Days of Our Lives (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Days of Our Lives
Type = studio
Artist = James Otto


Released = start date|2004|03|09
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = Mercury Nashville
Producer = Greg Droman
Scott Parker
Mark Wright
Reviews =
This album = "Days of Our Lives"
(2004)
Next album = "Sunset Man"
(2008)

"Days of Our Lives" is the debut album of American country music artist James Otto. It was released in 2004 on Mercury Nashville Records, and its title track was a Top 40 hit on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts.

The track "The Last Thing I Do" was also recorded by Brooks & Dunn on their 2001 album "Steers & Stripes", and by Montgomery Gentry (under the title "If It's the Last Thing I Do") on their 2004 album "You Do Your Thing".

Track listing

#"Long Way Down" (Craig Wiseman, Michael C. Spriggs) – 4:51
#"Gone!" (Kevin Brandt, Bobby Terry) – 3:41
#"Misspent Youth" (James Otto, C. J. Watson) – 5:09
#"Miss Temptation" (Caryl Mack Parker, Scott Parker, Billy Crain) – 3:57
#"Sunday Morning and Saturday Night" (Tim Nichols, Jeffrey Steele) – 3:52
#"Song of the Violin" (Otto) – 3:36
#"She Knows" (Bob Regan, Monty Criswell) – 3:43
#"Days of Our Lives" (Otto, Terry) – 3:51
#"The Last Thing I Do" (David Lee Murphy, Kim Tribble) – 3:46
#"The Ball" (Otto, Kerry Kurt Phillips, Patrick Jason Matthews) – 3:58
#"Lowdown on the Highlife" (Otto, Porter Howell, Kris Bergsnes) – 4:10
#"Never Say Goodbye" (Otto, Jody Alan Sweet) – 5:00

Personnel

*Bekka Bramlett – background vocals
*Steve Brewster – drums
*Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
*Etta Britt – background vocals
*Pat Buchanan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, resonator guitar, baritone guitar
*Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
*Eric Darken – percussion
*Dan Dugmore – Dobro, steel guitar
*Shannon Forrest – drums, percussion
*Tony Harrell – piano
*Wes Hightower – background vocals
*Rob Ickes – Dobro
*Chuck Leavell – piano
*Ken Lewis – percussion
*B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
*Brent Mason – electric guitar
*Greg Morrow – drums
*Steve Nathan – piano, keyboard, Hammond organ
*James Otto – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
*Caryl Mack Parker – background vocals
*Allison Presswood – bass guitar
*Chris Stapleton – background vocals
*Bryan Sutton – electric guitar, banjo, mandolin
*Russell Terrell – background vocals
*Dennis Wage – Hammond organ, keyboards
*Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle

Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine and arranged by Lisa Germano and Kris Wilkinson.

External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:fnfoxqqald6e Days of Our Lives] at Allmusic