Length 48:43 | Release date 11 September 2007 | |
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Released September 11, 2007 (2007-09-11) Nominations Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year Similar Kenny Chesney albums, Country music albums | ||
Kenny chesney never wanted nothin more
Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates is the eleventh studio album by country music artist Kenny Chesney, released in the United States on September 11, 2007. The CD was leaked on the Internet on September 5, 2007. It produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart between 2007 and 2008, three of which reached number one. The album includes duets with George Strait and Joe Walsh.
Contents
Content
The album's first two singles are "Never Wanted Nothing More" and "Don't Blink", which were officially released to country radio in June and September 2007. Both singles reached number one the Hot Country Songs charts in late 2007, as did "Better as a Memory" (the fourth and final single) in June 2008. "Shiftwork" is a duet with George Strait. It was released as the album's third single in December 2007. It peaked at number 2 in early 2008. Also included is "Wild Ride", a Joe Walsh duet which is a cover of a song by Dwight Yoakam from his 1992 album This Time.
Reception
The album represented a move by Chesney to a more gulf and western sound with a number of "breezy, steel-drum island songs."
The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart. In its first week, the album had the best weekly sales of any country album since the Dixie Chicks' Taking the Long Way in May 2006 and the album has sold 1.4 million copies in the U.S. up to August 2008.
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
Songs
1Never Wanted Nothing More3:29
2Don't Blink4:44
3Shiftwork4:30