Recorded 1999 Producer Joe Scaife Label Columbia Nashville | Length 38:55 Release date 6 April 1999 | |
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Released April 6, 1999 (1999-04-06) Similar Montgomery Gentry albums, Country music albums |
Tattoos & Scars is the debut studio album by country music duo Montgomery Gentry, released in 1999 (see 1999 in country music) on Columbia Records Nashville. Certified platinum in the United States, the album produced five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts: "Hillbilly Shoes", "Lonely and Gone", "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm", "Self Made Man" and "All Night Long." "Lonely and Gone" was the highest, at #5.
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Tattoos & Scars produced five singles for the duo upon its 1999 release. Leading off the album's singles was "Hillbilly Shoes", a #13 U.S. country hit. After it came the #5 "Lonely and Gone", co-written by Pirates of the Mississippi member Bill McCorvey, along with Dave Gibson, formerly of the Gibson/Miller Band. "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm", co-written by Canadian singer Steve Fox, was the third single, with a #17 peak. It was followed by "Self Made Man" and finally "All Night Long", both at #31. "Trouble Is" was co-written by Little Texas guitarist Porter Howell.
Track listing
- "Hillbilly Shoes" (Bobby Taylor, Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis) – 3:13
- "Trying to Survive" (Stephony Smith, Kevin Brandt) – 3:50
- "Lonely and Gone" (Bill McCorvey, Dave Gibson, Greg Crowe) – 3:19
- "Self Made Man" (Wynn Varble, Jay Knowles) – 3:35
- "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm" (Robin Branda, Steve Fox) – 4:18
- "If a Broken Heart Could Kill" (Rick Ferrell, Steve Clark) – 3:19
- "I've Loved a Lot More Than I've Hurt" (Max D. Barnes) – 3:14
- "Didn't Your Mama Tell Ya" (Stewart Harris, Clay Davidson) – 3:26
- "Trouble Is" (Porter Howell, Sam Gay) – 3:09
- "Tattoos & Scars" (Tony Lane) – 3:59
- "All Night Long" (Charlie Daniels, Joel "Taz" DiGregorio, Jack Gavin, Charlie Hayward, Bruce Ray Brown) – 3:33
- guest vocals: Charlie Daniels
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Singles
Songs
1Hillbilly Shoes3:13
2Trying to Survive3:50
3Lonely and Gone3:20