Then Came the Night

Infobox Album
Name = Then Came the Night
Type = studio
Artist = Tommy Shane Steiner


Released = start date|2002|4|9
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = RCA
Producer = Jimmy Ritchey
Reviews =
*Allmusic - rating|3|5 [http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hnfpxqr0ld0e link]
*"Country Weekly" – [http://www.countryweekly.com/reviews/102 link]

"Then Came the Night" is the debut album of American country music artist Tommy Shane Steiner, released in 2002 on RCA Records. It features the single "What If She's an Angel", a #2 hit for Steiner on the Hot Country Songs charts in late 2001-early 2002. Both the second and third singles — "Tell Me Where It Hurts" and "What We're Gonna Do About It", respectively — peaked at #43 on the same chart.

The track "The Mind of John J. Blanchard" was later recorded by Anthony Smith (under the title "John J. Blanchard") on his 2003 debut album "If That Ain't Country", from which it was released as a single that year. Also, "I Go Crazy" is a cover of pop singer Paul Davis's hit from 1978.

Track listing

#"That Just Wouldn't Be Me" (Dan Colehour, Sam Tate, Annie Tate) – 3:31
#"Tell Me Where It Hurts" (Diane Warren) – 4:04
#"What If She's an Angel" (Bryan Wayne) – 3:35
#"Let Go" (Neil Thrasher) – 3:18
#"The Mind of John J. Blanchard" (Anthony Smith, Chris Wallin) – 3:55
#"What We're Gonna Go About It" (Chris DuBois, Lee Thomas Miller) – 4:06
#*feat. Bridgette Wilson-Sampras
#"I Don't Need Another Reason" (Brad Cotter, Connie Harrington) – 4:27
#*feat. Randy Travis
#"Havin' a Good Time" (Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Richie McDonald) – 4:03
#*background vocals: Richie McDonald
#"I Go Crazy" (Paul Davis) – 3:56
#"And Yet" (Jimmy Ritchey, Tom Shapiro, Tommy Shane Steiner) – 4:20
#"Then Came the Night" (Chuck Jones, John Kilzer) – 5:54

Personnel

*Kenny Aronoff – drums
*Lisa Cochran – background vocals
*Eric Darken – percussion
*Chip Davis – background vocals
*Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
*Vince Gill – background vocals ("What If She's an Angel")
*David Grissom – electric guitar
*Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin
*Wes Hightower – background vocals
*David Lyndon Huff – drum programming
*Paul Leim – drums
*B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
*John Mabe – background vocals
*Liana Manis – background vocals
*Brent Mason – electric guitar
*Richie McDonald – background vocals ("Havin' a Good Time")
*Steve Nathan – keyboards
*Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
*Jimmy Ritchey – acoustic guitar, banjo, Dobro, harmonica, mandolin, electric guitar, 5-string banjo, nylon-string guitar
*Neil Thrasher – background vocals
*Lonnie Wilson – drums
*Curtis Wright – background vocals
*Jonathan Yudkin – violin, viola, cello

References

* [http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hnfpxqr0ld0e Then Came the Night] at Allmusic
* [http://countrymusic.about.com/library/bltssbio.htm Tommy Shane Steiner biography] at About.com