piano on "Full-Time Love", Hammond B-3 organ on "Full-Time Love" and "Kick It Up"
*Brent Mason – electric guitar
*John Wesley Ryles – background vocals on all tracks except "I Swear" and "Rope the Moon"
*Harry Stinson – background vocals on "I Swear" and "Rope the Moon"
*Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar on "All in My Heart", "Rope the Moon", and "Kick It Up"
*Dennis Wilson – background vocals on all tracks
*Lonnie Wilson – drums
*Glenn Worf – bass guitar
*Reese Wynans – piano on all tracks, Hammond B-3 organ on "All in My Heart" and "Rope the Moon"

Group vocals on "Kick It Up" by Harry Stinson, Dennis Wilson, Mimi Nuyens, Bruce Sulfridge, John Kunz and Mike Janas.

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