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Released
  
September 24, 1996

Producer
  
Csaba Petocz

Artist
  
John Michael Montgomery

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Length
  
35:04

What I Do the Best (1996)
  
Greatest Hits (1997)

Release date
  
24 September 1996

Genre
  
Country music

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Recorded
  
1996 at Masterfonics, the Tracking Room (Nashville, TN)

Similar
  
Brand New Me, Leave a Mark, Kickin' It Up, Life's a Dance, Greatest Hits

What I Do the Best is the fourth studio album by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. The tracks "Ain't Got Nothin' on Us", "Friends", "How Was I to Know" and "I Miss You a Little" were all released as singles, peaking at #15, #2, #2 and #6, respectively on the Hot Country Songs charts, making this the first album of his career not to produce a #1 hit. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA for one million shipments in the US.

Contents

"Cloud 8" was later recorded by Canadian country artist Gil Grand on his 1998 debut album Famous First Words.

Track listing

  1. "Ain't Got Nothin' on Us" (Jim Robinson, Wendell Mobley) - 2:48
  2. "A Few Cents Short" (John Michael Montgomery) - 3:24
  3. "Friends" (Jerry Holland) - 3:52
  4. "Lucky Arms" (J. B. Rudd, Vip Vipperman) - 2:40
  5. "What I Do the Best" (Michael Huffman, Donny Kees, Monty Holmes) - 3:18
  6. "Cloud 8" (Byron Hill, Tony Martin) - 3:49
  7. "I Can Prove You Wrong" (Greg McDougal, Monty Criswell, Billy Spencer) - 3:59
  8. "How Was I to Know" (Will Rambeaux, Blair Daly) - 4:16
  9. "Paint the Town Redneck" (Richard Fagan, Steve O'Brien) - 2:36
  10. "I Miss You a Little" (Montgomery, Fagan, Mike Anthony) - 4:12

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

  • Eddie Bayers - drums
  • Barry Beckett - keyboards
  • Stephen Brewster - drums
  • Larry Byrom - electric guitar
  • Glen Duncan - fiddle
  • Paul Franklin - steel guitar, dobro
  • Dann Huff - electric guitar
  • John McFee - electric guitar
  • Terry McMillan - percussion, harmonica
  • Carl Marsh - keyboards
  • John Michael Montgomery - lead vocals
  • Steve Nathan - keyboards
  • Louis Dean Nunley - background vocals
  • Don Potter - acoustic guitar
  • Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
  • Brent Rowan - electric guitar
  • John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
  • Leland Sklar - bass guitar
  • Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - acoustic guitar
  • Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
  • Dennis Wilson - background vocals
  • Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young - background vocals

    • Songs

    1Ain't Got Nothin' on Us2:48
    2A Few Cents Short3:25
    3Friends3:54

    References

    What I Do the Best Wikipedia
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